Leading Effective Discussions will introduce you to the basic skills involved in promoting, leading, and sustaining educationally-effective discussions through a variety of discussion-based active learning lessons and participant-led microteaching sessions in which you will have an opportunity to put what you have learned into practice -- and receive feedback on your teaching from the other participants. By experiencing a variety of discussion methods in the student role, reading about them in the text, and practicing some of them for yourself, you will be in a better position to judge which methods you would like to use, and how they can be adapted to suit your personal teaching style and disciplinary needs.

Dates: January 12, 2011 to February 16, 2011.  The course runs for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 1:30-4:30pm in Lambton 2103.

Pre-requisites:  Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program

Audience:  Faculty, sessional instructors, and graduate students with teaching responsibilities.

Dates: January 11, 2012 to February 15, 2012. The course runs for 6 weeks on Wednesdays from 1:30-4:30pm in Lambton 2103.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in any discipline. Preference will be given to individuals currently enrolled in the University Teaching Certificate Program.

Leading Effective Discussions introduces the basic skills involved in promoting, leading, and sustaining educationally effective discussions. Students will experience a variety of discussion-based active learning lessons, and will have an opportunity to facilitate a discussion, and receive feedback on their teaching from the instructors and other participants. By the end of this course, students will be in a better position to judge which methods they would like to use in their own classes, and how they can be adapted to suit personal teaching styles and disciplinary needs. NOTE: This course will be offered online. By successfully completing this course, participants will have made progress toward completion of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) program. If you are interested in the full program, or would like more information, visit: http://www.uwindsor.ca/ctl/463/university-teaching-certificate. Note: Students interested in participating in the UTC, must apply to the Program and receive a formal acceptance.

Leading Effective Discussions introduces the basic skills involved in promoting, leading, and sustaining educationally effective discussions. Students will experience a variety of discussion-based active learning lessons, and will have an opportunity to facilitate a discussion, and receive feedback on their teaching from the instructors and other participants. By the end of this course, students will be in a better position to judge which methods they would like to use in their own classes, and how they can be adapted to suit personal teaching styles and disciplinary needs.