the centre for the advancement of teaching and learning News Archive
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You can do it! Empowering students through experiential learning
July 24, 2023 —
The benefits to students of experiential learning are known to be wide-ranging and life changing. At this year’s May 3 Teaching Café, “Journeys into Experiential Learning,” four UM panelists shared a variety of time-tested approaches that empower students, provide them with autonomy and real-world skills, and help them to recognize and reflect upon failure as a valuable learning tool.
Innovative research is at the core of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium
June 26, 2023 —
Energized by the opening keynote speaker, this year’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium celebrated the breadth of teaching and learning studies of recent grant recipients and highlighted SoTL research that responds to current teaching and learning challenges.
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Panorama accessibility tool available in UM Learn
June 13, 2023 —
Panorama is now live in UM Learn to help you make your course materials as accessible as possible.
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Entrepreneurial thinking in teaching and learning
June 7, 2023 —
Sparked by his own curiosity, Carl Szczerski, a technician in the Faculty of Science, purchased his first personal 3D printer in 2018. Now, he’s using the technology to support teaching and learning, too.
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First Experiential Learning Gathering at UM: Read what participants had to say about it!
May 17, 2023 —
On May 2, 2023, 32 faculty members, instructors and staff from across UM gathered to build relationships and exchange perspectives at the first UM Experiential Learning Gathering. Conversations ranged from the impact of AI and Covid-19 to the shifting role of postsecondary institutions and the radical possibilities of EL as a transformative approach to education.
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Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception returns in-person to celebrate educators
May 12, 2023 —
The Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception is an opportunity to celebrate teaching excellence. Each faculty and school nominates an outstanding graduating student, who then selects two teachers who have made important contributions to their education – one from their Kindergarten to Grade 12 years and one from their time at UM. This year, the group of 22 graduating students spoke about 44 outstanding educators who inspired them.
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Attend the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium on May 31, 2023
April 27, 2023 —
We are pleased to announce the 2023 UM Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
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There are still spaces available in the Experiential Learning Gathering (May 2) and Teaching Café (May 3) next week
April 24, 2023 —
Check out the Experiential Learning Gathering or the Teaching Café, hosted by the Office of Experiential Learning at the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning:
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Spaces available for Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity 2023, June 1 and 2 on campus at UM
April 17, 2023 —
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Manitoba is honoured to be hosting the 3rd biannual Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity (CSAI).
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Upcoming experiential learning events for faculty and instructors
April 6, 2023 —
Explore experiential learning in upcoming events: The Teaching Café, the Experiential Learning Gathering and the Experiential Learning Institute