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SUMMARY:Decolonization in Action: Part 2 - Q+A and Discussion Dr. Johanne McCarthy
DESCRIPTION:Decolonization in Action: Part 2 – Q+A and Discussion Dr. Johanne McCarthy\nDate: Wednesday\, July 10th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00-4:00pm (AT) / 1:00-3:00pm (ET) / 10:00-12:00pm (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nWe are very excited to be welcoming back Dr. Johanne McCarthy (Dean\, Academic Programs\, Six Nations Polytechnic) into our virtual spaces in a good way to continue the conversation with us from their work and research with “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion.” \nTo start us off together in this “Part 2” session\, Dr. Joh is going to explain how the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion works and how it unfolded and benefitted McMaster Health Sciences. Following this overview\, CTEI is going to host and facilitate an Intentional Q+A session with Dr. Joh by embodying an Indigenous Feminist approach to facilitating academic questions and answers inspired by Eve Tuck’s work and leadership. \nIn case you missed Dr. Joh’s session with us from March 2024 – or if you’d like to revisit it in advance of our “Part 2” together at the beginning of July 2024 – you can watch the “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion” (Mar 2024) recording now.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/decolonization-in-action-part-2-qa-and-discussion-dr-johanne-mccarthy/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240604T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240604T143000
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SUMMARY:Tiny Teaching Tales
DESCRIPTION:Tiny Teaching Tales\nDate: Tuesday\, June 4th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nInspired by Chris Anson and Nancy Sommers’ work with “Writing and Sharing Tiny Teaching Stories\,” this interactive workshop aims to bring together YU and TFS faculty and staff to do just the same: write and share some of our tiny teaching tales together! In the vein of the NY Times’ “tiny love stories” series\, Anson and Sommers shift the lens of love to that of teaching to see what happens when we capture something interesting or memorable about our teaching experiences in no more than 100 words. \nCome ready to write in this CTEI workshop\, in whichever medium you prefer! We’ll start with an overview of the genre of tiny teaching tales as well as hear some examples\, and then we’ll draft\, share\, and share back some of our own. We’ll end our session together by reflecting on our experiences writing these tales and on the feedback we received in sharing them as well as brainstorm together how we might use this genre not just to hone our teaching crafts but in our teaching practices with our students\, too.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/tiny-teaching-tales-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240529T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250728T183005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T184408Z
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SUMMARY:What is a Teaching Philosophy?
DESCRIPTION:What is a Teaching Philosophy?\nDate: Wednesday\, May 29th\, 2024 \nTime: 3:00-4:00pm (AT) / 2:00-3:00pm (ET) / 11:00-12:00pm (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nIn this session\, we will give a brief introduction to teaching philosophies – the unique and personal statements that articulate your beliefs and values in teaching and learning. You are invited to bring a pre-existing or draft statement or just something to write/type/record on in case you are inspired! \nThis introduction will be followed by time to ask questions as well as go over some activities to help you explore your beliefs and values so that you can identify what you may wish to include in your own teaching philosophy statement.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/what-is-a-teaching-philosophy-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250728T164627Z
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SUMMARY:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 4): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 4): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements\nDate: Wednesday\, March 27th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (AT)* / 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET)* / 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (PT)* \n*15-minute pedagogical presentation\, followed by 45 minutes of community Q+A/discussion \nRegistration link \nThis series of Winter “Webinettes” (15-minute pedagogical presentations followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will explore the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on our teaching and learning practices\, including: lesson design and delivery\, assignments and assessments\, and teaching strategies and pedagogies. \nWhether you’re an AI novice\, sceptic\, or already leveraging it in your lessons and courses\, this series of sessions aims to strengthen our AI literacies and guide us in developing and sustaining pedagogically-sound approaches to teaching in the context of AI. Together\, we’ll navigate how educational practices are and can be influenced by new technologies and discuss proactive strategies for integrating generative AI into our courses. \nJoin us for one\, two\, or all of the upcoming webinettes throughout the 2024 Winter term.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/generative-ai-and-teaching-part-4-exploring-opportunities-challenges-and-advancements/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
