Description:This two hour hands-on workshop will introduce you to Desire2learn (D2L), our new course management system for presenting course activities and resources in on-campus and fully online courses. By the end of this session you will: be able to use the D2L environment to communicate with your students; make decisions around the most effective way to organize content in your course; have basic knowledge of the tools available within D2L and the ability to use these tools effectively.
Sessions:

2012
Session 028: Friday, January 6, 2012, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Session 029: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 9:30 to 11:30 am
Session 033: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Session 034: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 9:30 to 11:30 am
Session 035: Friday, March 9, 2012, 9:30 to 11:30 am
Session 036: Monday, March 26, 2012, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Session 030: Monday, April 9, 2012, 10:00 am to 12 noon
Session 031: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 9:30 to 11:30 am
Session 032: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Note(s):

• Open to all uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Description:Get your D2L questions answered during this drop-in session in EV1 242. These sessions do not appear on the myHRinfo system because they are held on a drop-in basis. There is no need to register.

Sessions:

2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Thursday, January 19, 2012, 12:00 to 2:30 pm
Friday, January 27, 2012, 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 9:00 to 11:00 am
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 9:00 to 11:00 am
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 12:30 to 2:30 pm
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Friday, March 23, 2012, 9:00 to 11:00 am
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 9:00 to 11:00 am
Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Friday, April 27, 2012, 1:00 to 3:00 pm

Title: CTE669 Discussions and Blogs in LEARN
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: Interaction between students, and between students and instructors can encourage more thoughtful interaction with the course content and concepts and ultimately result in deeper learning. In this hands-on session we will look at the attributes of LEARN discussion forums and blogs from pedagogical and technical perspectives and familiarize participants with the practical use of these tools. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops.
Presenter: Marlene Griffith-Wrubel, CTE, and Jane Holbrook/Katherine Lithgow, CTE
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE666 Using LEARN's Quiz Feature
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description:On-line quizzes have many uses ranging from providing an incentive to your students to prepare in advance for class to testing students'  understanding of course concepts throughout the term or on midterm and final exams.   In this hands-on session we will explore the Quiz tool available in LEARN. Participants will have the opportunity to create a quiz and explore the tool's grading options.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops.
Presenter: Marlene Griffith-Wrubel, CTE, and Jane Holbrook/Katherine Lithgow, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE665 Using Dropboxes and Rubrics in LEARN (D2L)
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - Session 002
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 am
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: Giving adequate feedback in a timely manner goes a long way to increasing students' learning when they need it. Prompt and thoughtful feedback sends the message to the students that you value their efforts. In this hands-on session we will explore two of the tools designed to help you give your students feedback: the Dropbox tool (including group dropboxes) and Rubric tool. Participants will have the opportunity to explore these tools and their use.  Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops.
Presenter: Katherine LIthgow, CTE, and Mary Power, CTE
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE642 Course Design Fundamentals
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Place: EV1 242
Description: This five-hour workshop introduces the principles of sound course design to faculty and teaching staff with little or no prior teaching experience running courses of their own. By the end of the session, participants will have considered learning outcomes, assessments, activities and their alignment in disciplinary and logistical contexts.
Presenter(s): Veronica Brown, CTE and Monica Vesely, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE673 Working with Undergraduate TAs
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: HH 3127
Description: This session is part of the Really Large Classes Learning Community – all are welcome. Veronica will share some of her experiences working with undergraduate students who support on-campus and online courses through marking, running tutorials, and holding office hours.
Presenter: Veronica Brown, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE906 Classroom Dynamics and Engagement (formerly Managing the Successful Classroom)
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 CANCELLED
Time: 9:45 to 11:15 am
Place: EV1 242
Description: What will you do when a student arrives late to your class? Disturbs others in the class with their laptop use? Tells you that your course is much harder than all their other courses? These are classroom management issues that every faculty member will experience. At this workshop, you will become aware of common issues that affect the learning environment and will work to devise strategies to handle these issues. We will also consider the impacts of the potential strategies developed. Set yourself up for success by engaging in this session with your colleagues.
Presenter: Jane Holbrook and Dr. Mark Morton, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to 12 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE910 Who Are Our Learners?
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 CANCELLED
Time: 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Place: EV1 242
Description: As instructors, we often think about what constitutes effective teaching.  But let's put ourselves in our students' shoes for a moment.  What constitutes effective learning?  How does learning occur and what individual differences affect the teaching and learning process? Is there anything specific about Waterloo student characteristics? These are just a few of the questions that will be explored in this CTE event on Who Are Our Learners.  In this workshop, key theories of learning and a variety of learning styles will be presented and discussed.  Participants will identify their own unique learning styles and explore how these characteristics affect their approaches to teaching.  The goal of this workshop is to prepare instructors for designing and implementing instructional activities that will maximize student learning. 
Presenter: Trevor Holmes, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to 12 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE676 Coordinating  Year 1 MTE courses
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012
Time: 12:00 to 1:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: Our presenters will share how they made a conscious decision to coordinate the teaching of their first-year courses to help their students integrate learning across three courses, covering Mechatronics Engineering concepts, programming in C++/C, and chemistry.  They will describe how this was accomplished by using similar teaching methods, common examples, and joint projects.  As part of the discussion, they will outline the benefits derived from these coordinated efforts and provide a few cautions based on their observations and student feedback.
Sami Rahman will provide a student’s perspective, answering the questions of “Did this approach work?” and “Did you learn what mechatronics engineering is?” 
Join us to learn more about what prompted these three instructors to work together, the process they went through to facilitate this coordination, the concepts they chose to focus on, the methods they used, and the resources needed to help students make the connections between the concepts covered in the courses. 
Facilitator: Katherine Lithgow, CTE
Presenters:

