We’ve made some plans and booked some space so check your calendars and register for whatever fits your interest and schedule. There are four different workshops here and the first two will be offered twice. To see full descriptions and to register, visit the Centre for Teaching and Learning’s workshop page for the GATA Network Series: http://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/ctl/52/
First up (and approaching quickly!) is Google Apps for Teaching and Learning. This is a hands-on extension of “Teaching with Technology” that some of you attended at GATAcademy. In this workshop (offered twice) we’ll focus on Google Apps, including Docs, Reader, and Plus. Bring a laptop for full benefit.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Lambton 2103ORThursday, December 01, 2011, 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM
Location: Lambton 2103
Next up is the Workshop Skills Workshop. This one will help you develop skills to facilitate your own workshop. This one will also be held twice.
Monday, December 05, 2011, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Lambton 2103ORThursday, December 08, 2011, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Lambton 2103
Early in January we’ll start the new year with a workshop on getting started. The First Day will help you launch your semester in the right direction.
Monday, January 09, 2012, 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM
Location: Lambton 2103
And if you can handle one more for January, we’ll have a workshop on using storytelling to teach in any discipline. “To Instruct and Delight”: Storytelling for Higher Education will provide you an alternative to lecture style learning.
Monday, January 16, 2012, 01:45 PM – 02:45 PM
Location: Lambton 2103
Interested in helping out? We’d love to have you! Let us know via gata@uwindsor.ca.
Today’s guest post is from Michael K. Potter and is cross-posted on Better Living Through Pedagogy. Photos are by Tory James.
GA/TA Award Winners 2011! From left to right: President Alan Wildeman, Dean of Science Marlys Kochinsky, Paul Moffatt (Physics), Vanessa Bruce, Laura Krasean and Amanda Robinson (Psychology), and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences Cecil Houston
The Centre for Teaching and Learning, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, held its sixth annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence yesterday [November 14, 2011], and I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate the people who were honoured for accomplishments relevant to my programs. Because I’m narrow-minded. And because mentioning every winner would involve far too much typing for my insomnia-addled brain.
First, congratulations to winners of this year’s GA/TA Awards! Paul Moffatt (Physics) won the GA/TA Award for Educational Leadership; Melanie Santarossa (English) and the team of Vanessa Bruce, Laura Krasean and Amanda Robinson (Psychology) won GA/TA Awards for Educational Practice. Their submissions were all outstanding, and it was great to see all of the winners (except Melanie, woe betide our souls) at the ceremony.
Second, congratulations to the 2011 graduating cohort of Fundamentals of University Teaching, the first level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) Program! The cohort included the following luminaries:
University Teaching Certificate Grads 2011! From left to right: President Alan Wildeman, Nabih Jaber (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Lyn Cunningham (Business), Debbie Rickeard (Nursing), Betsy Keating (Education) and Kathleen McMahon (NUrsing)
- Jessie Beatty (English)
- Lyn Cunningham (Business)
- Nabih Jaber (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Betsy Keating (Education)
- Kathleen McMahon (Nursing)
- Debbie Rickeard (Nursing)
- Melanie Santarossa (English)
- Gemma Smyth (Law)
Honestly, I was so excited to see these people make it through that I tripped on my way to the stage, thus humiliating myself in the eyes of all those watching me (what, no one was looking at me? Shameful). So we can conclude it’s their fault I’m, a klutz.
Congratulations, everyone! The University of Windsor is lucky to have dedicated, intelligent, hard-working people like you!
Wondering about strategies for being an effective exam proctor? Here are some tips put together by the staff of the Academic Integrity Office.
There is also (of course) Policy E3: Rules for Conduct of Examinations and Examination Medical Emergency Procedures if you’re looking for all the nitty gritty details.
(Image: Writing Exams, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from cristic’s photostream)
Have you noticed an increase in emails, visits, or students hanging around after class to ask questions about their progress? It’s that time of the semester. GradHacker has a few suggestions for setting up effective meetings with your students.
Students seem to be perpetually wondering how they’re doing in a course, and I’m always elated to talk to students, especially if they come to my office hours or want to meet for coffee. I think meeting with students outside of the normal class time is one of my favorite activities because it gives me a chance to talk one-on-one with students. It also presents students with the opportunity to have me all to themselves for a period of time. They can talk about whatever they need to and get help on many things.
Read more at the original post: Of Fart Machines, Tootsie Roll Pops, and Meeting with Students | GradHacker.
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