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Is the TATP a Learning Community? The Power of Working for the Teaching Assistants’ Training Program
By Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP I recently blogged about a Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Higher Education co-edited by current and former members of the CTSI staff […]
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TATP: Shorts
Teaching Assistants’ Training Program’s Coordinators and Trainers offer some quick tips on review, close reading, and exam prep. All videos were edited by Wesley Adams, CTSI’s Video Editor and Production […]
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Preparing Graduate Students for a Changing World of Work
By Megan Burnett, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATP If you are a graduate student, or know a graduate student, these questions may have come up in conversation: Will I get an academic […]
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Happy New Year from Your CTSI Programming Team
2015 is off to a running start here, as we’ve kicked off our winter programming series and are looking forward to our summer offerings and beyond. The spring (if we […]
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How to make instructional videos
By Maryam Shafiei, ACT Support Assistant You have probably heard the mantras, “Show, don’t tell” or “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember”. Visually illustrating a new […]
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Question: What do Mark Zukerberg, Oprah Winfrey and the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) have in common?
By Professor Carol Rolheiser, Director, CTSI Answer: All have established book clubs; mind you, not your average book clubs! All of us are pretty familiar with Oprah Winfrey’s launching of […]
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Recognizing and Valuing Teaching at UofT
By Pam Gravestock, PhD, Associate Director, CTSI I recently had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Excellence in Teaching reception, honouring faculty who have received teaching awards over the past […]
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Celebrating Teaching
Recipients of U of T’s divisional, institutional and external teaching awards for 2014, celebrated with senior administration and CTSI on November 27th for the inaugural Excellence in Teaching reception. (photo […]
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Researching the Inverted Classroom
Earlier this month, over 250 members of the University of Toronto teaching and learning community shared their commitment to developing and enhancing their knowledge of effective teaching practices. The 9th […]
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Learn more about U of T’s Centre for Community Partnerships
Did you know that… 94% of student respondents who have taken a community-engaged learning course at the University of Toronto want to take another community-engaged learning course? Community-engaged learning courses […]