This session focuses on one of the key components of a teaching dossier: the Statement of Teaching Philosophy (STP). A well-crafted STP communicates your beliefs about teaching and learning, provides a framework for the dossier as a whole, and connects personal values with practices and evidence of impact. Participants will be guided through reflective strategies […]
The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff is a monthly professional learning series that offers a reflective and supportive space for faculty and staff who wish to engage more meaningfully with reconciliation in their teaching, research, service, and daily practices. Each month, participants are introduced to a concrete, […]
Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools.Focus: Our primary goal is to familiarize […]
Join us for our monthly reading group exploring generative AI in teaching and learning contexts. This is an informal discussion space for faculty, staff, and educational developers to engage with current research on GenAI in higher education. This event is hosted on the CTSI GenAI in Teaching and Learning Commons Teams Channel. This Month's Reading: Chase, A. […]
Presenter: Rahul Bhat, Team Lead and Learning Strategist, Centre for Learning Strategy Support (CLSS) GenAI Dialogues are informal, 30-minute online sessions where U of T instructors and staff share how they are navigating generative AI in their teaching and learning contexts. Building on discussions from the GenAI Reading Group (https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-genai/genai-programming/#reading-group), each session features a colleague sharing […]
UDL in Practice is a monthly professional learning series hosted by the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI). Designed for faculty and instructors who want to make small, meaningful shifts in their teaching, the series focuses on strategies drawn from Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that promote flexibility, accessibility, and inclusion.Each 30‑minute virtual session […]
Facilitator: Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI With AI tools now widely available to students, traditional assignment designs that focus only on final products may miss opportunities to understand and support student learning. Grounded in the University of Toronto AI Task Force's principles (https://ai.utoronto.ca/u-of-t-ai-task-force/report/), this session takes a pedagogy-driven approach to assessment design […]
Facilitator: Alexandra MacKay, Professor, Teaching Stream, Finance, Rotman School of Management Lecturing can be an efficient way to convey course content to the student audience, particularly since the lecturer is an expert in the subject matter. However, passive listening, without interaction is less likely to engage students in deep learning (Chi & Wylie, 2014). Student disengagement […]
The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff is a monthly professional learning series that offers a reflective and supportive space for faculty and staff who wish to engage more meaningfully with reconciliation in their teaching, research, service, and daily practices. Each month, participants are introduced to a concrete, […]
Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools.Focus: Our primary goal is to familiarize […]
Adriana Grimaldi, Acting Senior Educational Developer, RGASC, Sessional Lecturer, Italian Studies and Education Studies, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-udl/) is an educational framework that leverages the values of accessibility and inclusion in designing accessible, inclusive, and usable methods, materials, and environments that reduce learning barriers and welcome […]
This session provides an overview of the teaching dossier and offers strategies for preparing a coherent, well-evidenced document for formal review (e.g., tenure or continuing status). Participants will map out dossier components, connect them through a reflective narrative, and engage with divisional guidelines to guide the structure of their dossiers. Learning Outcomes Participants will be able to: • […]
Presenter: Nirusha Thavarajah, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, UTSCGenAI Dialogues are informal, 30-minute online sessions where U of T instructors and staff share how they are navigating generative AI in their teaching and learning contexts. Building on discussions from the GenAI Reading Group (https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-genai/genai-programming/#reading-group), each session features a colleague sharing […]
Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools.Focus: Our primary goal is to familiarize […]
Caylen Heckel, Assistant Professor, Art History, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-udl/) is an educational framework that leverages the values of accessibility and inclusion in designing accessible, inclusive, and usable methods, materials, and environments that reduce learning barriers and welcome learner variability. The UDL Conversations Series (https://teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching-uoft-udl/udl-programming/udl-conversations/) highlights practices […]
Facilitator: Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI As AI tools become part of everyday practices, clear communication about responsible AI use in your course becomes an important consideration. Grounded in the University of Toronto AI Task Force's principles (https://ai.utoronto.ca/u-of-t-ai-task-force/report/), this session takes a pedagogy-driven approach to articulating AI expectations that build trust and […]
The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff is a monthly professional learning series that offers a reflective and supportive space for faculty and staff who wish to engage more meaningfully with reconciliation in their teaching, research, service, and daily practices. Each month, participants are introduced to a concrete, […]
Facilitator: Maher Elshakankiri, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream and Director, Bachelor of Information (BI) Program, Faculty of Information Building socio-intercultural inclusion into active learning can strengthen both engagement and rigour, especially when students are guided from lived experience into disciplinary thinking. This session presents an ACUE-informed approach to designing inclusive in-class activities that begin with culturally grounded […]
Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools.Focus: Our primary goal is to familiarize […]
Presenter: Gabriel Eidelman, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Institute for Management & Innovation | Director, Urban Policy Lab GenAI Dialogues are informal, 30-minute online sessions where U of T instructors and staff share how they are navigating generative AI in their teaching and learning contexts. Building on discussions […]
Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools.Focus: Our primary goal is to familiarize […]
