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15th Annual Learning Enhancement Fund (LEF) Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline: February 25th, 2022.

Since its inception in 2006, the Learning Enhancement Fund (LEF) has provided funding to support and enrich the learning experience of our undergraduate students. This year, we are again pleased to announce this call for proposals to the LEF. Projects typically vary in the amount requested and we encourage you to explore past examples of previously funded projects.

The Provost’s Task Force on Pedagogical Innovation concluded their work in June 2021. Each of the four working groups created reports to share their recommendations for pedagogical innovation at UofG.

During Summer 2021, the Office of Teaching and Learning will be hosting a virtual book club to discuss Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto (Gannon, 2020). 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 Radical Hope and discuss your thoughts, questions or share experiences from their own classes.

What does learning during the pandemic look like for you and your fellow Gryphons? If you could capture your learning experiences in an image, what would that image look like?  

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 Associate Vice-President (Academic) (AVPA) SoTL Grant

Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline: March 22nd, 2021

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.