Facilitator: Alana Boland, Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, UTSG In This Session: Professor Alana Boland will share how she redesigned her courses to shift assessment from take-home essays to in-class written responses focused on readings. This change has led to greater emphasis on the 'how' and 'why' of both reading and writing. Students complete […]

UDL in Practice is a monthly professional learning series hosted by the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI). These 30-minute online sessions create space to think through real teaching questions, challenges, and ideas using a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach.Each session focuses on an area of course design, such as methods, materials, environments, […]

Facilitators: Yuxin Tu, Senior Manager, Evaluation and Assessment, CTSIBridgid McNulty, Project Manager, Course Evaluations, CTSI Cora McCloy, Educational Developer, CTSICourse evaluations are one of the best windows into the student experience. Together with other sources of feedback, they’re a key way we hear student voices and understand how teaching practices are landing in the classroom. […]

Facilitator: Marci Prescott-Brown, Director, New College Writing Centre, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, New College, Faculty of Arts & Science Professor Marci Prescott-Brown will unpack the tension between "writing-to-learn" and "learning-to-write" in a GenAI context, drawing on her experience as Director of the New College Writing Centre. The session will also touch on where reading and writing […]