Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Michael Dick, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Sanaz Ghasemi, TATP Sciences Trainer Oral presentations are a very good gauge of students’ understanding of course content as well as their ability to communicate ideas effectively. As TAs, we are responsible for grading and providing feedback on both of these aspects. […]
University of Toronto Mississauga - IB 270 - ELECTIVE Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Being a Teaching Assistant is a challenging job that requires balancing the needs and priorities of the course instructor with the needs and expectations of your students; while being asked to be an undergraduate TA is a great opportunity, it […]
Blackburn Room, 4th Floor Robarts Library - ELECTIVE Joel Rodgers, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Alli Diskin, TATP Program Assistant There seems to be a wide-spread impression that undergraduate students are now “less resilient” than previous generations. Failure has even become a “hot topic” for research, as the development of The Success-Failure […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Mike Kasprzak, TATP Curriculum Developer Mariana Jardim, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology Social media technologies have become an essential extension of our personal or business life and a way that we communicate, connect, and collaborate. But can we use these technologies to facilitate and enhance our teaching […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer David Chan, TATP Sciences Coordinator Michael Dick, TATP Social Sciences Trainer The use of games in Higher Education has recently become more widespread. Research suggests that gamification can help students engage with material, develop critical thinking skills, and teach morality and empathy […]
University of Toronto Scarborough, IC318 - ELECTIVE Tingting Zhu, TATP Sciences Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator With increasing internationalization, teaching and learning in a multilingual context has become common for both multilingual and native English speaking TAs. Have you ever wondered how to effectively engage multilingual students or how to better navigate language barriers […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Kathleen Ogden, TATP Humanities Trainer Mark Hathaway, TATP Social Sciences Trainer Frames of reference are essentially “habits of the mind” encompassing assumptions, beliefs, values, concepts, and feelings that filter and condition our perception of the world. Transformative learning seeks to move beyond what is typically understood as […]
CTSI Boardroom, Room 4035, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator At this brown-bag lunch, we’ll be focusing on concerns relating to all that comes with the end of the semester. If you’re facing a huge stack of grading or office hours full of anxious students, and want to discuss strategies, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Sanaz Ghasemi, TATP Sciences Trainer Alex Motut, TATP Social Sciences Coordinator Robin Sutherland-Harris, TATP Humanities Coordinator, Tingting Zhu, TATP Sciences Trainer As graduate student TAs and CIs at the University of Toronto, we teach in classrooms that are among the most culturally diverse in the world. Intercultural […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Kosha Bramesfeld, Data Analyst, Course Evaluations Gregory Hum, Assistant Director, Teaching Assessment In this workshop, participants will identify ways to gather feedback, build understanding of the Course Evaluation Framework at the University of Toronto, and practice interpreting feedback data (both qualitative and quantitative). Lastly, we will consider how to […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Alli Diskin, Program Assistant, TATP Kathleen Ogden, Curriculum Developer, TATP We’ve all experienced teachers who left a lasting impression, who made us excited and who made us feel like we were capable of anything! But what do great teachers do that makes them so great? Is there […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Wes Adams, E-Learning Builder & Media Specialist Diane Michaud, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology This interactive workshop will highlight how integrating images, audio and video can enhance the teaching and learning experience. Through discussions and group activities, this session will Share the evidence for multimodal teaching and learning, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Wes Adams, E-Learning Builder & Media Specialist Diane Michaud, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology This interactive workshop will highlight how integrating images, audio and video can enhance the teaching and learning experience. Through discussions and group activities, this session will Share the evidence for multimodal teaching and learning, […]
Blackburn Room, Robarts Library 4th Floor - ELECTIVE Kosha Bramesfeld, Data Analyst, Course Evaluations Gregory Hum, Assistant Director, Teaching Assessment In this workshop, participants will identify ways to gather feedback, build understanding of the Course Evaluation Framework at the University of Toronto, and practice interpreting feedback data (both qualitative and quantitative). Lastly, we will consider how to […]
University of Toronto Mississauga- DH 3075 - ELECTIVE Abdullah Farooqi, TATP Humanities Trainer The use of games in Higher Education has recently become more widespread. Research suggests that gamification can help students engage with material, develop critical thinking skills, and teach morality and empathy for others. How can TAs utilize these developments in pedagogy to engage […]