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.
Instructional Innovations Week Sessions
CTE7554 Accessibility and GenAI - Online
CTE7022 Trauma Informed Care as Instructional Innovation - Online
CTE7047 Cancelled - Thinking with your hands: Visualize your course using the LEGO Serious Play Method
CTE7042 Activities to Support the Identification of Essential Requirements for Academic Programs
CTE7050 Cancelled - Shifting the Centre: Complementary Pedagogies for a Changing World
CTE7557 Cancelled - Beyond the Grade: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of GenAI
CTE7043 Cancelled - LITE and Staebler Grants Resource Showcase - Hybrid
CTE7048 Cancelled - A Walk Through Faculty of Science's Traditional Ecological Knowledge Modules - Hybrid
CTE7555 GenAI in Teaching: Perspectives from UW Instructors - Hybrid
CTE7049 Cancelled - A Worksheet Resource for Problem Solving and Peer-Evaluation
CTE7551 Cancelled - Integrating GenAI in Assessments
CTE7526 Cancelled - Using PebblePad Workbooks to Help Students Integrate Their Learning Throughout a Program - Online
CTE7044 Cancelled - Teaching Innovation Incubator Project Symposium
CTE7045 Active Learning Walking Tour
CTE7046 Teaching Through Uncertainty