Join us for Teaching and Learning Week. Teaching and Learning Week is an annual event hosted by the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee to provide focused professional development for faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate students. This year’s theme is Generative AI: Responsible Uses of AI for Teaching and Learning.

Please register through Libcal.  You only need to register once to attend any session.  One Zoom Link will work for all events.  All sessions will take place over Zoom. 

See the full schedule of events here 

Monday, October 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

An opening prayer from an Elder and welcome from Dr. David Barnett (Provost & Vice-President, Academic) and Dr. Rhonda Koster (Deputy Provost & Vice Provost, Teaching & Learning)

Keynote: The Future of AI and Higher Education
Speaker: Michael Fischer, Director, Research Advisory Services, Education
Advisory Board

This workshop will take a deeper dive into some of the tools introduced in the essentials workshop and introduce course tools that promote collaboration, aid in grading and feedback, and monitor student progress.  Topics will include: creating groups and associating them with the assignment and discussion tools, creating rubrics, grading students with rubrics, and exploring user progress to learn how students progress through and interact with online courses.

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom and will be recorded.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

Zoom and will be recorded.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

This session will provide an overview of the learning environment and how to use the various tools in mycourselink/D2L to effectively structure your online site to simplify class management and enrich course experiences for students. 

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom and will be recorded.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

In this workshop, participants will explore how to implement circle work into their teaching, whether in-person or online. You will learn to differentiate between sharing circles, healing circles, sacred circles and conversation or talking circles. The focus of this workshop is on conversation or talking circles in the classroom.

This workshop will take instructors through the phases of creating and grading assessments in the quiz tool.   Topics will include:

• setting up questions in the various formats
• setting the timing settings of the quiz
• setting up special access times for specific students writing at a different time or who are allowed extra time to write
• previewing the quiz as the students will see it
• viewing the results and statistics of the quiz
• grading any questions that were not automatically graded
• making the grades available to students

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom and will be recorded. The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

This session introduces the many benefits of using Open Educational Resources (OERs) as well as the Open Library and other OER repositories to move beyond the limitations of textbooks, to tailor your teaching material to your own needs and interests, and to save students money along the way. Learn how to discover, adapt, adopt, and/or create OERs for use in your own courses with one of eCampusOntario's OER Rangers!

This workshop is designed to empower educators with innovative strategies to harness the potential of AI-generated prompts in the classroom. Participants will learn how to use prompts for different fields of study, ensuring they align with the learning outcomes of their courses. Through discussions and activities, participants will explore how GenAI prompts can foster critical thinking, creativity, and engagement in their teaching and learning contexts. 

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

In this workshop, facilitators will discuss the ways in which Universal Design for Learning can support diverse student groups. This workshop will focus on supporting international students. Participants will be provided with a variety of strategies and templates to utilize in their teaching and learning contexts.

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

In this workshop, facilitators will discuss the ways in which Universal Design for Learning can support diverse student groups. This workshop will focus on supporting students who require accommodation. Participants will be provided with a variety of strategies and templates to utilize in their teaching and learning contexts.

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.

In this workshop, participants will explore the complexities of group work and collaborative assessment. This workshop will cover various strategies and effective practices to implementing collaborative work and assessment for your teaching and learning contexts. of collaboration in both academic and professional settings. Throughout the workshop participants will gain insights into fostering positive group dynamics, enhancing communication, and managing conflicts. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave equipped with essential tools to optimize group work experiences and to implement collaborative assessment in their teaching and learning contexts.

This workshop will be delivered through Zoom and will be recorded.  The Zoom join link will be provided to registrants before the event.