Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student! This year, the Chakma Awards recognize the outstanding teaching of:
Continue reading to find out what makes each of the recipients stand out.
We are excited to share the announcement of the recipients of this year's Distinguished Teacher Awards. Each year, four Waterloo instructors are recognized. Congratulations to 2018's Distinguished Teachers: Wayne Chang, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre; Shannon Dea, Philosophy; Jake Fisher, Chemistry; and Julie Kate Seirlis, International Development. Read on to learn about what stood for nominees about each of the recipients' approach to teaching.
The registration deadline for Motivating Our Students and Ourselves, the 2018 Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference, is fast approaching. Register before April 4 and join over 250 colleagues for a day dedicated to teaching and learning on April 26. This year, we welcome Dr. Joe Kim from McMaster University who will present the keynote talk, Motivating Durable Learning: Focused Attention and Instructional Design, and we look forward to an engaging Igniting Our Practice session led by Drs. Sarah Tolmie (English Language and Literature) and Brian Forrest (Pure Mathematics).
We congratulate CTE's Director, Donna Ellis, on the publication of her latest paper in a special issue of To Change the Academy exploring“the one thing” that characterizes, inspires, challenges, or guides the educational development work of each contributor. The paper, "Changing the Lens: The Role of Reframing in Educational Development," recognizes the important role reframing plays in inviting different thinking, honouring multiple perspectives, promoting transparency, and uncovering new insights.
CTE is please to share the great news that Tait Wilman, one of our TA Workshop Facilitators, received the Sylvia Knight Award in Fine Arts at the UW Fine Arts Department’s annual Awards Ceremony on March 15. This award is given annually to a graduating MFA candidate in the Department "who has demonstrated excellence in studio work" – and this definitely is our Tait!
CTE's third annual Educational Technologies Week got underway on Monday, March 12 with a keynote presentation by McGill's Adam Finkelstein.
Register for the 2018 University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference and join Waterloo instructors, staff, and students on April 26 for a full day devoted to exploring the role motivation plays in teaching and learning. Joe Kim, Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour at McMaster University and recipient of the 2017 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, will kick off the conference with a keynote talk on student motivation and durable learning — learning that extends beyond the short-term and into the long-term retention of information that remains with students after the final exam. And in our Igniting Our Practice session, Sarah Tolmie(English Language and Literature) and Brian Forrest (Pure Mathematics) will invite participants to their classrooms by recreating successful ineractive teaching strategies. Registration closes April 4, 2018.
Join us for CTE's annual Educational Technologies Week on Monday, March 12 to Friday, March 16, 2018. This year's Educational Technologies Week features topics such as learning spaces, Flipping the Classroom, Course Design for Blended Learning, VoiceThread, Crowdmark, Lightboard, and more!
The dates and times of all 18 sessions are available on the schedule.
Join us for our first LITE Grant Lightning Research Talk for presentations from two Waterloo writing centres. Learn about how the French Writing Centre harnesses collaborative learning and about new methods piloted by the Writing and Communication Centre to successfully equip students for dissertation writing in their dissertation bootcamps.
Registration is required.
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 12:00-1:00
Presenters: Rocky Penate, Cynthia Tremblay (French Studies), Clare Bermingham, Nadine Fladd, and Nicole Westlund Stewart (Writing and Communication Centre)
We welcome Maris Weiss to CTE as the Centre’s new Administrative Assistant. In her role, Maris will provide a wide range of departmental support, including administrative support, financial management, human resource management, technical support, safety planning, and support to the Director. Maris joins us from Campus Wellness, where she worked in administration and customer service, and brings previous experience as a life skills facilitator, personal support worker, laboratory technician, and medical office administrator to her role at CTE. Welcome, Maris!