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We are conducting an extensive review to see how we can better support digital teaching and learning at Waterloo. 

Please take 5-10 minutes to complete our survey. It will remain open until September 11.

Your feedback will help inform you potentially significant changes.  

Any questions about this survey or CEL can be sent to Aldo Caputo, CEL Director (acaputo@uwaterloo.ca). 

Thank you in advance for your participation and feedback!

2023 Winner of the J.D. Leslie Graduate Award Announced

Maria Shamim is the recipient of the 2023 James D. Leslie Graduate Award.

Nominations Open for Online Teaching Awards - Spring 2023

Nominations for this year’s awards, which include the Fall 2022, Winter 2023 and Spring 2023 academic terms, must be received by August 31, 2023.

The University of Waterloo’s Online Teaching Awards recognize teaching and course design excellence in fully online undergraduate or graduate-level courses and programs. The Centre for Extended Learning (CEL) and the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic congratulate Megan McCarthy, Amanda Garcia and Anton Mosunov, winners of the 2022 awards.

The University of Waterloo’s Online Teaching Awards recognize teaching and course design excellence in fully online undergraduate- or graduate-level courses and programs.

Every year the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic and the Centre for Extended Learning recognize the great work that Waterloo’s instructors are doing in the virtual classroom. Please help us identify these remarkable people by nominating an instructor or an online course author.

The Open Scholarship Committee (OSC) is calling for contributions to Open Education Week, which will take place from March 6 to 10, 2023.

Open education is one of the three main components of open scholarship, alongside open access and open data. Open education comprises digital resources, tools, and practices encouraging open sharing within the educational community around the world, with the goal of improving access to and effectiveness of education and advancing equity and accessibility.  

Meet Kassie Harker - Winner of the 2022 JD Leslie Undergrad Award

The University of Waterloo's J.D. Leslie Undergraduate Prize is awarded by the Centre for Extended Learning annually to a graduating student who has achieved a first-class standing and who has earned 50 per cent or more of the credits for their undergraduate degree through online courses. 

It is with some sadness (and perhaps a bit of envy) that the team at the Centre for Extended Learning (CEL) shares the news that Dina Meunier, Associate Director of Online Learning, has elected to take early retirement to spend more time with her family (and likely a fair amount more on the golf course).

Dina started her career with CEL 12 years ago as an Online Learning Consultant. Later she assumed the role of acting Associate Director multiple times when CEL’s director took on other duties, formally becoming Associate Director in 2018.

The University of Waterloo’s Online Teaching Awards recognize teaching and course design excellence in fully online undergraduate- or graduate-level courses and programs.

Were you a student in a fully online (ONLN) course this term? If you had an exceptional experience in your online course, consider nominating your instructor for the Online Teaching Award.

eCampusOntario has launched an exciting new project to support Open Educational Resource (OER) adoption and peer review.