The Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student (AETS) awards are open to all students who have a formal teaching role at the University of Waterloo. Up to four awards are given annually.
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We are pleased to announce that registration is open for our 12th annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference taking place on April 28 & April 29, 2021. Because the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of our 2020 conference, we will be proceeding with the theme of “Learning Through Assessment” that we had planned for that year.
The Centre for Teaching Excellence, along with the Centre for Extended Learning, are pleased to announce that two of their respective staff members (Mark Morton and Gillian Dabrowski) have been awarded a research grant through the D2L Innovation Guild.
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We are pleased to announce our newest LITE Seed Grant recipients whose projects will begin January 1, 2021.
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The 12th Annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference will be held online Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29, 2021. Please note that due to our 2020 UW Teaching and Learning Conference being cancelled, the theme of our upcoming conference will remain the same: Learning through Assessment.
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CTE is proud of Jordan Rettinger, Faculty Liaison for AHS, for championing the development of a mental health widget for LEARN. The widget will be embedded into all courses, and provides links to resources available to students seeking seek support and care when faced wi
CTE's Faculty Liaison for Arts, Victoria Feth, is assisting with this important and timely online event:
The Elora Poetry Centre & Gallery, in conjunction with Renison University College, University of Waterloo, announces an upcoming synchronous panel discussion on Canadian literary appropriation.
If you’ve ever seen someone doing what the young man above is doing, then you’ve seen someone immersed in virtual reality (VR). To an outside observer, it looks kind of strange. But to the person wearing the headset, it can be an intense and absorbing experience that allows you to see and “do” things you that you can’t easily do in the real world.
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Here’s another story in a series from the Centre for Teaching Excellence to facilitate cross-institutional sharing of strategies for remote teaching.
When teaching online, creating an environment where students can actively engage with their instructors, peers, and course content "increases student satisfaction, enhances student motivation to learn, reduces the sense of isolation, and improves student performance in online courses” (Bolliger & Martin, 2018).
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