The 2023 recipients of the Distinguished Teacher Awards have been announced: Keith Delaney, Nardine Nakhla, Zara Rafferty, and Diana Skrzydlo.
We’re pleased to announce that the schedule for the 2023 University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference (May 4, 2023) is now available. The schedule for the pre-conference day of workshops (May 3, 2023) is also available. There’s still time to register (registration will close on Wednesday, April 19).
Recent work of IK-AR staff members
We’re pleased to let you know that registration is open for our 14th annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference taking place on May 4, 2023, with a day of online pre-conference workshops taking place on May 3, 2023. Last year saw over 500 faculty members, staff, and students gather to learn from and with one another around the theme of fostering partnerships in pedagogy. Our 2023 conference theme is Teaching and Learning with Kindness and Care.
On the first day of class, Dr. Steffanie Scott introduces students to the course, activities, and assessments. Then, she invites their feedback. What do the students hope to gain from this course? Students were given a week to ponder this question and share their feedback. Dr. Scott embeds learner-centred pedagogy so that the course is not “fixed” when students first arrive. They co-create together and she meaningfully responds to their feedback. In this case, one clear message from students was to include field trips as part of their Sustainable Food: Regional Case Study course.
Steffanie was up to the challenge. Thanks to the community connections she had cultivated working with the Food System Roundtable of Waterloo Region over the past 15 years, Steffanie was able to quickly line up five field trips. This enabled students to connect with community members by visiting gardens, farms, and local organizations. To give back and deepen their reflections, students created public blog posts for each field trip.
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The Call for Proposals for the 2023 University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference is now closed.
The conference will be taking place in-person on Thursday, May 4 at the University of Waterloo, in the Science Teaching Complex and Federation Hall. This year, we explore pedagogies of care and kindness in higher education to give us space to support one another in our teaching and learning journeys. We also invite you to join us on Wednesday, May 3 for a day of online pre-conference workshops to share discussions of care and kindness with our post-secondary community beyond the University of Waterloo.
In November 2021, CTE hired Leslie Wexler as a Senior Educational Developer in Indigenous Knowledges and Anti-Racist (IKAR) pedagogies, followed some months later by Nahannee Schuitemaker, Madison Hill, and Jessica Rumboldt who work in more specific areas of IKAR. Having now settled into their individual positions and developed into a distinct five-person team, which includes Savannah Sloat, Manager of Indigenous Initiatives in the Faculty of Science, we asked each of them to share their role, current area of focus, and vision for the future of IKAR at Waterloo.
In light of the message shared with the university community by Waterloo's Senior Admin on November 8, 2022, CTE has established the following protocol for our in-person workshops until further notice:
Although masks are not required, all participants and facilitators are strongly encouraged to wear masks when participating in CTE in-person events. Masks can be removed while speaking or presenting.
If you have any questions, please contact Trevor Holmes, Associate Director
After years of remote learning, the transition back to in-person learning can be challenging for some students.
What is happening? The Evolving the EdTech Ecosystem project team is excited to announce the launch of the Educational Technology (EdTech) Hub, a new website that pulls together information on Waterloo’s centrally supported EdTech tools: digital technology tools used to deliver and facilitate learning, learning activities, and aid in the creation and dissemination of content.