• Sanjeev Bedi- Mechatronics Engineering
• Carol Hulls - Mechatronics Engineering
• Mary Robinson - Chemical Engineering
• Sami Rahman  - 1A Mechatronics Engineering Student

Note(s):

• Limited to 30 participants.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE674 Preparing Students for Class
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: HH 3127
Description: This session is part of the Really Large Classes Learning Community – all are welcome. Steve will share his experience using assessments to prepare students for their time in class and how that changed the design of lectures.
Presenter: Steve Furino, Math
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE601 Instructional Skills Workshop
Date: Tuesday, February 21, Wednesday, February 22, Thursday, February 23, and Friday, February 24, 2012, 24-hour series
Time: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm each day
Place: EV1 242
Description: The Instructional Skills Workshop is a 24-hour series of microteaching sessions with peer feedback. It leads to a widely-recognized Certificate and includes instruction in learning theories as well as considerable application and practice.
Presenter: Veronica Brown, CTE and Monica Vesely, CTE
Note(s):

• Open to 10 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE671 The iPad, Its Rivals, and Their Apps
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: In 2010 the iPad appeared, followed in 2011 by a host of other tablet computers. Along with them all came hundreds of thousands of applications – or apps – that can help you do to a wide range of things, from catapulting angry birds at animated pigs, to learning a foreign language, to keeping track of your finances, to studying molecules in 3D, and much more. For instructors (and students), the challenge is figuring out whether a tablet computer can help you teach (or learn) and, if so, which type of tablet – and which apps – will be of greatest benefit. This workshop will provide an overview of the top tablets, in terms of their functionality, cost, available apps, educational potential, and more. The facilitator will have an iPad and Playbook on hand for demonstration purposes; participants who own other types of tablets are encouraged to bring them.
Presenters: Dr. Mark Morton, CTE
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE668 Using the Grades Tool in Waterloo LEARN (D2L)
Session 005: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 9:00 to 10:30 am, FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Session 003: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 1:30 to 3:00 pm, FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Session 004: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: This session will focus on working with the gradebook and associated gradebook items, including:

• similarities with the Angel gradebook tool
• understanding the different grading systems
• creating an appropriate gradebook structure
• entering grades by users, groups or grade items
• final versus adjusted final grade
• optimal grades tool settings for large courses
• using the formula editor
• importing and exporting grades, including transferring marks to Quest

