by Centre for Teaching Excellence | Dec 15, 2020 | stories
It’s week one of your online course and you are determined to create a welcoming learning environment that encourages students to thrive and achieve their learning goals. I sounds doable, but where do you start? Here are three key ideas to get you and your students...
by Centre for Teaching Excellence | Nov 30, 2020 | news, stories
Find some time to curl up with a casual read over the break, with these recent additions to the library collection: There There – Tommy Orange Reproduction – Ian Williams Vancouver After Dark – Aaron Chapman Antiracist Baby – Ibram X. Kendi...
by Centre for Teaching Excellence | Nov 26, 2020 | events, news, stories
By Peter Sinclair, PhD As faculty members, we want to give our students the tools they need to succeed. In many subjects, one of those tools is a textbook. Textbooks provide a presentation of course material that can be different than what students see during class...
by Centre for Teaching Excellence | Oct 15, 2020 | news, stories
Kym’s innovative approach to teaching her course includes having four groups composed of 7-9 students participate in four alternating class components, which are each 25 minutes in length. Students all join the beginning of the class and all come back together at the...
by Laura MacKay | Aug 27, 2019 | news, stories
I am an instructional designer and e-learning developer with teaching experience. I would describe myself as widely curious about a range of topics from art production to ways that improve online learning, to environmental causes. The meandering path that has been my...
by Bettina Boyle | Mar 15, 2019 | news, stories
Games, Chocolate and Collaboration: A Conversation with Jane Raycraft about collegiality and making learning enjoyable As a teacher, do you ever see students fearfully entering your classroom with pre-conceived notions of distress surrounding your discipline? Have you...
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