Teaching News Archive

October 3, 2023 — 
Experiential learning (EL) is a high-impact pedagogy that prepares students to thrive in today’s complex world. All instructors at UM are encouraged to bring experiential learning into their courses. We chatted with Gera Villagran from UM’s Office of Experiential Learning about ways in which instructors can build experiential learning opportunities into their courses.

July 6, 2023 — 
Asper assistant professor Wenxi Pu explores artificial intelligence (AI) in his teaching and research, curious about the implications of this evolving, sometimes disruptive, technology.

March 2, 2023 — 
UM is hosting a new course which will help guide instructors with practical guidance on how to add EDI practices to their teachings.

April 4, 2022 — 
The Centre launches support for additional technologies.

October 20, 2021 — 
More than 2,300 members of the University of Manitoba community have tried YuJa Video since it launched Sept. 1.

September 1, 2021 — 
As of Sept. 1, 2021, YuJa Video is available to all faculty, staff and students at the University of Manitoba through UM Learn.

July 22, 2021 — 
Christine Wren (BSc (M.E.)/10, BSc/10, BEd/21) was building on her 10-year career as a mechanical engineer. Meanwhile, her husband, John Wren (BSc/08, PhD/14, BEd/15) was a lab instructor with a PhD under his belt. Although the successful, happily married couple were content in the careers, something was missing.

May 14, 2020 — 
Q&A with the Flexible Learning lead at UM

November 22, 2018 — 
Dr. Sabre Cherkowski hopes that educators focus on the positive.

July 20, 2018 — 
Nowhere does the curriculum spell out a teacher’s obligation to meet these needs of a student, but to ignore them is morally indefensible, according to the research findings of Associate Prof. Melanie Janzen.