The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning September Workshops
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for September, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
Decolonizing Classrooms: Indigenous Approaches to Building Good Relationships
Date and time: Thursday, September 19, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Over the past several years, an important discussion of how we can Indigenize and decolonize the academy has been occurring. This workshop series aims to give participants the context and tools necessary to meaningfully engage with decolonizing processes as they relate to education. “Indigenous Approaches to Building Good Relationships” will discuss how participants can employ the 4/5Rs (relevance, reciprocity, respect, responsibility, and relationships) to ameliorate and decolonize student-instructor relationships. Indigenous ways of understanding relationships and specific tools and strategies that instructors can use will be considered, and participants will be supported as they consider how they can implement the 4/5 Rs in their own teaching practices.
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Small Shifts, Significant Gains: Transformative Teaching Strategies Series
Date and time: Thursday, September 26, 1:15 PM to 2:15 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 One, Lightning Presentations:
- Danielle Yaffe (College of Nursing) presents: Make Learning Fun with Interactive Drag-and-Drop PowerPoint Activities
- Lisa Ford and Janna Wilson (both from the Department of Environment and Geography) present: Transparent Learning: Course Alignment using Learning Objectives Table
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More updates to this workshop series will be posted soon.