Announcements
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Celebrating Teaching Excellence
The 18th Annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium.
RSVP to this event | View a list of award winners
Rachael S. Burke, Visiting Fellow
Rachael S. Burke is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in Tauranga, New Zealand. She will be joining the CTL as a Visiting Fellow from Sept. 16 - Oct. 10. Rachael and the CTL staff are excited to exchange ideas, share strategies, and learn from each other. Read more about Rachael | Read the Daily News article on Rachael.
Call for Nominations: Educational Leadership Award
We encourage you to identify the educational leaders – both in formal and informal roles – who are making a difference in teaching and learning across campus, and nominate them for a University of Windsor Educational Leadership Award! This Award honours the contributions of individuals who have led significant and sustained initiatives to improve teaching, curriculum, teaching spaces and resources, and policies and procedures that promote effective teaching. View more information on the nomination process.
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Call for Submissions - Teach and Learn Blog
Join us in “telling our stories and sharing our knowledge” (UWindsor Aspire Strategic Plan)! The CTL invites instructors and students to submit blog posts focused on teaching and learning related topics or issues. Read more about Submission Details.
Events
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Building Relationships, Fostering Belonging: Drawing on Māori Health Models to Support International Students
Instructor: Visiting Fellow Rachael S. Burke
Schedule: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Odette B03
This workshop will explore teaching and learning strategies applied in a tertiary institute in New Zealand, which prioritizes strong reciprocal relationships with students to develop their sense of belonging in culturally diverse classrooms. The facilitator will share Māori models of well-being and kaupapa Māori approaches, which means informed by tikanga Māori, or Māori ways of doing things. Participants will focus on how these approaches may be adapted to teaching and learning environments at the University of Windsor and other institutions of higher education.Breaking Barriers: Accommodations supporting inclusive classrooms
Instructors: Cherie Gagnon, Joyceln Lorito & James Oloo
Schedule: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Dillon Hall 365
Participants will learn more about who is sitting in our classrooms and how the University can support all students to make their educational experience accessible and inclusive.
Resisting Pedagogies: A Community of Practice
Instructor: Erica Stevens Abbitt & Natalie Beltrano
Delivered online: Sept. 24 & Oct. 22 & Nov. 26, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
During each session we will review a resource, a challenge in teaching, or another prompt to begin our engagement in critical discourse of engaging in Resistant Pedagogies.
Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
Schedule: Tuesday, October 15 to Thursday October 17, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day
Location: CEI 1232/1233
Instructors: Natalie Beltrano & Diana Sarkis
The Instructional Skills Workshops is an intensive, three-day workshop that is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. Working closely with other participants to improve each other's teaching and practicing a variety of instructional strategies and techniques are among the various opportunities participants will be able to engage in.For more information, or to register, visit the CTL Registration System.
Brightspace Training
The Centre for Teaching and Learning's Brightspace Workshop series provides in-person and on-line synchronous learning opportunities. Faculty, sessional instructors, staff, and GAs are welcome to register.