Presenter: Jane Holbrook, CTE, and Jan Willwerth, IST
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE661 Teaching Together in Multi Section, Multi-Instructor Courses
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: HH 3127
Description: This session is part of the Really Large Classes Learning Community. Lori will explore facets of teaching in large multi-section, multi-instructor classes.
Presenter: Lori Case, Computer Science
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE??? Open Classroom Session (to come)
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Place:TBA
Description:TBA
Presenter: TBA
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE672 Cloud-Based Apps: Opportunities and Risks
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: A few years ago, almost all of your computer programs existed in one place: namely, on your computer. That’s changed. Countless programs and apps now reside in the online space known as “The Cloud.” In fact, it’s now possible to be an effective instructor (or student, or researcher) with no programs installed on your computer other than a web browser. There are advantages to using Cloud-based apps – such as Diigo, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Google Docs, WikiMedia, WordPress, Twitter, and so on – but there are also potential risks and concerns. For example, what if you have your students collaborate on an assignment using a wiki, and then the wiki disappears? What should you do if a student tacitly enhances a blog-based assignment after you’ve graded it, and then submits a grade appeal after the course has ended? Is it safe for you to keep confidential notes about a student in a Dropbox folder? This workshop will aim to enlighten participants about the opportunities  and risks associated with cloud-based apps. Presenter: Dr. Mark Morton, CTE
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE908 Documenting Your Teaching for Tenure and Promotion
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Time: 11:45 am to 1:15 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, LIB 329
Description: Tenure and promotion are critical milestones in a faculty member's career. You need to collect evidence and document your successes in research, teaching, and service for various individuals and committees to assess. Although many faculty are well prepared to document their research and even service, evidence of good teaching can be more difficult to provide. At this session, you will hear the experiences of two recently tenured faculty members regarding documenting their teaching, as well as the experiences of one Dean in reviewing tenure files. You will also learn about best practices used at other institutions - primarily the teaching dossier - for you to use or adapt in relation to the criteria identified by your Department Chair or School Director. There will be time for questions throughout the session. Join us for lunch (sponsored by the Education Credit Union) and a chance to find out how others have been successful at documenting their teaching as part of being granted tenure at Waterloo, and network with your colleagues to help build a community that can help support you to your successful tenure application and beyond.
Facilitator: Geoff McBoyle, AVPA
Panellists: Trevor Holmes, CTE, and TBA
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE675 What to Consider when Blending
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Place: HH 3127
Description: This session is part of the Really Large Classes Learning Community – all are welcome. They will talk about ten things to consider when blending courses, particularly how shifting content traditionally covered in lecture to an online environment has facilitated collaboration among students during class time.
Presenter: Jane Holbrook, CTE and John Michela, Psychology
Note(s):

• Open to 15 uWaterloo instructors.
• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

 

Title: Teaching Excellence Academy (TEA)
Date: Wednesday, April 18, Thursday, April 19, Friday, April 20 and Monday, April 23, 2012
Time: 8:30 to 4:30 pm each day
Place: St. Paul's University College
Description:

Facilitator(s): Donna Ellis, Jane Holbrook, Trevor Holmes, CTE
Note(s):

• Register (registration procedure, if needed)

Title: CTE210 Preparing to Teach at uWaterloo
Description: This workshop will introduce you to the teaching environment at uWaterloo. Challenges that international TAs might face will be discussed and resources that can help inprove your teaching will be identified.
Facilitator: Plinio Morita, CTE
Note(s):

• This workshop is intended for international TAs who have just arrived at uWaterloo.
• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 30.
• Registration by invitation only.

Thursday, January 12: LOCATION is NH 1116.
Tuesday, January 17: LOCATION is FLEX Lab, Porter Library, rm. 329.

Title: CTE202 Effective Lesson Plans
Place: NH 1116 (Needles Hall - in Waterloo International area)
Description: While teaching assistants are not expected to design courses, they are responsible for planning tutorials, seminars, and occasional guest lectures. A good class involves careful and thoughtful planning of the content, delivery, time management and the learning process. Therefore, it is important for TAs to develop effective lesson planning skills and strategies. This workshop will provide TAs with the techniques for organizing and structuring a lesson according to pre-established learning objectives. By looking at various lesson planning templates and developing your own example lesson plan, you will be able to develop a framework for lesson planning that is compatible with your teaching context and your teaching style.
Facilitator: Plinio Morita, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.
• Register
  

Section 0012: Monday, January 16, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Section 0013: Thursday, January 19, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Section 0014: Thursday, February 23, 9:00 to 11:00 am

Title: CTE196 Teaching Philosophy Statements
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Place: TC 2218
Descripton: Increasingly, academic job candidates are asked to provide a "teaching statement" or a "statement of teaching philosophy." For many of us, our first attempts at writing such statements seem "cheesy" or inauthentic. However, there is hope, especially if you can link your beliefs to examples from your own practice. Attend this hands-on workshop to work on your own teaching philosophy, and tie it to forms of evidence. No prior experience with this form of writing is assumed.
Facilitators: Svitlana Taraban-Gordon, CTE and Julia Woodhall, CTE
Notes(s):

• To receive credit, you must get an attendance form from CTE staff at the workshop.
• You must arrive on time and stay for the entire workshop.
• To register, please visit the Career Services web site.
  

