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February 24th SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

Designing for the future of teaching using a design thinking approach

Facilitator: Olivier St-Cyr, PhD, LEL (he/him/his), Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, UXD Concentration Liaison, Faculty of Information Over the past two years, members of the University of Toronto have had to reinvent their teaching environments, delivery methods, and interactions with colleagues and students. While many are looking forward to post-pandemic teaching, some of us are also […]

Researching Your Teaching: Creating a Space for Inquiry

Facilitators: Cora McCloy, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSI Kyle Turner, Faculty Liaison, Teaching and Learning, CTSI Faculty presenter: Sadia Sharmin, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Computer Science The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) helps us avoid what Shulman (1999) described as “pedagogical amnesia,” the many things about our teaching we forget from […]

ACUE Certified-Faculty Lunch & Learn: Designing Assignments and Rubrics: Transparency, Reliability, and Efficiency

Facilitators: Safieh Moghaddam, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Teaching Stream; Associate Chair (Linguistics and Languages), Department of Language Studies Dana Boyko, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Finance, Rotman School of Management Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they share insights […]

March SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

CTSI Equity Roundtable: Anti-Black Racism Taskforce and its implications for the classroom

Facilitator: Dr Njoki Wane, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education In this workshop we shall explore our understanding of the Mandate of the Taskforce. How does the mandate speak to our teaching pedagogies, if at all?  How does an equitable classroom look like from the standpoint […]

Academic Resilience Series in Teaching & Learning: Exploring Academic Resilience: Research and Student Experiences

Series description: Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching and learning environment in higher education has increasingly reflected a complex interplay of cognitive, emotional, and structural pressures. While most students arrive at U of T with strong academic skills, the university experience brings with it a variety of interconnected changes and challenges that can impact […]

ACUE Certified-Faculty Lunch & Learn: Opportunities and Challenges in Promoting Active Learning Online and In-Person

Presenters: Karen Smith, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough Laura Dempster BScD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they […]

Preparing the Teaching Dossier

Facilitators: 
 Cora McCloy, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSI 
 Kyle Turner, MSc, Faculty Liaison, Teaching and Learning, CTSI This webinar is part of the Demystifying the Dossier Series. Faculty are welcome to attend one or multiple workshops in the series; recordings will be available for all sessions online (https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/46670/pages/quercus-videos-and-workshop-recordings#ctsi). At the University of Toronto, a teaching dossier must […]

April SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]