The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning October Workshops
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for October, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
The Experiential Learning Institute: Assessment in Experiential Learning
Date and time: Tuesdays, October 1, October 8 and October 15, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
The Experiential Learning Institute offers faculty and instructors an opportunity to engage deeply with a topic over the course of three weekly sessions. The focus of the Fall 2024 institute is assessment in experiential learning.
Participants must attend all three sessions to receive a certificate of completion. If you are not able to attend all the sessions you may register for individual sessions, but you will not receive a certificate of completion for The Experiential Learning Institute.
Sessions:
- Oct 1, 2024: Assessing Experiential Learning (led by Gera Villagran Becerra)
What are effective ways of assessing experiential learning? How does assessment fit in the experiential learning cycle? In this workshop, we’ll explore best practices for assessing experiential learning. Participants will be challenged to take an experiential approach to assessment and reflect on the challenges it involves. - Oct. 8, 2024: Beyond Reflection Papers: Innovative Strategies for Assessing Experiential Learning (led by Meaghan Ewharekuko)
Have you heard about multi-stage assignments, two-stage exams and gamification as strategies to assess experiential learning? In this workshop we will explore novel methods and effective strategies for assessing different types of experiential learning within the classroom and beyond. - Oct. 15, 2024: Assessing 21st Century Competencies (led by Janine Carmichael)
How do you assess 21st century competencies like empathy, active listening, conflict resolution and innovation in experiential learning? In this workshop, we’ll explore strategies to assess these competencies and mitigate potential challenges. We’ll also learn how to use tools like the newly created UM Competencies Framework.
Small Shifts, Significant Gains: Transformative Teaching Strategies Series (Session Two, Three, and Four)
Date and time: Thursday, October 3, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, Thursday, October 10, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, and Monday, October 21, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don’t have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Drop in to any or all of these brown bag lunchtime chats to hear creative strategies from your faculty colleagues across the university. Bring your questions and your lunch. Leave with ideas you can implement right away in your courses!
Session Two, Lightning Presentations:
- Xiaopeng Gao (Department of Soil Science) presents: Enhancing Education Through Hands-on Learning and Real-world Connections
- Brandon Trask (Faculty of Law) presents: Building in Relevance: Integrating Aspects of Clinical and Applied Learning in Different Course Types
Session Three, Lightning Presentations:
- Jillian Seniuk Cicek and Jeff W. Paul (both from the Price Faculty of Engineering) present: Your Students’ Brains on PowerPoint: How to Leverage Cognitive Science to Use PowerPoint to Teach Instead of Present
- David Watt (Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media) presents: Developing Relationships through Assignments and Feedback
Session Four, Lightning Presentations:
- Julie Pfeffer (Department of Restorative Dentistry) presents: Self-Directed Student Assessment – How to Maximize the Output/Input Ratio for Your Learners (and for Yourself!)
- More to come
Decolonizing Classrooms: Barriers to Decolonizing, Part 2
Date and time: Thursday, October 10, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
The Decolonizing Classroom series aims to give participants the context and tools necessary to meaningfully engage with decolonizing processes as they relate to education. “Unpacking and Overcoming Barriers to Engagement and Decolonizing Processes” explores the barriers that exist for teachers and students, which prevent them from enacting decolonizing processes in educational contexts. Part two of this workshop series discusses the barriers that prevent teachers from engaging fully in decolonizing classrooms and creates a space for the discussion of strategies for overcoming these barriers.
Open Educational Resources – What, How, Why (Part 2)
Date and time: Thursday, October 17, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
The term open educational resources (OER) describes a wide range of materials in teaching and learning that are available for public use with an open license or in the public domain. Examples of OER include full courses, course modules, syllabi, textbooks, lectures, assessments, and datasets. In this workshop, participants will learn why OER are valuable, how to locate them, how to evaluate them using a rubric, and how to adapt and create them. The workshop does not assume prior experience with these topics.
Cultivating Minds, Nurturing Hearts: Fostering Well-Being, Integrity, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning
Date and time: Tuesday, October 29, 10:00 AM to 11:30 PM
The University of Manitoba (UM) identified well-being as one of five core values in its 2024 -2029 strategic plan to “advance the personal and professional growth and academic success of our community members. Grounded in respect and compassion for each other and our community, we cultivate a supportive environment that embraces the values of mino-pimatisiwin (good life) and mino-ayawin (good health) (University of Manitoba, 2024, p. 4).
This raises important questions for educators: How do we approach teaching with care, compassion, and kindness? How do these pedagogies of care, compassion, and kindness align with other priorities in higher education (e.g., academic integrity, accessibility)?
In this interactive workshop, we will take a holistic approach to understanding pedagogies of well-being and how these pedagogies can be implemented to better support our students’ mental well-being without compromising academic standards.
Experiential Learning Community of Practice Monthly Meeting – Partnerships 101
Date and time: Wednesday, October 30, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
The Experiential Learning Community of Practice brings together faculty and instructors involved in the development and facilitation of experiential learning (EL) across UM.
The EL Community of Practice meets once a month to build relationships and explore topics related to teaching in experiential learning. Each monthly meeting includes opportunities to meet other faculty and instructors, explore best practices and innovations in EL, and participate in group discussions.
At this session, we’ll chat about challenges and best practices for finding industry and community partners for EL. Join us to share your own experience in this area, hear perspectives from colleagues in other faculties and programs, and learn about successful strategies for engaging community and industry partners in your courses.