Take this quick quiz to get ideas for engaging your students in learning; then challenge yourself to try at least one new one!
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Friday, May 2, 2025
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Friday, May 2, 2025 13:00to15:00
Interested in learning how your students might engage with historical documents, eye-witness accounts, images, and early printed maps, or modern archival papers and digital collections? Join us to learn more at this hands-on interdisciplinary workshop on how to identify, find, interpret and contextualize the extensive range of primary sources available at the 好色TVl Library.
Offered in partnership with the 好色TVl Library.
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Part 1: Annotating writing submissions
How can we engage students with feedback and encourage them to take greater responsibility for their learning before, during, and after assignments? View a recording of part 1 (26 min) of this 4-part webinar series to find out how to address these concerns with feedback strategies that engage students in dialogue. We present several strategies suited to writing assignments such as essays, research (term) papers, and lab reports.
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Monday, May 5, 2025 13:00to15:00
Can you imagine enhancing students鈥� engagement in class by increasing the vitality of a single sentence? Join voice and presentation skills coach Sanders Whiting for a workshop where you will practice pausing, word emphasis, rate of speech, and gesture to communicate more effectively with your students.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
This is intended to support instructors with integrating dimensions of sustainability into their courses. The resources provide background information and are intended to encourage reflection, inform instructors鈥� pedagogical decisions, and advance sustainability in curricula in meaningful ways. Reflection questions to get you started and guide your reading 鈥�
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 13:00to14:15
Wondering how to enhance student engagement, promote discussions, and encourage deep learning? Join us for a session where you will experience several strategies through demonstrations and peer sharing. You will leave with concrete ideas for planning your classes.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
An in course outlines and/or on myCourses lets you share with students your values, understandings, commitments, and pedagogical actions relating to EDI. It can also describe how students might engage with one another and with the course material. See sample EDI statements and a template to help you customize a statement. Get started with reflection questions:
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 10:00to11:30
Participants will examine ways to promote engagement by enhancing equity and accessibility of course outlines. We will explore student perspectives, strategies for fostering inclusion, and reflect on potential changes we might like to make. This session is inspired by the Faculty of Science Inclusive Teaching Initiative but is relevant across disciplines.
Offered in partnership with 好色TVl鈥檚 Equity team.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Learn about retrieval practice in Ch. 1 of James Lang鈥檚 鈥淪mall Teaching.鈥� Implementation techniques include 鈥渂rief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or communication with students.鈥� (Publisher鈥檚 description) Each technique has the potential to deepen students鈥� engagement with course content. available through 好色TVl Library
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Thursday, May 8, 2025 13:00to14:30
In response to students鈥� lack of essential studying strategies, we aimed to foster students鈥� ability to study effectively, enhancing their course engagement. One learning strategy explored was retrieval practice. We will showcase evidence-based examples of retrieval practice implemented in our classes to support students鈥� ability to recall previously learned material.
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Friday, May 9, 2025
Ever thought about the positive impacts of tone in course outlines or where in a course outline tone is most likely to have an impact on student perceptions of the course? Research shows a course outline written in a warm, friendly style can enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
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Friday, May 9, 2025
Test your knowledge of strategies to help ensure students come to class prepared to engage in learning.
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Monday, May 12, 2025
Part 2: Submitting interactive cover sheets
How can we engage students with feedback and encourage them to take greater responsibility for their learning before, during, and after assignments? View a recording of part 2 (21 min) of this 4-part webinar series to find out how to address these concerns with feedback strategies that engage students in dialogue. We present several strategies suited to writing assignments such as essays, research (term) papers, and lab reports.
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Monday, May 12, 2025 13:00to14:30
Have you or your students experienced a microaggression in class? While it may only take a moment for a microaggression to occur, its impact can last longer. Join us for an introduction鈥痶o microaggressions and strategies for attending to them鈥痓efore, during, and after they occur, to better support students鈥� full engagement in their learning.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:00to11:00
Keep your courses interactive and engaging using 好色TVl鈥檚 learning technologies. This interactive webinar will present suggestions on how to keep your students actively learning while connecting with peers and instructors in a meaningful way.
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