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Reflections on the TA Teaching Excellence Award
For the past eight years, I have had the distinct pleasure of coordinating the Teaching Assistants’ Training Program Teaching Excellence Award. It is always inspiring to read students’ testimonials about […]
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Thank Your Teacher Today
Do you have a favourite teacher? The one (or maybe more than one) who made the difference in your education? Perhaps it was a different approach to teaching (my grade […]
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From our Educational Technologoy Experts: RecordMP3.org
From Ryan Green, Educational Technology Liaison, CTSI RecordMP3.org is a recently developed website that does just what its name implies; it allows anyone to record and distribute audio as an […]
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Narratives and teaching
Robin Sutherland-Harris and I were co-facilitators of a TATP workshop today. The workshop challenged TAs to convey a narrative (or a story) in a lesson for their students. One of […]
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Is Student Engagement Related to Disappointment, or Just a Misunderstanding?
CTSI’s interest in student-faculty interaction stems from it’s significants as a benchmark of student engagement, in the NSSE, or National Survey of Student Engagement (affectionately known as “Nessie”). And, it’s […]
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SOPA / PIPA and a Canadian perspective
If you were browsing in the internet today (January 18, 2012), there’s a good chance that you’ve encountered ‘black’ sites or sites with messages protesting two bills before US Congress. […]
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Upcoming at CTSI
We are working on a new project with Student Life that will be launched at the end of January. We don’t want to give too much away – there’s something […]
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Evaluating participation
Evaluating student participation in tutorials or seminars can be a challenge for everyone from first time TAs to experienced instructors. Recently, I came across an interesting suggestion posted on the […]
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January is Assessment Month at CTSI
Assessment is not only about testing knowledge and content but supporting students in developing learning strategies. CTSI’s January and February workshops highlight alternative approaches that integrate assessment into learning and […]
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CTSI: the view from the 7th floor
With the start of the new year, we have settled in our new, albeit temporary, home. Our space on the 4th floor of Robarts is under renovation – our office […]