U of T Teaching and Learning Calendar

Series description: Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching and learning environment in higher education has increasingly reflected a complex interplay of cognitive, emotional, and structural pressures. While most students arrive at U of T with strong academic skills, the university experience brings with it a variety of interconnected changes and challenges that can impact […]

Series description: Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching and learning environment in higher education has increasingly reflected a complex interplay of cognitive, emotional, and structural pressures. While most students arrive at U of T with strong academic skills, the university experience brings with it a variety of interconnected changes and challenges that can impact […]

Presenteres: Alison Gibbs, Director, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation and Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Statistical SciencesMegan Burnett, Associate Director, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation Please join us for a roundtable discussion on creating a long-term professional development strategy with a focus on progression toward possible future teaching and learning award nominations. Hear […]

Location: this session will be offered virtually (See MS Teams info available upon registration)Facilitators: Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSIMichal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATPIn this practical online session, participants will be introduced to a model of lesson design that presents a series of considerations that an instructor can use to structure any lesson in any discipline […]

Facilitators: Marko Piljevic, Faculty Liaison, Technology, CTSI/ACT Sun Ooi, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI/ACTIn this webinar, we will review how you can make your course materials (e.g., syllabus, readings, and lecture notes/recordings) available to your students. We will provide strategies for organizing your content using Modules and Pages in Quercus so that students […]

Facilitators: Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSIMichal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATPJustin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) and Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) In this interactive hands-on clinic, participants will workshop a particular approach to course planning. After first considering the situational factors that inform the delivery […]

OnlineFacilitators: Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSIMichal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATPNicole Birch-Bayley, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Grad Student Development & TA TrainingIn this hands-on practical clinic, participants will work to develop a supportive learner-centered course syllabus. They will be introduced to syllabus design principles and practices that place students at the centre of the course design process […]

Facilitator: Shayne Train, Faculty Liaison Assistant, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI/ACT Book a 30-minute online appointment with a Faculty Liaison from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology team at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation to discuss captioning and transcription of your teaching materials. Book an appointment

Facilitator: Shayne Train, Faculty Liaison Assistant, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI/ACT Book a 30-minute online appointment with a Faculty Liaison from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology team at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation to discuss captioning and transcription of your teaching materials. Book an appointment

Facilitators: Derek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI/ACTMarko Piljevic, Faculty Liaison, Technology, CTSI/ACTThis in-person workshop is geared toward faculty, staff and TAs who are brand new to Quercus and those who are looking to review the basics. In this session participants will learn about essential information to get started with building their Quercus […]

Facilitators:Mike Kasprzak, Assistant Director TATP/CTSINicole Birch-Bayley, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Grad Student Development & TA TrainingOnlineIn this session, we’ll discuss strategies for working effectively with your teaching assistants, whether in the online, hybrid or in-person environment. Whether you’re working closely with one TA or a team of 10+ TAs, there are important considerations to explore to […]

Facilitators: Justin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI/ACT Sun Ooi, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI/ACTOnline In this webinar, we will provide an overview of the Academic Toolbox, including Quercus and other tools that can support teaching and learning goals, for all course modalities (face-to-face, online synchronous, online asynchronous, and hybrid). […]