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:
Join Eline Boghaert, Jason Grove, Marios Ioannidis, Felicia Pantazi, and Mary Power at the Engineering Integrative Learning Group as they share their experiences teaching a first-year Chemistry for Engineers course using blended learning.
Date: March 24, 12:00-1:00pm
Location: CPH 4333
Lunch will be provided by the Office of the Dean of Engineering
Registration is required by March 22.
Teaching Methods: Wed., March 8, 1:00-3:00
Open to all graduate students, this interactive workshop will provide participants with a toolbox of activities suitable for any classroom and will introduce the concepts of active learning and teacher-centred versus student-centred classrooms. Attend and discuss some of the reasons for using different teaching methods and to begin to decide which ones are right for your classroom. Registration is required.
Teaching Excellence Academy (TEA): April 19, 20, & 24
The Teaching Excellence Academy is aimed primarily at experienced faculty members who want the opportunity to rejuvenate their teaching. If you're interested in participating, contact your chair or director no later than Wednesday, March 22. At the TEA, attendees will thoroughly revise one of their courses with the assistance of their peers and experts from the Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and the Centre for Extended Learning (CEL).
Educational Technologies Week: Monday, Feb. 27 – Friday, Mar. 3
We kick off a whole week of workshops on educational technologies next Monday with a keynote session, Recognizing Knowledge & Skills in a Digital Age, by Don Presant. Attend up to 15 workshops on topics like gamification, the flipped classroom, blended learning, Mobius, online course design, Twitter in the classroom, and more. Register today.
Gordon Stubley has been honoured with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship, awarded by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada. Up to 10 people from across Canada are presented annually with the fellowship, one of Canada's most prestigious awards for excellence in post-secondary education.
“There are lots of people who do really good work at this university in teaching,” says Stubley. “I think it’s really important that we learn to talk about how we achieve excellence and how our students see excellence.”
For the full story, and to hear about why students call Stubley "the engineering Bill Nye," read this profile from the Faculty of Engineering: Professor honoured with national teaching fellowship.