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Headshot of Dr. Nishreena Nisham beside the cover of the Bloomsbury Handbook of Values and Ethical Change in Transformative Leadership in Higher Education.

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2024 Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) Register here! Session Description: Come join Dr. Nishreena Nisham, Dr. Shelly Bhagat, and Suma Balachandran (CMA) as they discuss […]

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Fictional Classrooms: Read-[and-Watch]-What-You-Can Educational Development Communities

Fictional Classrooms: Read--What-You-Can Educational Development Communities Date: Wednesday, August 28th, 2024 Time: 1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 9:00-10:00am (PT) Register here! Workshop Description: The Fictional Classrooms project was born out of conversations about how we might attempt to reach faculty that did not typically engage with standard educational development offerings. While book clubs and […]

Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sofia Georgiadou: Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change  Date: Monday, September 9th 2024 Time: 5:00-6:00pm (AT) / 4:00-5:00pm (ET) / 1:00-2:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description: Come join our very own Dr. Sofia Georgiadou (Yorkville University) and Dr. Katrina McChesney (University of Waikato) for their chapter on […]

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Communications and Building Online Communities: Brightspace Training

Brightspace Training: Communications and Building Online Communities Date: Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 Time: 3:30-5:00pm (AT) / 2:30-4:00pm (ET) / 11:30-1:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description: Spend this time working through some of the key features and tools in Brightspace that can engage and humanize the online learning space, including Announcements, Discussions, and creating groups. We will talk […]

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Accommodations and Accessibility: Brightspace Training

Brightspace Training: Accommodations and Accessibility Date: Thursday, September 19th 2024 Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT) Register here! Session Description:  How can Brightspace support student accommodation? What are the accessibility features, and how can I ensure that I am thinking about some UDL principles in my teaching. This session will address these […]

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Feedback and Grading: Brightspace Training

Brightspace Training: Feedback and Grading Date: Friday, September 20th 2024 Time: 12:30-2:00pm (AT) / 11:30-1:00pm (ET) / 8:30-10:00am (PT) Register here! Session Description:   Feedback is a central part of the learning process, and in this session, we will explore effective feedback principles as they apply in grading Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes. We will spend our […]

Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sanaz Adibian: Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis Date: Monday, September 24th 2024 Time: 7:00-8:00pm (AT) / 6:00-7:00pm (ET) / 3:00-4:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description: Join Dr. Sanaz Adibian as she discusses her chapter introducing an innovative perspective on the concept of crisis and dealing with uncertain times, individually and […]

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Brightspace Training: Communications and Building Online Communities

Brightspace Training: Communications and Building Online Communities Date: Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 Time: 1:30-3:00pm (AT) / 12:30-2:00pm (ET) / 9:30-11:00am (PT) Register here! Session Description:   Spend this time working through some of the key features and tools in Brightspace that can engage and humanize the online learning space, including Announcements, Discussions, and creating groups. We […]

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Brightspace Training: Feedback and Grading

Brightspace Training: Feedback and Grading Date: Thursday, October 3rd, 2024 Time: 2:30-3:00pm (AT) / 1:30-2:00pm (ET) / 10:30-12:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description:   Feedback is a central part of the learning process, and in this session, we will explore effective feedback principles as they apply in grading Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes. We will spend our […]

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Brightspace Training: Accommodations and Accessibility

Brightspace Training: Accommodations and Accessibility Date: Friday, October 4th, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:30pm (AT) / 11:00-12:30pm (ET) / 8:00-9:30am (PT) Register here! Session Description:   How can Brightspace support student accommodation? What are the accessibility features, and how can I ensure that I am thinking about some UDL principles in my teaching. This session will address these […]

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Humanizing University Students’ Online Learning Experiences

Humanizing University Students’ Online Learning Experiences Date: Wednesday, October 16th 2024 Time: 4:30-6:00pm (AT) / 3:30-5:00pm (ET) / 12:30-2:00pm (PT) Register here! Workshop Description: Are 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 […]

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Fictional Classrooms – October 2024 Meeting

Fictional Classrooms - October 2024 Meeting Date: Monday, October 21st, 2024 Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) Register your interest to attend! "Fictional Classrooms" CTEI Communities Description: What can we learn about our own teaching practices and identities from fictional depictions of higher education? Join us in “Fictional Classrooms” as we explore […]

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Matthew Dunleavy

Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development

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Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.