Facilitators: Samantha Chang, Faculty Liaison, Anti-Racist Pedagogies, CTSIJasjit Sangha, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Anti-Racist Pedagogies, CTSI Michal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, CTSI/TATPThe Ontario Postsecondary Education Standards Development Committee (2022) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (2018) identify Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an approach to engage all students and provide an equal opportunity to succeed. Developed […]

Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor February 2nd session: learn more about UDL Guideline #1: Provide Options for Perception (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/representation/perception)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 barriers and […]

Facilitators:Navroop Gill, Teaching & Learning Librarian, UTLCora McCloy, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, SoTL, CTSIHave you ever wanted to explore a new evidence-based pedagogical method in your teaching? Or been interested in publishing research on a teaching topic and weren’t sure what already exists in the scholarly literature? How do you start to identify where the “gap” […]

Facilitator: Andrew Bomberry, Special Projects Officer, Indigenous Curriculum & Education, Office of Indigenous InitiativesThis interactive session will support learners to better understand and collaboratively practice the process of indigenizing curriculum. We will look at some of the sources for Indigenous epistemologies and explore the implications for how these ways of knowing and doing interact with […]

Facilitator: Clarissa Lau Ph.D. (she/her), Manager, Assessment & Analysis, Student ExperienceIn our day to day, we engage with a range of students as staff, faculty, or fellow peers. Have you ever considered how you can use data to better inform your interactions, teaching, and supports for students? This session will offer a broad overview of […]

Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor February 9th session: learn more about UDL Guideline #4: Provide Options for Physical Action (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/action-expression/physical-action) 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 […]

Facilitators: Laurie Harrison, Director, Digital Learning Innovation, ITSWill Heikoop, Coordinator Digital Learning Innovation, ITSDerek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSIJoin us for a hands-on workshop exploring pedagogical applications of Generative AI tools available to University of Toronto instructors. This workshop is intended for those who are intrigued by AI but may feel daunted […]

Facilitators:Alex Bowie (he/him) Learning Strategist, Resilience focus  Carol Ducharme (she/her), Learning Strategist, Indigenous focusThis session will introduce an Indigenous Education framework, as well as the pedagogical approach of storytelling to help guide decolonization processes in educational practice.Examples of resilience stories will be shared to challenge participants to expand their thinking of resilience and lived experience.Join […]

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. […]

Discussions about practical applications and concrete strategies of Universal Design for LearningFor March 1st session: learn more about UDL Guideline #5: Provide Options for Expression and Communication (https://udlguidelines.cast.org/action-expression/expression-communication)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 […]