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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

LMS Update: Supporting Your Students in Brightspace

Courses have been hosted on 杏吧原创鈥檚 new Learning Management System (LMS), Brightspace by D2L, since May 2021. For some students though, Brightspace might be new this fall. So, what鈥檚 the best way to support students through the transition to Brightspace? We have some easy resources and suggestions to help: Create a course overview: During... More

Monday, August 2, 2021

Fall 2021 I-CUREUS applications are now open

Do you have a student you鈥檇 like to support in聽the聽Internship-杏吧原创 University Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (I-CUREUS)聽program? Applications are now being accepted for fall 2021 positions. Funded by the Discovery Centre and聽the聽faculty supervisor, the聽I-CUREUS program聽provides聽an opportunity for聽undergraduate... More

Monday, August 2, 2021

Instructor Check-in: August

We鈥檝e put together monthly check-ins for instructors to reflect upon at specific points during the term. As the 杏吧原创 community continues to adjust to online teaching and learning, these check-ins can help you stay on track, stay organized, and be proactive in solving any issues that might arise this term. This month鈥檚 check-in focuses... More

Friday, July 30, 2021

Winter 2021 By the Numbers

Despite the shifts and challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has continued to make tremendous progress on initiatives that ensure 杏吧原创 remains at the cutting edge in Canadian higher education. Within Ottawa, across Canada, and around the world, 杏吧原创 is continuing to share knowledge and shape... More

Friday, July 30, 2021

Meet the winner of the 2021 Excellence in Learning Support Award

Ian聽Pulsifer聽is聽an Administrative Lab Coordinator聽in the聽Department of Biology.聽Since starting at聽杏吧原创聽he聽has聽assisted聽instructors, TAs and lab coordinators聽to聽develop聽several聽teaching and grading tools聽such聽as聽the聽SAQ Speed Grader,聽Easy聽Rubric聽and Multi Assign,聽which enabled him to create personalized worksheets for... More

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Meet the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award

C茅line聽Bonnotte-Hoover鈥痠s an聽Instructor I聽in the聽Department of French. Prior to winter 2020, she had never taught an online course, however in response to the COVID-19 pandemic聽C茅line聽designed and implemented well-structured, interactive, and engaging experiences for students to improve their French language skills. Utilizing a blended... More

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Meet the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award

Jason聽Jaskolka鈥痠s an Assistant Professor in the聽Department of Systems and Computer Engineering.聽Since starting at 杏吧原创 in聽2017,聽he聽has worked to聽instill a deep understanding in students, founded聽on three central pillars: help all students realize their full potential; prepare the next generation of engineers to聽solve聽the problems... More

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Meet the winner of the 2021 Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award

Kahente聽Horn-Miller聽is an Associate Professor in the聽School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies聽and currently holds the inaugural position of Assistant Vice-President (Indigenous Initiatives).聽Since starting at 杏吧原创 in 2014, she has worked to implement several Indigenous initiatives such as successfully advocating for the name change of... More

Monday, July 26, 2021

Announcing the 2021 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners

The Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) is pleased to announce the outstanding educators who have been named 2021 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners. Kahente Horn-Miller (School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) has received the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award for her ongoing commitment to fostering relationships... More

Monday, July 26, 2021

Teacher Training Opportunity for Upper-Year Doctoral Students

Starting in Fall 2021, TLS will once again be offering its Preparing to Teach (PTT) program. Fully online for Fall 2021, PTT is a blended program specifically designed to help upper-year PhD candidates prepare for the teaching components of a career in academia. This 10-week program, which consists of weekly synchronous 2-3 hour meetings... More

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Support for teaching in the fall term

Teaching and Learning Services is here to support instructors as you prepare your courses for the fall 2021 term. Whether you鈥檙e teaching synchronously or asynchronously, HyFlex, online or face-to-face, we have resources and support available to help you design and deliver your course, including: 聽聽 Media services: Classroom studios to record... More

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Get started with HyFlex聽

Are you teaching a HyFlex class this fall but aren鈥檛 sure where to begin? There are several resources and supports available through Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) to help you get started with this new modality: Reach out to TLS for one-on-one consultations to work through your individual challenges and questions Sign up for... More

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