�鶹AV News - Teaching and learning

The �鶹AV Classroom A/V Instructions application is getting a makeover and a new home!

webfull — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:02:13 +0000

The Classroom A/V Instructions application is moving to the Browse Classrooms widget on the �鶹AV IT Support website on December 13th, 2024.

Classroom audiovisual information will now be available on a platform the community is familiar with. You’ll also be accessing it more securely with single sign-on (SSO) and two-factor authentication (2FA).

Published: 6 December 2024

Undergraduate research takes center stage at Poster Showcase

webfull — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:42:18 +0000

On the evening of March 19, more than 500 members of the �鶹AV community gathered in celebration of student work at the fifth annual Undergraduate Poster Showcase. Hosted each March by the Office of Science Education (OSE), the Showcase invites students from across the University to share their scientific research, field work, in-class assignments, passion projects and more.

Published: 30 April 2024

STL approves recommendations on generative AI

webfull — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:05:14 +0000

On June 13, 2023, the APC Subcommittee on Teaching and Learning (STL) approved two recommendations on integrating generative AI into the �鶹AV's academic mission. The recommendations were presented by the STL AI Working Group.

Published: 26 July 2023

Teach.Learn.Share is back: New podcast miniseries on assessment strategies!

webfull — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:13:09 +0000

Teaching and Learning Services is pleased to present a new podcast miniseries focusing on strategies for assessment for learning.

Published: 7 March 2024

Lessons learned from the inaugural Inclusive Teaching Initiative

webfull — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:27:24 +0000

From December 2022 to May 2023, a group comprising seven Faculty of Science instructors from six different departments met monthly to discuss ways of making their courses more inclusive. The Inclusive Teaching Initiative is part of the Faculty’s response to the �鶹AV Provost’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism (ABR) 2020-2025 and the Strategic Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Plan 2020-2025.

Published: 6 November 2023

FSCI 198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions featured in Le Devoir

webfull — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:31:49 +0000

A recent article in Le Devoir highlighted FSCI 198, a three-credit course for undergraduates focused on building skills for individual and collective actions to address climate change:

Devant les changements climatiques et leurs effets de plus en plus visibles, nombreux sont les jeunes paralysés par l’écoanxiété. À �鶹AV, un cours veut susciter l’espoir et outiller les étudiants pour faire face aux changements climatiques.

Published: 2 November 2023

Promoting student mental health through assessment practices, with Kira Smith

webfull — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:58:14 +0000

Reposted from the Teaching for Learning blog from �鶹AV’s Teaching and Learning Services.

BY MARGO ECHENBERG

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between well-being, wellness, and mental health? Or how students’ learning and well-being are linked? Have you considered what the connections might be among assessment, student performance, and heightened emotions?

Published: 2 November 2023

The �鶹AV Reporter has profiled the Body Donor Program.

webfull — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:12:45 +0000

�鶹AV’s Body Donor Program plays crucial role in health sciences education

Overall, donors have an impact on the education of more than a thousand students every year.

Published: 2 November 2023

New podcast alert! Teach.Learn.Share

webfull — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:36:35 +0000

Teaching and Learning Services is excited to announce that the the launch of Teach.Learn.Share, our new podcast! We invite you to tune in for conversations about teaching and learning with members of the �鶹AV community.

Published: 10 October 2023

Newly certified sustainable workplaces at �鶹AV: Summer 2023

webfull — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:20:04 +0000

Improving accessibility, rethinking old habits, and hosting a clothing swap were among the actions taken by new and returning sustainably certified workplaces.

Published: 15 August 2023