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Introduction to MS Co-Pilot
Presenter: Derek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning & Technology, Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation. The University now offers eligible staff access to Microsoft Copilot, an advanced AI-powered chatbot and search engine. Unlike other chatbots, Copilot provides an enhanced user experience by responding to prompts with content and footnotes linked to original internet sources. It […]
Demystifying the Dossier: Drafting Your Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Facilitators: Cora McCloy, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSI Samantha Chang, Faculty Liaison, Anti-Racist Pedagogies, CTSI At the University of Toronto, a teaching dossier must be submitted as part of the formal review process for tenure and continuing status. Beyond the information included in an academic CV, a teaching dossier describes and documents an instructor’s teaching […]
Monitor-Side Chats: UDL-ing in Winter 2024: UDL Guideline 2: Language & Symbols (building representation)
Name: CTSI Room 4035 Address: Robarts Library, 4th Floor 130 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H1Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor February 23rd session: learn more about UDL Guideline #2: Provide Options for Language and Symbols (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/representation/language-symbols)The average student does not exist. So, how do we design learning environments that maximize learning for all students?Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/) is a framework for minimizing […]
CFD Membership Mondays: Reflexive Case Scenario Development with Sacha Agrawal and Farah Friesen
Presented By: Centre for Faculty Development While case studies can be a helpful tool for teaching and learning in health professions education, without thoughtful consideration during their development, they can be harmful for the individuals they intend to represent. During this Membership Monday lunch and learn, we will engage in a dialogue about the importance […]
Education as the Practice of Freedom – Reading Group Series (Session 3): Solidarity In and Across Classrooms (Online)
Name: Robarts Library Rm 4035 Address: 130 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 1A5Teaching in Arts & Science Winter 2024 Lunch & Learn: Facilitating Peer Review and Feedback
Presented By: Faculty of Arts & Sciences Peer review and feedback are essential for promoting student engagement, fostering a classroom community and encouraging critical thinking and collaborative learning. In this session, we will review some key concepts and considerations for facilitating peer review and feedback activities. We will also discuss effective strategies and tools to […]
A&S T&L Community of Practice: Skill-Building Activities and Student Support in STEM Courses
Presented By: Faculty of Arts & Science Registration Assessing gains in communication skills in a large online statistics course Presenters: Nathalie Moon and Samantha-Jo Caetano (Assistant Professors, Teaching Stream, Statistical Sciences) In 2020-22, our foundational first-year statistics course shifted to being offered fully online (~500 students/term). We conducted a study over this period to investigate […]
Generative AI Works in Progress Series- Cultivating Discernment in Skill Development in using ChatGPT
The Generative AI Works in Progress series is a new offering designed to encourage ongoing, open, institutional-level conversations about generative AI in teaching and learning. Over the Winter 2024 term, the series will offer a range of one-hour presentations targeted towards a broad teaching and learning audience where current questions, ideas, inquiries or works in […]
Engaging Students with Hypothesis Social Annotation
Facilitators:Christie DeCarolis, Customer Success Manager, HypothesisJustin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning and TechnologyAdding social annotation to course readings can help students develop essential critical thinking skills. In this interactive and hands-on session, Christie DeCarolis from Hypothesis will discuss how you can implement collaborative annotation with Hypothesis to make student reading visible, active, and social. […]
Your Neurodiverse Classroom (In-Person)
Name: Blackburn Room Address: 130 St. George St. Toronto ONMonitor-Side Chats: UDL-ing in Winter 2024: UDL Guideline 5: Expression & Communication (internalizing representation)
Name: CTSI Room 4035 Address: Robarts Library, 4th Floor 130 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H1Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor March 1st session: learn more about UDL Guideline #5: Provide Options for Expression and Communication (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/action-expression/expression-communication)The average student does not exist. So, how do we design learning environments that maximize learning for all students?Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/) is a framework for minimizing […]