Location: In-person (room MC-2036)
Location: Online (LEARN)
Location: Online (LEARN, Zoom)
Join CTE staff and fellow instructors to brainstorm ideas and create a plan to incorporate sustainability into one of your own assessments. We will start with a guided discussion to learn from your colleagues. We will share existing sustainability-themed assessments from across disciplines and relevant resources. CTE staff will be available to answer your questions while you work on your assessment design.
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.
This six-hour workshop introduces the principles of aligned course design to instructors 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, teaching and learning activities and their alignment in disciplinary and logistical contexts.
The flipped classroom is a type of blended course where the first encounter with course content and concepts occurs outside the classroom (e.g., via recorded lectures, guided readings, etc.) and the in-person time is used to practice and deepen learning via active learning strategies (e.g., discussions, problem solving, etc.). This workshop will present examples of flipped courses from Waterloo instructors and identify how flipping a classroom, in part or in whole, can enhance a blended course design that increases students' engagement and learning. Participants will design a flipped class element and have an opportunity to receive feedback from facilitators and colleagues.
In this session, you will hear from:
During this session, Jason Thistlethwaite will lead us through the Northern Gateway Pipeline negotiation simulation. Participating in the simulation and the subsequent discussion is an opportunity for you to consider how you might integrate simulations into your courses, perhaps even this simulation, to provide an engaging active learning experience to your own students.
This session is part of The Integrative and Experiential Learning Series.