Teaching and Learning Events, Workshops, Webinars, Drop-ins
The information below summarizes the teaching and learning-related events, workshops, webinars, and drop-ins at UofG, UG-H and Ridgetown Campuses. It is current as of June 2023. If you would like to update or add to this inventory of teaching and learning initiatives and activities, please complete this Qualtrics form or contact your College, Campus or Unit representative listed on this page. You are encouraged to contact your College, Campus or Unit representative for any clarification around what initiatives or activities are appropriate to add.
For information regarding the specific department or group offering the opportunities listed below, please see the PDF linked at the bottom of this page.
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
COESP Day | Annual. Late April, early May | Focus on CBS, but open to all friends of CBS |
Kerry Ritchie |
BioEd Grad student research award talk | Late March | Open to all | |
'Biology Education Exchange' (BEE) | Currently in development. Tentatively monthly | Restricted to CBS to start. |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Career Development Conference "Arts and Science Connections: A Deconstructed Conference about Career Possibilities.": Linking Career to Curriculum - Learn how to integrate career development education into the classroom and curriculum | Every fall and winter | Open to all | csahstle@uoguelph.ca |
Challenging Curricular Violence through Identifying Whiteness - in this session, participants learned to identify and dismantle the Curricular Tools of Whiteness (Picower, 2021) in their own teaching practice, instructional materials, and/or program structure. | October 19, 2022 from 12:00 –1:30 p.m. as part of the Hub’s events for the academic year 2022/23; hybrid event | ||
Opposing Oppression: Applying Equity and Inclusion Lenses to Teaching & Learning - interactive session engaged critically with anti-oppression frameworks and suggest ways to apply an equity and inclusion lens to teaching and learning. Anti-oppressive teaching and learning involves both critical and practical examinations of individual, interpersonal, systemic, and cultural barriers to full participation for equity-deserving groups. | November 23, 2022 from 12:00 –1:30 p.m. as part of the Hub’s events for the academic year 2022/23; hybrid event | ||
Want to Chat about AI and how this relates to teaching & learning including AI? - a panel with colleagues from across the UoG about artificial intelligence (AI) and the implications for teaching and learning including, but not limited to academic integrity (AI) | April 12, 2023 from 12:00 –1:30 p.m. as part of the Hub’s events for the academic year 2022/23; hybrid event | ||
Low-Touch. High Impact - Community Engaged Teaching and Learning & Experiential Learning – a session aimed at sharing of ideas and strategies around how to build sustainable, stable, and integrated low-touch, high-impact Community Engaged Teaching and Learning partnerships across a range of course levels and types as we move forward with a new University Strategic Plan. | May 31, 2023 from 12:00 –1:30 p.m. as part of the Hub’s events for the academic year 2022/23; hybrid event |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
EdTech consultations | Available by appointment | Restricted to GH instructors and staff | Victoria Chen |
1:1 Gradescope and Courselink consultations | Available by appointment | Matthew Lagrone | |
Webinars: Mid-term and final exams check-in; Academic Integrity; EdTech tools | Fall and Winter semesters | Tabitha Mui, Victoria Chen, and Matthew Lagrone | |
1:1 Consultations on integration of AI tools/platforms in the classroom and for assessments | Available by appointment, starting Fall 2023 | Open to faculty at any Guelph campus | Matthew Lagrone |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Teaching and Learning Workshops: Lang offers 2-3 workshops on average every year related to current topics in T&L. Most recently we offered an AI in the classroom online webinar in March 2023 | Ongoing | Open to all unless there the faciliator has a cap. Note that that the session is tailored to business and management content | Jackie Hamilton |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Faculty Writing Retreat | Annual May | Open to all | writing@uoguelph.ca |
Media Studio: Digital Literacy support, space, equipment and consultations | Ongoing | N/A |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Cultivating Inclusive Communities (EDI training) | Friday, April 21, 2023 | Restricted to Ridgetown and Clinton Campuses only | Ericka Gonzalez-Smith and Lynne Mitchell |
Academics Orientation Day | Thursday August 31, 2023, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Ericka Gonzalez-Smith |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Seminar Series – some seminars cover teaching / SoTL topics | Fall and Winter | Open to all | sesadmin@uoguelph.ca |
Discipline seminar series – some seminars cover teaching / SoTL topics in animal nutrition and genetics | Diana Rau |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Workshops and webinar sessions on various topics including the effective use of educational technologies such as CourseLink, Web Conferencing Classrooms, and Gradescope. | Ongoing, programmed semesterly | Open to all | Webinars and Events - UofG OpenEd (uoguelph.ca) |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Workshop on how to write mutilple choices questions | Ad hoc | Restricted to OVC | otl@uoguelph.ca |
Brief Description | Timing | Restricted or Open | Contact |
Workshops/Sessions on various topics including: Assessments, Course design, Learning Outcomes, Curriculum mapping, Generative AI, Emotional labour, Course delivery modes, Active learning, Inclusion and diversity, Facilitating discusisons, Motivation, SoTL | Ad hoc, ongoing, as needed | Open to all | otl@uoguelph.ca |
Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference | Annually | ||
New Faculty Orientation & Workshops | Annually, August & additional as requested | Restricted to New faculty, all disciplines | |
Get that Dossier Done | Paused | Restricted to Graduate students |
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