Academic Technology

• Academic Toolbox Renewal Initiative

  When you are thinking of using a new educational technology, do you ask yourself, does the solution allow me (and my department) to take advantage of international standards for interoperability […]

• Ramping up for the new school year

  Registration for this year’s Back-to-School Series is now open. A complete list of workshop titles and descriptions is available online. This year, we have a new featured event – a […]

• NMC Horizon Report

  by Ryan Green, Educational Technology Liaison, CTSI The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition came out a few weeks ago, and I thought it would be a good idea […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• Podcasts for the Holiday (and any other) Season

  As we enter the final stretch for 2012—making our way through exam time, getting ready for the holidays (convincing ourselves that we will have a relaxing time with friends and […]

• Caption This!

  Enter the 2011 Teaching & Learning Symposium Caption Contest for a chance to win a Dell Streak 7 Honeycomb Tablet. This year’s Teaching & Learning Symposium, co-hosted by the Office of […]

• Hallowe’en and presentation horror stories

  As a Trainer with the TATP, one of my responsibilities has been to design and teach a workshop for TAs on Classroom Presentations.  Within the workshop, we review a number […]

• Coming Soon – Large Classroom Teaching

  The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation will soon launch an online module on Exploring Large Classroom Teaching. The University of Toronto’s faculty and graduate students have a fair bit […]

• Entering the online classroom

  Online courses are increasingly more commonplace (for distance education, continuing studies or as one way to deal with large classes and a rise in student population) but many of us […]