A video by producer Peter Freele of the Centre for Teaching and Learning captures all the excitement of last week’s Welcoming Celebration ushering in the Class of 2016.
The centrepiece of the event was an original song written and performed by UWindsor president Alan Wildeman.
Freele said the format of this year’s celebration marked “a pretty radical departure” from past practice.
A program organized by the Centre for Teaching and Learning and GA/TA Network will help UWindsor graduate students improve their teaching skills, whether to benefit their current students or to prepare for careers in which they'll need to discuss, present, and provide feedback to others.
The number of learning technologies available to instructors seems to grow each day. With so many tools that promise to enhance teaching and learning, it’s easy to get overwhelmed.
Award-winning chemistry instructor Bal Barot of Lake Michigan College will kick off this year’s Summer Series on Teaching and Learning with a dynamic and energizing workshop on using technology to enhance teaching and student learning, Tuesday, August 14, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Cable community television channel, TVCogeco, will air recordings this week made by the Centre for Teaching and Learning of the University’s 97th convocation ceremonies.
Cogeco will show them for cable customers on its channel 11 service in the following timeslots:
The University of Windsor minted more than 3,200 new alumni, and the staff of the Centre for Teaching and Learning was on hand to record the occasion.
View a photo album on the University’s Facebook page with more than 150 images of celebrants, honourees, family and guests at the University’s 2012 Spring Convocation.
View videos of each of the six sessions. The videos will also be aired over TVCogeco’s community channel 11.
The Council of Ontario Universities has released a 32-page report with the intention of launching an ongoing dialogue on innovative teaching in the sector.
Hundreds of instructors and students from institutions across Canada and the United States are expected to attend the sixth annual University of Windsor and Oakland University Teaching and Learning Conference. The universities’ joint annual conference will be hosted this year by Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, May 9 and 10.
Math and statistics professor Rick Caron calls chemistry professor emeritus Roger Thibert one of his favourite people. That is why he was so honoured to be named one of the inaugural recipients of the Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award, Monday at the Celebration of Teaching Excellence.
“I thought, if I’m going to get a teaching award, this is the one I want,” Dr. Caron said. “I feel such a kinship with the man for his dedication to his students.”
