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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Community-Engaged Teaching: Sharing Successes and Challenges

On Feb. 12, join members of 杏吧原创's Committee for Community-Engaged Pedagogy (CCEP)聽for a brown bag lunch-and-learn session on community-engaged teaching. Come ready to informally share what you consider to be your greatest success in this regard (or, sit back and hear from others!). And bring any challenges you are facing, so that we can... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Teaching with Your Mouth Shut: Incorporating Activities into (Smaller) Lecture Classes

If you teach smaller classes (under ~60 students) and are looking for ways to engage your students in the learning process that go beyond the standard lecture, then this is the workshop for you! Join us at the Educational Development Centre on Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. - noon for a session that will... More

Friday, February 1, 2019

Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles Information Session

The聽Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles聽are an online resource that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous voices in their classroom to help students better understand Indigenous perspectives, history, and politics in Canada. The bundles are one aspect of 杏吧原创鈥檚 response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada鈥檚... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Top 10 things to consider if you鈥檙e using cuPortfolio in your course

By Nathan White, First-Year Masters of Journalism, 杏吧原创 University Instructors say the dynamic online multimedia space is a great way to make connections between assignments. Students say it helps them see their accomplishments and growth across the semester. It鈥檚 no wonder cuPortfolio use has doubled since 2014, with nearly 4,000 total... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Assessment fundamentals workshop

Assessment is often one of the most dreaded parts of teaching and learning. But as challenging as it can be, designing sound assessments is critical to the success of your course. Join us on Feb. 5 from 1-4 p.m. for a workshop that will enable you to: Distinguish between various types of assessment on... More

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Celebrating Teaching Excellence at 杏吧原创

杏吧原创 University has a rich history of teaching excellence. Teaching and Learning Services is inviting the 杏吧原创 community to join us on Feb. 14 from 2-4 p.m. as we recognize our teaching award winners, as well as those who have been nominated by students to receive a Raving Raven. In addition to celebrating these... More

Monday, January 28, 2019

Tools of the trade: Technology and the classroom

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, 杏吧原创 University Digital tools can make you laugh, cry, wonder at the marvels of human ingenuity, and want to control alt delete their existence, but love them or hate them they鈥檙e in the classroom and, in most cases, here to stay. The following 杏吧原创 instructors recently facilitated a Welcome... More

Monday, January 28, 2019

Adding Interactive Web Experiences to cuLearn with H5P

Are you looking for a new way to add interactivity to your content or assignments? If so, it鈥檚 time you discovered H5P! H5P empowers everyone to create rich, interactive web experiences, either embedded within cuLearn or as a web tool. With almost 40 different activity types available, you are sure to find options to... More

Thursday, January 24, 2019

I-CUREUS Spotlight

One of our current participating teams for I-CUREUS鈥擬acKenzie Brannen and Professor Oren Petel鈥攈ave had a feature story written on their research. MacKenzie Brannen, a 3rd-year Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering student, has been aiding Professor Petel on his continued research and testing for improved helmet testing since the Fall term.... More

Thursday, January 24, 2019

cuLearn Assignments and Rubrics

cuLearn offers a variety of assignment configuration settings to help you control every aspect of assignment submissions, including release and end dates, access restrictions, and other options. Join us on Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. - noon for a hands-on workshop that will give you the opportunity to explore different types of assignments and... More

Monday, January 21, 2019

鈥淲hat Are They Thinking?鈥�: Collecting Feedback from Your Students

When students don鈥檛 do so well on part of an assignment or struggle with a concept, we often wonder in exasperation, 鈥淲hat are they thinking, anyway?鈥� Understanding our students鈥� confusion and misunderstandings, however, doesn鈥檛 require the power of divination or any other magical art. All we need to do is simply ask them. Join... More

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