Instructional Innovations Week

October 20-24, 2025

The Centre for Teaching Excellence is looking forward to offering Instructional Innovations Week, for the third time, in collaboration with faculty and a number of Academic Support Units.

Throughout five days, colleagues from the University of Waterloo will lead a variety of engaging sessions.

This event is free and open to all who wish to attend. However, registration for each individual workshop is required.

Instructional Innovations Week Schedule

Select the links below for session descriptions and registration information for each session. All sessions are in person, except for the online lunch and learn sessions.

Session

Monday, Oct. 20

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Thursday, Oct. 23

Friday, Oct. 24

Morning#1

Accessibility and GenAI - Online

(CTE7554)

10:00AM-11:00AM

Activities to Support the Identification of Essential Requirements for Academic Programs

(CTE7042)

10:00AM-11:00AM

Cancelled - LITE and Staebler Grants Resource Showcase - Hybrid

(CTE7043)

10:00AM-11:30AM

Cancelled - Integrating GenAI in Assessments

(CTE7551)

9:30AM-11:30AM

Active Learning Walking Tour

(CTE7045)

9:00AM-10:00AM

Morning #2        

Teaching Through Uncertainty

(CTE7046)

10:30AM-12:00PM

Lunch and Learn 

Trauma Informed Care as Instructional Innovation - Online

(CTE7022)

12:00PM-1:00PM

Cancelled - Shifting the Centre: Complementary Pedagogies for a Changing World

(CTE7050)

11:30AM-1:30PM

Cancelled - A Walk Through Faculty of Science's Traditional Ecological Knowledge Modules - Hybrid

(CTE7048)

12:00PM-1:00PM

Cancelled - Using PebblePad Workbooks to Help Students Integrate Their Learning Throughout a Program - Online

(CTE7526)

12:00PM-12:50PM

 
Afternoon #1

Cancelled - Thinking with your hands: Visualize your course using the LEGO Serious Play Method

(CTE7047)

1:30PM-3:00PM

Cancelled - Beyond the Grade: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of GenAI

(CTE7557)

1:30PM-3:00PM

GenAI in Teaching: Perspectives from UW Instructors - Hybrid

(CTE7555)

1:00PM-2:00PM

Cancelled - Teaching Innovation Incubator Project Symposium

(CTE7044)

1:00PM-3:00PM

 
Afternoon #2    

Cancelled - A Worksheet Resource for Problem Solving and Peer-Evaluation

(CTE7049)

3:00PM-4:00PM