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SUMMARY:Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:“Catcher of Dreams” by BCA student Jordan Besito\n  \nDecolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion\nDate: Friday\, March 22nd\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor March 2024\, we are inviting Dr. Johanne McCarthy\, Dean of Academic Programs at Six Nations Polytechnic\, into our virtual spaces in a good way to share their work and research with “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion.” \nReconciliation requires effort to repair unequal and unfair relationships. It is a “settling up” for injustices leading to and perpetuating the oppression of Indigenous peoples\, our languages\, cultures\, and ways of being upon our home territories. For non-Indigenous peoples now connected to this land\, this requires reflective mindfulness and recognition of hard truths about aggressive colonization and the impacts influencing the direction and scope of learning. Moving forward\, the first step to healing is bringing that mindfulness in to the relationships we establish within the classroom to empower Indigenous perspectives and belonging. This presentation introduces the 3P’s framework to enhance Indigenous inclusion and serves as a catalyst for constructive awareness and change so that participants can imagine their own roles and responsibilities for shaping an inclusive landscape. \nLearner-participants will: \n\nDemonstrate knowledge of the diverse cultural\, historical\, and social contexts that shape relationships on Turtle Island.\nUtilize reflective learning for fostering deeper connections and understanding of relationships with Indigenous communities.\nExplore the 3P’s framework as a guide for motivating inclusive behavioural change systemically.\nDiscuss the utility and applicability of this framework for individualized academic purposes and change across the organization.\n\nSoTL Speaker Bio: \nDr. Johanne McCarthy is Onondaga Nation\, Beaver Clan from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother of two\, an activist for community health and wellbeing\, a Naturopathic Doctor\, and the Dean of Academic Programs at Six Nations Polytechnic\, overseeing post-secondary\, College\, University and Trades programming\, as well as lifelong learning and advancement pathways to education. \nDr. McCarthy cares deeply about healing relationships through education and professes a value for a wholistic approach to reconciliation. \nShe holds a Masters in Organizational Leadership with an ancestral purpose and mission to transform and decolonize systems and institutions for anti-oppressive and inclusive opportunities and futures. With over 23 years of experience as a front-line health care provider\, and 14 years of experience in post-secondary education\, she has become an expert at connecting with people to motivate change for healthier\, happier\, and more sustainable futures…together!
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/decolonization-in-action-using-the-3ps-framework-to-enhance-indigenous-inclusion/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250728T164954Z
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SUMMARY:Humanizing University Students’ Online Learning Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Humanizing University Students’ Online Learning Experiences\nDate: Thursday\, March 14th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nAre you seeking strategies to create a sense of community and belonging in your online courses and digital teaching? Have you ever wondered how to infuse empathy and understanding into your virtual interactions with students? Have you found yourself in a dilemma where you aim to encourage the use of technologies for enhanced engagement in online teaching and learning\, yet want to caution students about potential risks associated with these technologies? As the prevalence of online courses and components rises and as the diversity within the online and virtual student demographic expands\, the imperative of infusing humanistic elements into online teaching and learning becomes increasingly apparent. \nA burgeoning body of literature in online education underscores the need for pedagogical approaches that prioritize inclusivity\, diversity\, and accessibility\, and that consider the social implications of technological incorporation. The 2023 Educause Horizon Report underscores the growing sophistication and accessibility of technologies\, notably with the emergence of Generative AI tools. Given this landscape\, a critical and ethical orientation towards humanizing online learning via increasingly digital pedagogies emerges as an urgent necessity for Canadian higher education institutions. \nThis workshop aims to encourage reflexivity in faculty and instructors\, prompting us all to critically assess our previous and ongoing practices in humanizing (and/or the use of potentially dehumanizing) aspects of online teaching and learning. Together\, we will foster discussions on how educational technologies can – and should – be critically and ethically integrated into our increasingly digital teaching contexts.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/humanizing-university-students-online-learning-experiences-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240306T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240306T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250728T164434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T184052Z
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SUMMARY:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 3): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 3): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements\nDate: Wednesday\, March 6th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (AT)* / 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET)* / 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (PT)* \n*15-minute pedagogical presentation\, followed by 45 minutes of community Q+A/discussion \nRegistration link \nThis series of Winter “Webinettes” (15-minute pedagogical presentations followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will explore the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on our teaching and learning practices\, including: lesson design and delivery\, assignments and assessments\, and teaching strategies and pedagogies. \nWhether you’re an AI novice\, sceptic\, or already leveraging it in your lessons and courses\, this series of sessions aims to strengthen our AI literacies and guide us in developing and sustaining pedagogically-sound approaches to teaching in the context of AI. Together\, we’ll navigate how educational practices are and can be influenced by new technologies and discuss proactive strategies for integrating generative AI into our courses. \nJoin us for one\, two\, or all of the upcoming webinettes throughout the 2024 Winter term.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/generative-ai-and-teaching-part-3-exploring-opportunities-challenges-and-advancements/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250728T164047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183941Z
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SUMMARY:Written Feedback on Written Assignments and Assessments
