Transforming the Learning Experience News Archive
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning November Workshops
October 18, 2023 —
Check out the wide variety of upcoming workshops offered by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning scheduled this November!
Price Faculty of Engineering
Blowing away boundaries
October 17, 2023 —
Students in the Price Faculty of Engineering are pursuing a cleaner future by breaking down the international barriers between Canadian and American universities. The University of Manitoba’s ‘Wind Energy Design’ (WE Design) team recently became the first ever Canadian team to join the US Department of Energy run ‘Collegiate Wind Competition’.
Faculty of Arts
Celebrating undergraduate research
October 6, 2023 —
This past summer, the Faculty of Arts gathered to celebrate the efforts and contributions of undergraduate student researchers.
Libraries
Upgraded New York Times subscription for UM community
September 25, 2023 —
Upgraded New York Times subscription for UM community
Libraries
Libraries workshops and drop-in study sessions start Sep 21
September 8, 2023 —
Libraries workshops and drop-in study sessions start Sep 21
Law space reimagined: Transforming legal learning
August 20, 2023 —
From transforming a simple storage to transforming the way students learn at UM Faculty of Law's Robson Hall.
Libraries
Apply for a $10,000 grant to create, adapt and adopt OER
August 18, 2023 —
Apply for a $10,000 grant to create, adapt and adopt OER
Faculty of Arts
Clinical psychology graduate program to double
August 2, 2023 —
On July 21, the Province of Manitoba announced it will invest $412,000 to double the number of seats in the clinical psychology graduate program beginning in fall 2024. This is the first significant increase in student seats to this program in decades and will do much to help fill the urgent need for clinical psychologists in Manitoba.
UM’s new prairie crops and soils research facility poised to be a global leader in the agri-food sector
July 25, 2023 —
UM’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is poised to take its place on the global stage, boost economic growth in Canada, while enhancing food security and agricultural sustainability across the world.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
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.