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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Announcing the 2016 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) are pleased to announce the seven outstanding educators who have been named 2016 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners. David Dean and Shawn Graham, both from the Department of History, have received the Provost鈥檚... More

Monday, May 30, 2016

Bringing classroom concepts to the virtual lab: Spotlight on Michael Donkers

By Alison Sandstrom, TLS staff writer Physics Prof. Michael Donkers believes the best way to learn is to do. 鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing that beats getting down and dirty with what鈥檚 going on in the lab,鈥� says the 杏吧原创 University contract instructor. However, students often don鈥檛 have an opportunity to explore all the theories and phenomena... More

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Limited spots available聽in our fast track Certificate in University Teaching program

If you've thought about joining the聽fast track聽version of our Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program this summer, now is the time to act. There are only a few聽spots remaining, so register today! Facilitated by 3M teaching fellow, Dr. Anthony Marini, CUT provides a safe and supportive environment to explore new approaches to... More

Monday, May 23, 2016

Helping students see the value of a flipped classroom: Spotlight on Jeffrey Erochko

By Emily Cook, TLS staff writer When most students enter a classroom, they expect to hear a professor talking at them for three hours straight. But Professor Jeffrey Erochko is hoping to change that expectation by flipping the classroom and showing students the value of class time. Erochko has been teaching structural engineering at... More

Friday, May 20, 2016

Three 杏吧原创 profs honoured with 2016 Capital Educators鈥� Awards

杏吧原创 University is proud to announce that Christopher Dieni from the Institute of Biochemistry, Martin Geiger from the Department of Political Science and Nduka Otiono from the Institute of African Studies have been honoured with 2016 Capital Educators鈥� Awards. The three 杏吧原创 educators were among 18 winners who were celebrated during... More

Monday, May 16, 2016

Pros and cons: Debating accounting in the classroom

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer If you walked into Hilary Becker鈥檚 classroom at 杏吧原创 on any given day, you might be serenaded by salsa music or become a witness to a passionate debate between students. His course? Why, that would be accounting. Becker, an associate professor of accounting with the Sprott School of... More

Monday, May 9, 2016

Archives in action

By Emma Brown, TLS Staff Writer Which is the flesh side and which is the hair side? This was one of the questions students were asked to answer in professor Marc Saurette鈥檚 Medieval and Early Modern Studies class last semester. They were examining manuscripts from 杏吧原创鈥檚 Archives and Research Collections (ARC). The medieval documents... More

Monday, May 2, 2016

2015-2016 Provost Scholar Awards

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), through the Discovery Centre for Undergraduate Research and Engagement honours exemplary undergraduate students with the聽Provost Scholars Award聽each spring. 聽The students are nominated by their faculties for excellence in one of the four pillars of the Discovery Centre: undergraduate... More

Monday, May 2, 2016

Putting ease back into the equation: cuPortfolio in engineering and physics courses

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer For numbers and equation-based courses such as engineering, physics or math, handing in printed sheets of paper with page after page of computer-drawn graphs or equations is not always the best use of time and resources. For the ease of both student and instructors, many have turned towards... More

Friday, April 29, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium

Date: Tuesday, May 10 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: River Building atrium and conference rooms Register here Discover how to create educational experiences that not only promote, but foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium. 杏吧原创 instructors, students and staff will share their teaching and learning... More

Friday, April 29, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium

Date: Tuesday, May 10 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: River Building atrium and conference rooms Register here Discover how to create educational experiences that not only promote, but foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium. 杏吧原创 instructors, students and staff will share their teaching and learning... More

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