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

Submission Deadline: February 8th , 2021

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.

Our Alternative Assessment Formats for Teaching Online website has been updated with new resources, including our concise guide to Shifting your Assessments to the Remote Environment. This site includes questions to guide your selection of assessments and sample assessment strategies for different learning outcomes.

Want to learn more about how to balance synchronous and asynchronous teaching approaches in your remote course? See our new resource for information about effective synchronous and asynchronous methods for teaching and learning activities, including content delivery, strategies to support student engagement and learning, and strategies to build community.

Interested in using oral assessments or exams as an assessment method in your remote course? See our new resource on implementing oral assessments, including strategies to design and implement these assessments, and examples of their use in various disciplines.

Non-academic misconduct associated with remote instruction includes offensive remarks, disruptive behaviour, and intimidation. For more information about how to prevent academic misconduct challenges in the remote classroom, and how to manage and respond to these behaviours, see our new resource on classroom management in remote courses.

We are hosting Course Redesign Institutes (CRDI) in November to support instructors in their planning for remote course delivery. The CRDI is divided into two separate institutes: the first focuses on adapting assessments and the second on adapting teaching and learning activities. Each institute runs over two days. Instructors participate in a series of modules to explore and develop their course plans, and participate in synchronous Zoom sessions in small and large groups to share ideas, ask questions and discuss challenges. 

The 2020 Graduate Student University Teaching Days (GSUTD) may almost be over, but there's still time to register for the final events! Join us on Friday September 4^th from 9:00-10:30 am for:

Teaching How NOT To Teach and the GSUTD 2020 Closing Ceremony