U of T Teaching and Learning Calendar

Facilitators:Archana Sridhar, Assistant Provost, University of TorontoAlex Hernandez, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of English, University of TorontoIn recent years, higher education has the site of a number of contentious debates that place academic freedom in tension with broader EDI values. This presentation seeks to explore these tensions as they appear in the classroom, […]

Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor February 16th session: learn more about UDL Guideline #8: Provide Options for Sustaining Effort and Persistence (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/engagement/effort-persistence)The average student does not exist. So, how do we design learning environments that maximize learning for all students?Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/) is a framework for […]

Facilitators: Cora McCloy, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSISamantha Chang, Faculty Liaison, Anti-Racist Pedagogies, CTSIAt the University of Toronto, a teaching dossier must be submitted as part of the formal review process for tenure and continuing status. Beyond the information included in an academic CV, a teaching dossier describes and documents an instructor’s teaching expertise, goals […]

Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor February 23rd session: learn more about UDL Guideline #2: Provide Options for Language and Symbols (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/representation/language-symbols)The average student does not exist. So, how do we design learning environments that maximize learning for all students?Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/) is a framework for minimizing […]

The Generative AI Works in Progress series is a new offering designed to encourage ongoing, open, institutional-level conversations about generative AI in teaching and learning. Over the Winter 2024 term, the series will offer a range of one-hour presentations targeted towards a broad teaching and learning audience where current questions, ideas, inquiries or works in […]

Facilitators:Christie DeCarolis, Customer Success Manager, HypothesisJustin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning and TechnologyAdding social annotation to course readings can help students develop essential critical thinking skills. In this interactive and hands-on session, Christie DeCarolis from Hypothesis will discuss how you can implement collaborative annotation with Hypothesis to make student reading visible, active, and social. […]