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August 11th - 13th, 2015

Get It While It’s HotSummer Teaching

Workshops and New Faculty Orientation

The Centre for Teaching and Learning Presents:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11

9:00 - 9:30 am - Mix and Mingle/Welcome and Introductions (IC318).

9:30 – 10:30 am - Engaging Our Students for Deep Learning*This session is about designing your courses and assignments. We’ll look briefly at course design but focus largely on key factors that affect your students’ willingness and ability to partner with you for their learning. Clare Hasenkampf, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL); (*Deep learning is learning that lasts and can be used to perform meaningful tasks.)

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11:00 am – 12:00 noon - How Our Services Can Support You and Your Students - The Centre for Teaching and Learning (Janice Patterson, Associate Director); Information and Instructional Technology Services (Zoran Piljevic, Director); and UTSC Library (Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian). (IC318).

12:00 – 1:00 pm - LUNCH 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Designing Courses Focused on Student Learning Sarah King, Coordinator, Writing Centre and Zohreh Shahbazi, Coordinator, Math and Statistics Learning Centre. (IC318).

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2:15 – 3:30 pm - Academic Integrity - Members of the AIM (Academic Integrity Matters) team will introduce their innovative workshop for students on academic integrity and discuss challenges, faculty responsibilities, and proactive strategies for fostering a climate of academic integrity on campus and in the classroom. Elaine Khoo, Coordinator, English Language Development Centre; Sheryl Stevenson, Writing Specialist and Graduate Student Support Coordinator; Eleanor Irwin, Wayne Dowler, Dean’s Designates for Academic Integrity. (IC318).

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3:45 - 5:00 pm - Educational Technologies at UTSC: An Overview Blackboard, WebOption Lecturecasting, Camtasia, Audience Response Systems, Test-scanning. Adon Irani, Mark McKee, Brian Sutherland, CTL’s Educational Technology team. (IC318).

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12

9:00 - 9:30 am - Mix and Mingle/Welcome and Introductions (AA160).

9:30 – 10:30 am - UTSC Teaching Policies, Conventions and Best Practices. Clare Hasenkampf, Director, CTL, and Sohee Kang, Math and Stats Learning Centre. (AA160).

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11:00 am – 12:30 pm - Understanding Student Needs and Support Services: what we need to know about our students and their needs, and making effective referrals to services. Jen Tigno, Academic Advising and Career Centre; Tina Doyle, Director, AccessAbility Services, and Laura Boyko, Director, Health and Wellness Centre. (AA160).

12:30 – 1:30 pm - LUNCH (AA160).

1:30 - 2:30 pm - Designing Assignments to Improve Learning: Scaffolding and Feedback - Sarah Fedko, Information Literacy Librarian and Sarah King, Coordinator, Writing Centre. (AA160).

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3:00 - 4:00 pm - Student Panel: Student Perspectives and How Instructors Can Support Learning - Janice Patterson, Service Learning, and Facilitated Study Groups. (AA160).

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

9:00 – 10:00 am - Drop-in Educational Technology Support Blackboard, WebOption Lecturecasting, Camtasia, Audience Response Systems, Test-scanning. Adon Irani, Mark McKee, Brian Sutherland, CTL’s Educational Technology team. (IC318).

10:00 - 11:30 am - High Impact Practices in Large Classes: Case Studies - Moderator: Clare Hasenkampf; Steve Joordens (Psychology) - PeerScholar, Digital Labcoat; Dan Riggs (Biological Sciences) – Quizzical; Johann Bayer (Physics) – The flipped class and reflective writing. (IC318)

11:30 - 12:45 pm - Working with TAs to Facilitate Student Critical Thinking and Problem Solving - Sheryl Stevenson, Graduate Student Support Coordinator, CTL, and Andrew Petersen, Director, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, UTM. Includes lunch; presentation will start at 11:45. (IC318).

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1:00 – 2:00 pm - High Impact Supports to Develop Self-directed Learners Within Your Courses - Cindy Bongard, Facilitated Study Groups; Adon Irani, Presentation Skills; Elaine Khoo, English Language Development Centre; Janice Patterson, Service Learning. (IC318).

2:00 - 4:00 pm – Getting Started with Your Research Program at UTSC - Speaker: Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz, Interim Vice Principal, Research. (IC318).

4:00 – 4:45 pm - Information Fair - IITS, CTL’s Ed Tech Team, and more. (Light refreshments). (IC318).

To register for this event please go to:utsc.utoronto.ca/ctl/new-faculty-orientation