U of T Teaching and Learning Calendar
GenAI Dialogue with Rahul Bhat: GenAI and Supporting Student Learning
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: Designing for Executive Function
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 […]
Making Learning Visible in the GenAI Era
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 […]
Agency and Creativity in the Classroom (In-Person)
Bolstering active learning in the classroom: Strategies to design effective questions
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 […]