The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning March Workshops
Decolonizing Classrooms: Finding and using Indigenous content in classroom settings
Date and time: Tuesday, March 12, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Do you want to incorporate Indigenous material into your classroom but you’re not sure where to start? The newest Decolonizing Classrooms workshop aims to help educators effectively engage with Indigenous materials to promote decolonization and enrich student experiences. This workshop shares strategies for finding content by Indigenous academics and community members and teaches you how to develop responsible relationships with that content.
Register for Decolonizing Classrooms: Finding and using Indigenous content in classroom settings
Teaching through entrepreneurship
Date and time: Tuesday, March 19, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the 12 types of experiential learning at UM. Entrepreneurship is not only the early stage start up of businesses, but the solving of real world problems. In this workshop, participants will learn to create experiences that allow students to learn through entrepreneurship.
Register for Teaching through entrepreneurship
Open Educational Resources, Part 2
Date and time: Wednesday, March 20, 9:30 – 11:00 AM
In this workshop, participants will learn about the benefits of teaching with OER, and qualities that make OER valuable pedagogically. Considerations for adopting, adapting, and creating OER, such as copyright and selecting publishing tools, will be discussed. The workshop builds on content presented in The Centre workshop “Open Educational Resources, Part 1”, though no prior experience with these topics is required.
Register for Open Educational Resources, Part 2
Experiential Learning Town Hall
Date and time: Wednesday, March 27, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
The UM’s Office of Experiential Learning, housed within The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, consulted with faculty members, instructors, and staff involved with experiential learning in academic courses and programs.
Join us for lunch to hear the highlights of what we heard, learn about recently created supports and initiatives, and to connect with other experiential learning champions across UM.
Schedule
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM – Experiential Learning Community of Practice meet-and-greet
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Town hall (lunch provided)
All faculty members, instructors, and staff involved in the development and delivery of experiential learning opportunities for students are invited!