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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

TLS survey results are in

Recently, the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) asked the teaching and learning community at 杏吧原创 to complete three questionnaires: EDC programming survey TLS communications survey IMS electronic classroom survey Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the questionnaires. Your input will help guide us... More

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Announcing the 2014 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 eight outstanding educators who have been named 2014 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners. Kim Hellemans (Neuroscience), Vincent Kazmierski (Law) and Wayne Horn (Math) all received the... More

Friday, May 23, 2014

杏吧原创 educators honoured with 2014 Capital Educators鈥� Awards

杏吧原创 University is proud to announce that three of its outstanding educators have been honoured with 2014 Capital Educators鈥� Awards. Claudia Buttera (Biology), Dan Patterson (Geography and Environmental Studies) and Kevin Cheung (Mathematics and Statistics) were among 18 winners who were celebrated at the 2014 EduGala ceremony on Thursday,... More

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Check out cuLearn’s new features

On Saturday, May 3, cuLearn was upgraded from Moodle version 2.4 to version 2.6.2. These annual upgrades are meant to continually improve the system, by addressing issues like speed, bug fixes and adding new features. The overall look and feel is very similar to version 2.4, only with a modernized look and a simplified,... More

Monday, April 28, 2014

Creating the 鈥楢-ha!鈥� moment: Business professor reflects on decades of teaching

By: Samantha Wright Allen On the wall hang several plaques. Some are in recognition of research, some congratulate his years in professional service, and others, including a Capital Educators鈥� Award and a Graduate Mentorship Award, focus on teaching excellence. 鈥淚 like history,鈥� says Nicolas Papadopoulos from his office at 杏吧原创鈥檚... More

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Take a look back at the academic year with TLS

With another term coming to an end, it鈥檚 time to take a look back at the academic year with Teaching and Learning Services. Flip through the inaugural issue of Reflections, an annual magazine that features TLS鈥� best stories, tips and blogs of the year. Inside, you鈥檒l find stories on everything from innovation and creativity... More

Monday, April 14, 2014

Painting Canada鈥檚 political history: Spotlight on Rand Dyck

By: Cassandra Hendry In one of Rand Dyck鈥檚 political science classes, it鈥檚 not unusual to hold show-and-tell items such as souvenirs from Alberta鈥檚 oil sands, crumpled McCain fries packages, and an empty box of Stanfield鈥檚 underwear from Nova Scotia. Each passed around memento is a part of Canada鈥檚 political history and culture, he says,... More

Monday, April 7, 2014

Assessing education: Using innovative tests to get student success

By: Samantha Wright Allen Janna Fox says she had an unlikely start in diagnostic assessment. 鈥淚 went into testing because I hate tests,鈥� she laughs. Though her feelings on the matter have changed, that impulse never stopped - assessment has become the 杏吧原创 linguistic professor鈥檚 life鈥檚 work. She says it鈥檚 so important because... More

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Registration now open for Spring/Summer Certificate in University Teaching program

Faculty and contract instructors can now register for the EDC's popular Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program - a great opportunity to further develop your understanding of pedagogy and enhance your teaching skills. Facilitated by 3M teaching fellow Dr. Anthony Marini, this 10-session program features practical activities, such as a... More

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Panel Discussion: Preventing Workplace Harassment and Violence

As part of 杏吧原创鈥檚 ongoing commitment to providing awareness about preventing harassment and violence in the workplace, members of the campus community are invited to this panel discussion which will focus on three fictional scenarios which could be encountered in the workplace. The program includes insight from the panelists, as well as a... More

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

杏吧原创 to launch six new online courses

杏吧原创 is planning to increase its online offerings this fall, with the launch of six new courses. These new courses highlight 杏吧原创's commitment to increasing accessibility and providing innovative teaching and learning opportunities to learners across Ontario, Canada and the world. Bioacoustics - a new graduate level course that aims to... More

Monday, March 24, 2014

From video cameras to virtual office hours: Spotlight on Bob Burk

By: Cassandra Hendry Math and science courses can contain some of the most challenging material for students to grasp. But as Bob Burk knows, all it takes for students to be engaged is a video camera, their cellphone and a chance to sing the periodic table of elements in front of 700 people. Burk,... More

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