At the Eco-Summit held on Wednesday, July 12, the Centre for Teaching Excellence was the first unit on campus to receive the Green Office Gold Certification.
We’re pleased to announce that the next annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Information about the Conference theme, the proposal submission deadline, and registration will be posted in the fall.
2017 Conference slides and handouts are now available on our website.
The latest CTE Teaching Story profiles David Harmsworth, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, whose "backwards" approach to teaching mathematics helps students develop intuition and problem-solving skills. Read the full story: David Harmsworth: Teaching Intuition in Mathematics.
This May, seven exciting new educational research projects were funded through the Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Grant initiative.
LITE grants provide support for experimenting with and investigating innovative approaches to teaching that foster deep student learning at the University of Waterloo. The program is composed of two kinds of grants:
The upcoming LITE Seed Grant deadline is June 1, 2017.
For descriptions of LITE grant projects and for more information about the initiative, please visit the LITE grants program website, or contact Crystal Tse (ext. 31240) or Kristin Brown (ext. 32940) to discuss project ideas.
Every two years, CTE offers the the Facilitators Development Workshop (FDW) to ten participants interested in becoming trained Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) facilitators. These future ISW facilitators will dedicate a week of their time (40-hours) to their teaching professional development as they prepare to guide teaching colleagues through the ISW program. This year's FDW will be facilitated by Waterloo's Monica Vesely, Instructional Developer, Faculty Programs and Development, and McMaster University's Erin Aspenlieder, Educational Developer, Program Enhancement Lead. Continue reading to learn more or visit our ISW program event page.
Image source: Instructional Skills Network
Over 320 participants from the University of Waterloo and beyond joined us on April 27 to explore the role curiosity plays in teaching and learning. Conference co-organizer Crystal Tse, Instructional Developer, Research, looks back on the day in the latest CTE Blog post. We've also collected some highlights shared by participants, facilitators, and presenters in our Storify story: A Day of Cultivating Curiosity in Teaching and Learning.
Our colleagues in the Centre for Extended Learning are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Online Teaching and Design Awards. They are Edwin Ng and Doug Cowan.
Dr. Crystal Tse has assumed the role of CTE's Instructional Developer, Research and Consulting (a position formerly held by Julie Timmermans, who has moved on to a position at the University of Otago in New Zealand). Crystal was previously CTE's Research Associate.
Recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Teacher Awards have been announced! They are:
Recipients of the 2017 Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student have been announced! They are: