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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News

Improve your student conversations skills using virtual reality

October 17, 2024 — 
A new training series is combining new technology with verbal communication training to help faculty members and sessional instructors have better conversations with students.

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Panelists at the Better Together 2023 event

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The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning November Workshops

October 16, 2024 — 
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for November, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

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Sustainability News

Become a GO-Rep and join a community of sustainability-minded colleagues

October 15, 2024 — 
When Anna Nekola started at the university in January this year, she was surprised to find that sustainability was part of the culture at the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, where she works as an educational developer.

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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News

New tool helps UM students make accessible content

October 10, 2024 — 
Panorama is an accessibility tool that is now available to UM students to ensure your content is accessible, and to create materials that meet your own accessibility needs.

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Join the UM community to develop your innovation skills

October 3, 2024 — 
Better Together is back for fall 2024. The co-curricular event, taking place Nov 12 and 13, brings together faculty, staff and students, from all disciplines and levels of study, to build entrepreneurial thinking skills and develop innovative solutions to real challenges.

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The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning October Workshops

September 19, 2024 — 
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for October, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

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Cintia Costa teaching a workshop

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News

Make your course materials accessible with Panorama

September 5, 2024 — 
If you’ve been wondering how to be more inclusive when creating files and ensure your materials meet accessibility standards, Panorama is your new best friend. Panorama is an accessibility tool that has been available on UM Learn since 2022. Now it’s also being relaunched as a password-protected portal, which means you can also review documents for accessibility outside UM Learn. You just log in to Panorama using your UM password—which means that UM staff and students can now also use it for any materials they produce.  

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic) News

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Support Fund recipients announced

August 29, 2024 — 
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Support Fund provides opportunities for professors, instructors and librarians to undertake projects that increase knowledge in pedagogy and learning. This year, six awards of $6,000 and one major award of $25,000 were awarded. Learn about Dr. Jason Peeler's research to improve clinical skills training in the area of musculoskeletal medicine.

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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning September Workshops

August 26, 2024 — 
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for September, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic) News

SoTL scholar studies use of AI tools in teaching and learning math concepts

August 7, 2024 — 
Xinli Wang, instructor in the Department of Mathematics, shares about her experience as the 2023 recipient of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Support Fund - Teaching Scholar. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2024 SoTL Support Fund - Teaching Scholar..

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