Title: CTE217 Teaching Methods
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: Most instructors teach the way they were taught, which may or may not be a good thing.  This interactive workshop will provide participants with a toolbox of activities suitable for any classroom.  We will introduce the concept of active learning and teacher-centred versus student-centred classrooms.  In this workshop we will also discuss some of the reasons for using different teaching methods and help you decide which ones are right for your classroom.
Facilitator: Plinio Morita, CTE 
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.

Title: CTE201 Creating Memorable Lectures
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Descripton: Designing memorable lectures is a hallmark of exceptional teachers. There is significant research in the fields of psychology and neuroscience in relation to learning, memory and cognition. As educators, it seems only appropriate to use this information to design lectures and present information to promote optimal student recall. This workshop will focus on effective strategies to be used in lecture design to promote long-term memory. Come prepared to share effective strategies you've used in teaching or have experienced as a student.
Facilitator: Arash Shahi, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.

Session 0002: Monday, February 6, 2012, 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Session 0003: Wednesday, February 15, 10:00 to 11:30 am

Title: CTE192 Teaching With Concept Maps
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Place:
Description: This workshop will take place online, in UW's learning management system (LEARN). The workshop will require participants to watch two screencasts that have been developed by the Facilitator, and to contribute several posts to an Online Discussion Forum. The first screencast explores how concept maps can be used to enhance student learning; the second screencast shows how to use three different concept mapping tools. In the Online Discussion Forum, participants will describe how they might use a concept map activity in a course, and will also identify which concept mapping tool would best facilitate that activity.

Facilitator: Dr. Mark Morton, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit by participating fully in the workshop's Online Discussion Forums.
• Limited to 40.

Title: CTE224 Place Based Education
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 am
Description: In this workshop, we will explore the concept of place-based education. Place-based education can, arguably, turn disengaged learners into engaged community builders, working within and without the classroom to construct both knowledge and its application. With these exciting ideas in mind we will discuss relevant concepts regarding the application of these ideas, and through various activities we will develop several strategies for integrating aspects of these concepts into our teaching within our respective disciplines. 
Facilitator: Jennifer Doyle, English
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.
• Register

Title: CTE219 Special Topics in Teaching
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Place: EV1, room 221
Time: 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Presenters:

1. Melissa Barnard (Civil & Environmental Engineering): 
   Title: Integrating Community Service-Learning into University Courses
   Abstract: Community service-learning is defined as “a form of experiential education where learning occurs through cycles of action and reflection as students work with others in applying their knowledge to solve a community problem and reflect upon their experience to gain a deeper understanding of complex issues” (Wilczenski & Coomey, 2007). This workshop will introduce a definition of community service-learning, provide an overview of the essential components of a successful community service-learning program, and describe the steps involved in developing such a program for a university course. Additionally, this workshop will describe some examples of community service-learning projects that have been implemented at the university level.
2. Rebecca Brookham (Kinesiology): 
   Title: Techniques to Motivate Students in Higher Education
   Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to address current literature surrounding the topic of techniques used to motivate students in higher education. Specifically, this report will emphasize research that highlights empirically supported claims for motivational strategies, such as the use of written feedback, praise, relevance, motivational email messages, group cohesion and the use of internet-based learning techniques.

Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited seating.
• Register

Title: CTE176 Successful Classroom Management
(formerly Dealing With Classroom Disruptions)
Date: Friday, March 2, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: Have you ever had to deal with disruptions in your classroom, like talkative, confrontational and interruptive students, or students who arrive late and leave early? Most instructors face at least occasional classroom disruptions, with new faculty and teaching assistants being primary targets. Such challenges can be unpleasant and disturbing, but you can help to minimize their frequency and impact.
In this highly interactive workshop you will learn how to prevent disruptions by establishing your credibility, defining classroom expectations, and developing rapport with your students. We will also identify sources and instances of classroom disruptions and will finish by discussing ways to most effectively respond to disruptive situations.
Facilitator: Arash Shahi, CTE 
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• If you previously attended "Dealing With Classroom Disruptions", you cannot get credit for this workshop again. It is the same workshop that has been renamed.
• Limited to 25.
• Register