DESCRIPTION:Written Feedback on Written Assignments and Assessments\nDate: Thursday\, February 29th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nThe saying “feedback is a gift” is often attributed to American philanthropist\, businessman\, and investor Warren Buffet\, but in our teaching and learning contexts from both faculty members’ and students’ perspectives\, feedback isn’t always bowties and surprise. Feedback as a mode of instruction is often met with dissatisfaction and can even feel anticlimactic: too much time to write and relay (for faculty); too much time to read and reflect on (for students). I’m just wanting/needing the numeric grade (from students); I’m just wanting/needing to help you improve and transform (from faculty). \nWritten feedback on all kinds of written assignments and assessments – from short pieces like reflection papers and discussion posts\, through longer pieces like traditional essays and project reports\, to creative pieces like narratives and screenplays – is a critical\, pedagogical part of students’ learning not just about disciplinary content and knowledges but about communication conventions\, norms\, and strategies. In this workshop\, we will start will identifying these pedagogical benefits of providing effective feedback on students’ written assignments and assessments before we explore some strategies to ensure that the time\, effort\, and heart faculty put into providing feedback fuels learning potential and embraces purposeful curiosity for our students. We will wrap up with considering the challenges\, opportunities\, as well as affordances and constraints of these strategies for improving our feedback processes.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/written-feedback-on-written-assignments-and-assessments/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T141500
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250725T183003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183900Z
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SUMMARY:“I Am Not Complaining\, I Am Letting You Know What My Needs Are”: Listening to International Students’ Complaints/Requests as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs
DESCRIPTION:“I Am Not Complaining\, I Am Letting You Know What My Needs Are”: Listening to International Students’ Complaints/Requests as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs\nDate: Friday\, February 23rd\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor February 2024\, our own Professor Irene Torres-Arends (General Studies\, Yorkville University) together with Professor Michele Jacobsen (Learning Sciences\, University of Calgary) will share their research from their forthcoming article “‘I Am Not Complaining\, I Am Letting You Know What My Needs Are’: Listening to International Students’ Complaints/Requests as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs.” \nThis study utilizes Torres-Arends’ (2023) framework to analyze the experiences of international students within the instructional and coursework context of a Canadian private university. Specifically\, we investigate how the complaints and requests made by international students to instructors can be interpreted as expressions of their learning needs. Through a qualitative content analysis of 580 students’ emails\, we identified and examined 817 requests and complaints. Analysis unveiled significant and reoccurring trends in the arguments that students used to support their requests/complaints about due dates\, resubmission and regrading of assignments\, and plagiarism. These trends underscore the importance of attentive and empathetic listening as a foundation for developing strategies that optimize international students’ transition to Canadian higher education and enhance their overall learning experiences. Our findings emphasize the need to use new approaches to capture student voices and integrate their perspectives into the design of courses and programs. We suggest innovative methods for listening to international students’ voices\, and to shape and enhance pedagogical and institutional support structures. By actively engaging international students in conversations about their learning experiences\, universities can foster more inclusive and responsive educational environments that cater to our diverse international student population’s unique needs and experiences.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/i-am-not-complaining-i-am-letting-you-know-what-my-needs-are-listening-to-international-students-complaints-requests-as-expressions-of-diverse-learning-needs/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250725T182118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183820Z
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SUMMARY:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 2): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 2): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements\nDate: Wednesday\, February 21st\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (AT)* / 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET)* / 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (PT)* \n*15-minute pedagogical presentation\, followed by 45 minutes of community Q+A/discussion \nRegistration link \nThis series of Winter “Webinettes” (15-minute pedagogical presentations followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will explore the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on our teaching and learning practices\, including: lesson design and delivery\, assignments and assessments\, and teaching strategies and pedagogies. \nWhether you’re an AI novice\, sceptic\, or already leveraging it in your lessons and courses\, this series of sessions aims to strengthen our AI literacies and guide us in developing and sustaining pedagogically-sound approaches to teaching in the context of AI. Together\, we’ll navigate how educational practices are and can be influenced by new technologies and discuss proactive strategies for integrating generative AI into our courses. \nJoin us for one\, two\, or all of the upcoming webinettes throughout the 2024 Winter term.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/generative-ai-and-teaching-part-2-exploring-opportunities-challenges-and-advancements/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240207T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240207T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250718T165611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183750Z
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SUMMARY:Accessible Word and PowerPoint Documents for Your Teaching
