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CTE Staff members have the privilege this week of providing a training program in Instructional Technologies to 34 instructors who are visiting from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. Workshops in the program cover topics such as the flipped classroom, ePortfolios, concept mapping tools, clickers, data visualization tools, wikis, blended learning, and more. 

Check out this article on Dr. Levent Tunçel, who will be honored at this year's convocation as one of four recipients of Waterloo's 2014

Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the Certificate in University Teaching Award, Carlos Moreno (Engineering)!

An interview with Carlos is featured in the May 2014 edition of the CTE newsletter, Teaching Matters.

In collaboration with the Office of the Associate Vice President, Academic, CTE is pleased to announced that three new LITE Seed Grant projects will begin this May. 

Congratulations to the recipients!

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has a unique job opportunity open for six graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo. The position runs from September 2014 through August 2015. Candidates must be available for training in August 2014.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Distinguished Teacher Awards!
 

Kashif Memon, Science and Business
 

Anindya Sen, Economics
 

Levent Tuncel, Combinatorics and Optimization
 

Christina Vester, Classical Studies

Kashif Memon

Science and Business

Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Teacher Award

Kashif Memon, an academic advisor, coordinator, and lecturer for Science and Business, has been teaching at the University of Waterloo since 2005. His students and colleagues give high praise to his dedication to excellence in teaching, his devotion to advising and mentoring, and his sincere concern for students. In addition, using group discussions in his classroom has made a valuable impact on student learning.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of the Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student!
 

Rania Al-Hammoud, Civil and Environmental Engineering
 

Nathaniel Barr, Psychology
 

Brenda Lee, Biology (Nanotechnology)


 

Rania Al-Hammoud

Civil & Environmental Engineering

The Waterloo Region Record has published a front-page story about the Loving to Learn Day initiative that the Centre for Teaching Excellence coordinates annually.

The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) has two unique job opportunities open for senior graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo. The position runs from March 2014 through April 2015.

Please refer to the flyer for specific details, the application deadline and instructions.

Please join us on Thursday, March 27, 2014 for a series of ePortfolio presentations beginning with:

Keynote: ePortfolios as Catalysts for Transformative Change 

Mini-presentations: How ePortfolios are being used at uWaterloo