Title: CTE222 Identifying Threshold Concepts
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Descripton: Why are some course concepts particularly troublesome for students to learn? Meyer and Land (2003) suggest that these may be “threshold concepts”  -- key concepts in our discipline that lead to qualitative transformations in students’ ways of thinking about the discipline and “without which the learner cannot progress”. 
In this session, participants will have the opportunity to identify threshold concepts in their course(s). We will explore the ways in which identifying these concepts allows us to examine course content from the students’ perspective.  We will also explore how these insights might influence the course design process.
Facilitator: Julie Timmermans, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.
• Register

Title: CTE106 Giving and Receiving Feedback
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Descripton:Academic work is constantly under review – instructors assess students’ papers, supervisors guide students on theises, or students evaluate instructors teaching, only to name a few examples. In all of these cases, evaluative information is being given to one person by another – feedback has occurred. But was it helpful? Was it assimilated? Will it make a difference in the future?
In this workshop, we will explore how to become better recipients and givers of feedback in the academic setting. We will discuss relevant concepts regarding feedback, then demonstrate strategies and provide tips to help achieve effective feedback communication. You will also have an opportunity to evaluate and discuss sample feedback practices through group work activities.
Facilitator: Martin Smith, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.
• Register

Session 0001: Monday, March 19, 2012, 10:00 to 11:30 am
Session 0002: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 10:00 to 11:30 am

Title: CTE223 Professionalism in the Classroom
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Descripton: not yet available
Facilitator: Julia Woodhall, CTE
Note(s):

• Participants will receive an attendance credit if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
• Limited to 25.

Session 0001: Monday, April 2, 2012, 10:00 to 11:30 am
Session 0002: Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 to 3:30 pm

Date: Monday, February 27, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: EV1, Rm. 354
  
• Notes: now full

Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

• Time: 2:00 to 5:00 pm
• Place: EV1, Rm. 242
  
• Notes:  now full

Date: Monday, March 5, 2012

• Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
• Place: EV1, Rm. 242
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012

• Time: 2:00 to 5:00 pm
• Place: EV1, Rm. 242
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Monday, March 12, 2012

• Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Monday, March 26, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register

Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

• Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
  
• Notes: Register
  

Title: CTE068 Understanding the Learner 
Date: Monday January 9, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: As instructors, we often think about what constitutes effective teaching. But let's put ourselves in our students' shoes for a moment. What constitutes effective learning? How does learning occur and what individual differences affect the teaching and learning process? These are just a few of the questions that will be explored in this CTE event on Understanding the Learner. In this half-day workshop, key theories of learning and a variety of learning styles will be presented and discussed. Participants will identify their own unique learning styles and explore how these characteristics affect their approaches to teaching. The goal of this workshop is to prepare instructors for designing and implementing instructional activities that will maximize student learning.
Due to the highly interactive nature of this workshop, registration is limited to 20 participants for each session. 
Facilitator: Svitlana Taraban-Gordon, CTE
Note(s):

• Response paper required.
• Limited to 20.

Title: CTE020 Assessing Student Learning
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 am
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: It is common to think only of assignments, tests, and exams as means of assessing our students’ learning. But are these our only choices? The short answer is no. In this workshop, you will be introduced to principles of effective assessment, then consider various types of both formative and summative assessments that can be applied in different disciplines. 
Facilitator: Chad Gooyers, CTE 
Note(s):

• Response paper required.
• Limited to 20.
• Register

Title: CTE113 Teaching Dossiers Workshop
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Facilitator: Svitlana Taraban-Gordon, CTE
Description: At this workshop, you will learn what a teaching dossier is and how you can use one. We will analyze two sample dossiers - an activity which you will begin before the workshop - to discover what constitutes an effective dossier. From there, we will turn to the teaching philosophy statement, which is a critical component of the dossier but is also the most difficult to articulate. We will engage in an interactive metaphor exercise to demonstrate one tool that you can use to help create your own philosophy statement. You will receive additional resources at the workshop.To prepare for this workshop, you need to do two tasks:

1. Read the two sample dossiers (link to be sent) so that you can complete the worksheet (also linked from that message) - bring your responses and the dossiers to the workshop for a group discussion.
2. Choose a metaphor that describes you as a teacher (i.e., gardener, architect, travel guide) - bring this with you to use in a small group exercise.

