Location: EV1 241
The Centre for Teaching Excellence will be hosting spring term New Faculty Teaching Orientation Days on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 and Thursday, August 6, 2015. Registration is now closed.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
CTE910 - Who Are Our Learners (9:00am to 10:30am)
Rumours abound about "students today" and, more locally, about "Waterloo students." This session provides an overview of learning and learners generally, and also more specifically at Waterloo. The information provided will allow you to better plan your teaching in light of learner characteristics, generally and at Waterloo.
CTE906 - Classroom Dynamics and Engagement (10:45am to 12:15pm)
What will you do when a student arrives late to your class? Disturbs others in the class with inappropriate laptop use? Tells you that your course is much harder than all their other courses? These are everyday issues that every faculty member will experience. At this workshop, you will become aware of common issues in classroom dynamics and will work to devise strategies to handle these issues. We will also consider the impacts of the potential strategies developed in terms of learner motivation and engagement.
CTE912 - Assessment for Learning (1:00pm to 3:00pm)
How do we know students know and can do new things as a result of our courses and assignments? How will they know they know? Assessment decisions are made in the context of course objectives and constrained by class size and grading time allotted. We'll cover principles of feedback and evaluation of student work as well as practical advice. Participants will leave with the knowledge required to start an assessment plan for a course or assignment, along with tips about assessment tools such as rubrics, group grading forms, and multiple choice item analysis.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
CTE642 - Course Design Fundamentals (9:00am to 3:00pm)
This six-hour workshop introduces the principles of aligned course design to faculty and teaching staff with little or no prior teaching experience running courses of their own. By the end of the session, participants will have considered learning outcomes, assessments, activities and their alignment in disciplinary and logistical contexts.