CALL for VOLUNTEERS!
Will you be staying in Windsor for Reading Week?
We have a wonderful opportunity for you. We are looking for volunteers for a national conference, with a focus on helping to improve teaching and learning in post-secondary education.
The Educational Developers Caucus national conference will be hosted by St. Clair College and the University of Windsor on February 16-18, 2016. This conference brings together educational developers from across Canada and other parts of the globe to discuss teaching and learning in post-secondary education. The majority of the conference will take place downtown, at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts (so you will need to be able to travel downtown).
We are looking for volunteers to be part of our team hosting this conference. There are many positions available for you- room hosts, registration assistants, way finders, signage managers, food and refreshment assistants, and social media. You can volunteer in blocks of 3 hours or more. Volunteer training takes place on either February 3 or February 5, 2016. To register as a conference volunteer go to http://fluidsurveys.com/
At this site you will indicate your preferences for days/times and positions and training time. We recognize that you will be giving of your time and energy, and it will be worth it! The conference committee will provide you with a letter recognizing your volunteer commitment for your professional portfolio. This type of volunteering is a great resume builder, and you will gain valuable experience.
Consider volunteering for this amazing opportunity to meet new people and expand your knowledge of public relations, event planning and management. Go the link above to register- and get a few friends to do so as well!
For more information on the conference: http://apps.medialab.uwindsor.
The GATA Network and the International Student Centre (ISC) are teaming up to workshop multicultural issues in ‘Intercultural Relations: In Class and Across Campus.’
Thursday, January 28th, the GATA Network and ISC will be presenting a workshop on navigating intercultural relations in the classroom in the latest installment of the GATA Network Series.
What: Intercultural Relations: In Class and Across Campus
Where: International Student Centre, 2nd Floor of Laurier Hall, Room 204 (http://www1.uwindsor.ca/isc/contact-us)
When: January 28th, 2016, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Why: Learning about cultural approaches to teaching and learning!
***FREE pizza will be provided***
While multiculturalism makes UWindsor a great academic institution, it can also bring about challenges when teaching students who may have different expectations towards teaching and learning coming from a range of backgrounds. This event is completely free for GAs, TAs, and those interested in learning techniques to teach in a multicultural classroom. Workshop leader Enrique Chacón has years of cross-cultural experience both through his research and his work with UWindsor’s ISC.
To register or find out more about this workshop, visit http://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/ctl/52/
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 11:45am– 1:00pm
Location: McPherson Lounge
Instructors: Dusty Johnstone, Jane Nicholas, Renée Bondy, Chris Greig, Susan Holbrook
Are you interested in broadening your repertoire of teaching strategies and creating a more inclusive, dynamic, and engaged classroom?
The Centre for Teaching and Learning and Women’s and Gender Studies invite you to attend the lunchtime roundtable, Feminist Pedagogy in Theory and Practice, Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 11:45am–1:00pm.
Feminist pedagogy critiques traditional models of teaching and learning, challenges the hierarchy of ways of knowing, honours the existing knowledge of students, renegotiates and reforms the relationship between teacher and student, respects and values the diversity of student experiences, and encourages self-reflexivity as a key aspect of the learning process.
Come join the conversation! A light lunch will be provided.
To register, visithttp://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/2/
Upcoming CTL Reminders & Events
- Centred on Learning Innovation Fund (CLIF) Deadline, January 25
- Windsor-Oakland Teaching and Learning Conference Proposal Deadline, February 29
- Leading Effective Discussions (half course), March 2-April 6, 1:30-4:30pm
- Informing Your Teaching Practice With Effective SET Visualization Techniques, March 18, 1:30-4:30pm
- Teaching Dossier Academy, June 6-10
For more information visit the CTL website: http://www1.uwindsor.ca/ctl/
Blackboard Learn is the learning management system that the University of Windsor campus is adopting. It is a robust enterprise system, designed to provide an enhanced learning experience for students, an efficient interface for instructors to prepare course materials and interact with students, and offers a customizable infrastructure.
Transitioning from CLEW to Blackboard Learn can be difficult for some users. Accordingly, the Centre for Teaching and Learning is offering a series of workshops designed to provide valuable information about using and configuring Blackboard Learn for instructors, their assistants, and support staff.
CTL is holding ongoing drop-in sessions for the first two weeks of classes to help with questions. The dates/time are posted at: http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbworkshops.
You can also register for the online courses you feel are most aligned with your teaching and learning goals: http://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/86/.
There is also a ton of online help for specific topics. The U of W page for online help is at http://www.uwindsor.ca/blackboard. Blackboard’s extensive online help (for instructors) is at https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor complete with videos, tutorials, and a searchable interface.
This Tuesday, January 12th, the Writing Support Desk will be hosting a free workshop in conjunction with the UWill Discover conference and will be discussing how to write an effective abstract. Any graduate or teaching assistants who are planning on submitting to a conference or journal but have no experience writing an abstract are encouraged to attend.
In addition, as the UWill Discover conference is geared toward undergraduate students, graduate and teaching assistants are encouraged to highlight this free and valuable workshop to undergraduate students who may be interested in submitting to the UWill Discover conference this January.
The time, date, and location are listened below.
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 12th
Time: 4:00-5:00
Location: 302 Leddy West
A vibrant diversity has long been one of UWindsor’s greatest strengths as an academic community that welcomes students from all over the world. This multiculturalism makes our campus unique, but it can also make our classrooms challenging. That’s because each culture has its own attitudes towards learning, including what constitutes “good” teaching.
With that in mind, we’ve teamed up with frequent Network collaborator Enrique Chacón to bring back his workshop on navigating intercultural relations. Enrique has years of cross-cultural experience both through his research and his work with UWindsor’s International Student Centre. Join us Thursday, January 28th for this free workshop.
What: Intercultural Relations: In Class and Across Campus
Where: International Student Centre, 2nd Floor of Laurier Hall, Room 204
When: January 28th, 2016, 4:00pm-5:30pm
Why: Learning about cultural approaches to teaching and learning.
To register or find out more about this workshop, visit http://cleo.uwindsor.ca/workshops/ctl/52/.
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