DESCRIPTION:Accessible Word and PowerPoint Documents for Your Teaching\nDate: Wednesday\, February 7th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nAt YU & TFS\, we are committed to building inclusive communities. Ensuring that students can access and meaningfully engage with their learning materials is foundational to an inclusive learning environment. \nMany of our learning materials – whether assignment instructions\, slide decks\, or lecture and lesson notes – are created in Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint. In this workshop\, we will explore simple\, concrete strategies and tools to maximize the accessibility of documents and slide shows. We’ll review some of the common mistakes that contribute to inaccessible course materials\, and we’ll highlight simple solutions that you can apply right away to remove barriers and increase the accessible engagement with your teaching and learning materials. While we will focus on MS Word and MS PowerPoint primarily\, many of the strategies we’ll explore are transferable to other similar software\, such as Google docs. Whether you’re new to document accessibility or are hoping to brush up existing skills\, please join us.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/accessible-word-and-powerpoint-documents-for-your-teaching/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240131T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240131T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250718T165239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183716Z
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SUMMARY:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 1): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI and Teaching (Part 1): Exploring Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Advancements\nDate: Wednesday\, January 31st\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (AT)* / 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (ET)* / 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. (PT)* \n*15-minute pedagogical presentation\, followed by 45 minutes of community Q+A/discussion \nRegistration link \nThis series of Winter “Webinettes” (15-minute pedagogical presentations followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will explore the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on our teaching and learning practices\, including: lesson design and delivery\, assignments and assessments\, and teaching strategies and pedagogies. \nWhether you’re an AI novice\, sceptic\, or already leveraging it in your lessons and courses\, this series of sessions aims to strengthen our AI literacies and guide us in developing and sustaining pedagogically-sound approaches to teaching in the context of AI. Together\, we’ll navigate how educational practices are and can be influenced by new technologies and discuss proactive strategies for integrating generative AI into our courses. \nJoin us for one\, two\, or all of the upcoming webinettes throughout the 2024 Winter term.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/generative-ai-and-teaching-part-1-exploring-opportunities-challenges-and-advancements/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240126T141500
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183633Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show)
DESCRIPTION:Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show)\nDate: Friday\, January 26th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor January 2024\, our own Dr. Tommy Mayberry (see bio above) will share their research from their award-winning chapter that explores visual pedagogies through a sincere and earnest look at their life as an academic drag queen – a life that is congruent of academic and drag cultures\, of traditional teaching and dragged-up pedagogies. In addition to screening their (unfortunately unsuccessful) audition tape for the 5th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in this session\, Tommy will build upon this early autoethnographic foray of theirs into visual pedagogies and into teaching in drag to bring together and share an overview of the constellation of frameworks\, theories\, and ideas (from transgender visuality\, through queer phenomenology\, and to visual performance) that positions themself in their scholarship as a social justice leader with an anti-imperialist inclusive pedagogy and practice.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/visual-pedagogies-teaching-can-be-a-real-drag-show/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240118T143000
DTSTAMP:20260406T204246
CREATED:20250718T141615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183545Z
UID:2252-1705582800-1705588200@ctei.yorkvilleu.ca
SUMMARY:Effective Question Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Effective Question Strategies\nDate: Thursday\, January 18th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nSpoiler alert! The most widely used and most-often-asked question by professors in their teaching is: “Any questions?” …and it’s also the least effective question we can be asking students… *cue 1986’s Ferris Bueller clip\, meme\, and GIF* Beyond comprehension checks as questions-about-any-questions\, when you ask students questions (synchronously)\, are you often met with blank stares and no response? When (asynchronously) you post Discussion Board questions and prompts\, are you often less-than-enthused with the less-than-robust posts and replies students leave? Well\, question strategies are key to our pedagogies and practices\, all on-site\, on-line\, synchronously\, and asynchronously – and this CTEI Workshop aims to answer the question: “How can we use questions effectively to stimulate responses and facilitate learning?” \nIn this workshop\, we will go over the importance of using questions in our teaching and the critical\, creative\, and affective skills involved in formulating questions that effectively tap into different levels of thinking – for us\, and for our students. We will also identify various strategies for responding to students’ answers to our questions and to their questions to our questions (and our answers!) that promote and sustain supportive teaching and learning environments and that encourage and empower student participation\, active learning\, and curiosity-driven growth.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/effective-question-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Webinettes, Webinars and Workshops
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