Workshops and Events

The Office of Teaching and Learning offers workshops, webinars and other events designed to enhance and deepen pedagogical appreciation for instructional design, student learning, and scholarly inquiry.  Current events are listed below, please sign up using the register button.

Fall 2025 Book Club - Teaching Where You Are (first meeting)

During the Fall 2025 semester, the OTL Book Club will discuss Teaching Where You Are: Weaving Indigenous and Slow Principles and Pedagogies (Leddy & Miller, 2023). The book club is open to all University of Guelph, University of Guelph-Humber, and Ridgetown faculty, staff, instructors, teaching assistants, and graduate students.  We will approach this book club through a decolonial lens of experiential and wholistic learning. At each meeting, book club members will take part in a facilitated discussion of chapters in the book and share their thoughts, questions, and experiences...
Poster for a workshop “Leveraging AI for Teaching: Creating Activities, Lectures, and Course Materials.” Background image shows students walking in front of Johnston Hall at the University of Guelph. Text invites participants to explore and experiment with generative AI tools to develop lecture content and design active learning activities. Hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning, University of Guelph. Event details: September 23, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM on Teams. Registration by September 22

Leveraging AI for Teaching: Creating Activities, Lectures, and Course Materials

This interactive, hands-on session invites instructors to explore and experiment with generative AI tools in a supportive, low-stakes environment. Through guided activities and demonstrations, participants will critically and creatively examine how generative AI can be used to develop lecture content, design active learning experiences, and support both teaching and student learning. The session will include opportunities for discussion and sharing, helping participants build confidence and curiosity in integrating AI into their own teaching practices. No prior experience with AI...
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The left side has a white background with bold black and red text reading: "AI in Teaching and Learning Community of Practice Fall 2025 Register today!" Below, smaller text notes it is co-hosted by the McLaughlin Library and the Office of Teaching and Learning. The right side features a colorful image of a laptop on top of a tall stack of books. The laptop screen displays a glowing lightbulb over a digital world map with network connections, symbolizing innovation and global knowledge-sharing.

Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (first meeting)

The University of Guelph invites educators from all three campuses to join a monthly community focused on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. This group creates space for honest conversations about AI's impact on education, welcoming perspectives from enthusiasts to skeptics. Open to faculty, sessional instructors, teaching assistants, and staff, the community addresses real classroom challenges through peer learning and practical problem-solving. Participants can share materials, discuss assignment redesign, explore academic integrity questions, and learn what...
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Sewehia:rak: We Remember

She:kon! Hello! OTL will be hosting a memorial event for National Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30th, 2025, from 1:00-2:00pm beside the front entrance of Johnston Hall on the University of Guelph campus. Sewehia:rak: We Remember is an opportunity for members of the UofG community to name and learn more about the countless victims, and survivors of the Canadian Indian Residential Boarding Schools (IRS). The IRS system was the result of an assimilation policy enacted and funded by the Canadian Government from the late 1800’s to 1997. An estimated...
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