The Provost’s Task Force on Pedagogical Innovation has been working since January to identify teaching and learning initiatives and develop plans to promote and support the implementation of those initiatives.
For the past two semesters, faculty and staff from across the University have gathered monthly to discuss Small Teaching Online by Darby and Lang (fall) and The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion by Cavanagh (winter). We plan to continue our OTL Virtual Book Club in the Summer 2021 semester.
The Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) would like to highlight the amazing work that instructors, staff, librarians, and students are doing to adapt and succeed in the current teaching and learning environment. You are invited to share your reflections and experiences—through video, audio, or text—on your remote teaching and learning experiences or curricular innovations at UofG during the pandemic.
Our Remote Teaching Strategies website has been updated with a new page with strategies and resources to build belongingness, community, and connection in remote courses. This site includes six strategies to support community and connection before the semester begins and during the first two weeks of the semester.
The Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) would like to highlight the amazing work that instructors, staff, librarians, and students are doing to adapt and succeed in the current teaching and learning environment. You are invited to share your reflections and experiences—through video, audio, or text—on your remote teaching and learning experiences or curricular innovations at UofG during the pandemic.
Our Remote Teaching Strategies website has been updated with new resources, including a guide to supporting students’ self-regulated and self-directed learning in the remote environment. This site includes six strategies that instructors can implement to support students’ self-regulation.
During the Winter 2021 semester, the Office of Teaching and Learning will be hosting a virtual book club to discuss The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion (Cavanagh, S., 2016). Book club discussions are open to all University of Guelph faculty and instructional staff (including sessionals). At each meeting, book club members will take part in a facilitated discussion of one or two chapters of The Spark of Learning and discuss your thoughts, questions or share experiences from their own classes.
Our Alternative Assessment Formats for Teaching Online website has been updated with new resources, including a guide to implementing two-stage exams in the remote environment. This site includes suggestions for implementing two-stage exams in both synchronous and asynchronous formats, and the benefits of implementing two-stage exams.