Note(s):

• You must be officially registered in GS 902 on Quest to participate in this event.
  
• Limited to 20.
• Register

Title: CTE146 Research Projects Workshop 
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 
Time: 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Place: Flex Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: At this workshop you will learn what is required for the GS 902 research project component, as well as about research and referencing skills specific to higher education. This workshop is designed to be interactive and to start you on the process of narrowing your research question and identifying the 10 scholarly references needed for your project. You will be taught how to use various search strategies and research databases, and then you will use these strategies during the workshop to find possible resources for your own topic. 
To prepare for this workshop, you need to bring a proposed topic for your research project. Ideally it should be based on a question you have had regarding teaching and or learning practices in higher education. Avoid making it too broad (i.e., instead of "motivating students," a more appropriate topic would be "how to establish relevance in a first year course").
This workshop is required for GS 902 participants. It will be offered at least once every term. 
Facilitators: Martin Smith, CTE, Tim Ireland, LIB
Note(s):

• You must be officially registered in GS 902 on Quest to participate in this event.
• Limited to 20 participants.

Title: CTE193 CUT Teaching Dossiers Consultation Session
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 am
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Facilitator: Svitlana Taraban-Gordon, CTE
Description: This consultation session is designed for GS 902 participants who have completed the Teaching Dossier workshop and are intending on completing their dossier in the near future. The consultation session is designed to assist you in the final preparation of the dossier by leading you through several exercises with a partner to establish a solid teaching philosophy statement which carries through your entire dossier.

To prepare for this consultation session, you need to 
1) bring a copy of your own completed teaching philosophy statement
2) bring any supporting materials (i.e., appendices) you wish to include in your dossier
3) complete a pre-consultation session activity (link will be sent after registration).

Note(s):

• You must be officially registered in GS 902 on Quest to participate in this event.
• You must have attended the Teaching Dossiers workshop.
• Limited to 20 participants.
• Register

Title: CTE073 Course Design
Date: Friday, March 9, 2012
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: EV1, Rm. 221
Description: One exciting task as an instructor is to design your own course. But where do you start? In this half-day workshop, you will use one course-design model to start working on your own course. Beginning with a pre-workshop worksheet (which will be sent out with registration confirmation), you will answer a variety of questions to help organize your planning process and reveal the information needed to design a course focused on student learning. During the workshop, we will discuss setting course learning goals, planning feedback and assessment, and choosing teaching strategies, all in relation to factors such as the context of the course, your students, and yourself as an instructor. Then you will test out how well your course components are aligned. We will also briefly cover course outlines and course evaluation. Althought a few group activities will occur, you will be working primarily on your own or in pairs, with a lot of feedback from the workshop facilitator.
Facilitator: Veronica Brown, CTE
Note(s):

• Response paper required.
• Limited to 20.
• Register

Title: CTE170 From TA to Course Instructor
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location: FLEX Lab, Porter Library, Rm. 329
Description: This session will be of interest to graduate students who are getting ready to teach their first course as instructors during the Winter term. It will include a series of panel presentations by graduate students, course instructor and a Postdoctoral Fellow, who successfully taught their first course at uWaterloo, as well as group discussions of common scenarios from the classroom. By the end of the session, participants will have discussed common challenges faced by first-time instructors, identified strategies for addressing them and developed ideas for getting their courses off to a great start.
Presenters:
1. Jenny Flagler, Sociology
2. Konstantinos Georgiou, C & O
3. Adam Neale, E&CE
4. Diana Skrzydlo, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Facilitators: Arash Shahi, CTE
Notes:

• You must be teaching your own course.
  
• This session will be very interactive, and is limited to 20 participants.
• You must arrive on time and stay for the entire event to get credit.
• To register, please send: 
  -your name
  -department
  -title of the course which you will teach in the winter 
  to cte-grad@uwaterloo.ca.

These cafés are for graduate students who are teaching their own course. Here you meet with graduate students in all disciplines that you can share your experiences with and learn new ideas and approaches.

Date: Friday, February 17, 2012

• Time: 2:30 to 3:30 pm
• Place: EV1 room 324A

If you are interested in participating in the cafés, please email.