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.

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OTL Mandate Feedback: Focus Group (in-person)

The Office of Teaching and Learning is updating its mandate to further serve the University of Guelph, University of Guelph-Humber, and Ridgetown Campus communities. You are warmly invited to contribute your perspective on what OTL should be doing now and into the future to support, lead, partner and innovate in teaching and learning. This focus group is an opportunity to gather in-person, in community, to share your perspectives and feedback on OTL's draft mandate. The draft mandate and the focus group prompts will be shared with participants two days ahead of the focus group....
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Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW)

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The Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) is a five-day long program from November 10-14, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM each day. The primary goal of the FDW is to train individuals to facilitate the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW). ISW activities form the nucleus of the FDW as participants develop new knowledge and techniques for facilitating group development and group feedback, explore formative evaluation techniques, refine their own teaching approaches, and receive feedback on their own teaching and facilitation skills. As with the ISW, the FDW is a peer-based model providing...
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Program (Re)Design Institute - Day 1

The Program (Re)Design Institute (PRDI) takes place on December 9 & 11, 2025, in-person on the University of Guelph main campus.  The Program (Re)Design Institute (PRDI) is an intensive, two-day program designed to support faculty and staff in designing or modifying new undergraduate or graduate degree or diploma programs. The PRDI intentionally integrates curriculum design principles with governance approval requirements. Through a series of interactive sessions, consultations with campus experts, and structured writing blocks, participants will work through...