CTEI Yorkville University & Toronto Film School

Journal Club – July 2025 Meeting
2025-07-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto)
Journal Club – July 2025 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Sign up to join!
“Journal Club” CTEI Communities Description:
Join the CTEI for monthly get-togethers where members will gather to share and discuss ideas on teaching, learning, and education more broadly. Discussions will be guided by selected journal articles balancing theory and practice.
For July 2025’s Meeting, we are reading and discussing Gurnam Kaur Sidhu and Yuen Fook Chan’s “Authentic Assessment and Pedagogical Strategies in Higher Education” article (Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2): 153-161, 2010)
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 10-11AM PT / 1-2PM ET / 2-3PM AT.
Check out our CTEI Communities page for more details and to register!

Academic Drag Story Time and Community Conversations with Dr. Tommy Mayberry
2025-06-25 14:00 - 15:00
Academic Drag Story Time and Community Conversations with Dr. Tommy Mayberry
Date: Wednesday, June 25th 2025
Time: 3:00-4:00pm (AT) / 2:00-3:00pm (ET) / 11:00-12:00pm (PT)
Register here!
Celebrate Pride Month with the Library!
The Library at Yorkville U + TFS is excited to announce Dr. Tommy Mayberry, the Director of the Centre of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (CTEI), is joining us for a free webinar about drag scholarship and research on June 25th, 2025.
As an academic drag queen, Dr. Tommy Mayberry (he/she/they) has published their work in numerous journals and edited volumes and has performed and presented their scholarship and research findings nationally as well as internationally. Tommy is co-editor (with Lindsay Bryde) of the award-winning book, RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul’s Drag Race (McFarland 2022), which is available in both the TFS and YU libraries. There is currently an equity and justice focused follow-up “shequel” edition of RuPedagogies in the works, too! Tommy is also a recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Award for Exceptional Teaching (2015) as well as of the 2024 CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship. They hold a PhD in English as well as an MA in English and Cultural Studies.
Are you curious about what it means to be a drag scholar? Join us for the opportunity to ask Dr. Tommy any and all of your questions.
Special Pride Event hosted by Library Services, Teaching and Learning

Dr. Ben Lee Taylor on the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) Project and the value of SoTL
2025-06-23 13:00 - 14:00
Dr. Ben Lee Taylor on the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) Project and the value of SoTL
Date: Monday, June 23rd, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Register here!
SoTL Speaker Session Description:
When ChatGPT launched publicly in November 2022, Ben Lee Taylor was teaching writing-intensive courses and serving on an academic integrity committee at Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. By December 2022, the committee was already adjudicating its first case of suspected AI misuse by a student, sparking questions about how this new technology might forever reshape the landscape of higher education. For Dr. Taylor, these questions ultimately evolved into the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) project, a multiphase study funded by McMaster University’s MacPherson Institute involving surveys of Canadian instructors, analysis of sample assessments, and follow-up interviews.
This session will introduce some of the project’s findings and outputs (including a descriptive assessment design framework), while also detailing some key practical steps involved in SoTL research, from question formation to ethics approval, recruitment, and data management. In doing so, the session will explore how SoTL research offers opportunities to investigate specific teaching contexts, contribute to broader pedagogical conversations, engage in meaningful cross- and interdisciplinary collaboration, and develop new technical and professional skills.
If you’ve ever had questions or thoughts about teaching and learning that are worth investigating systematically, this session will hopefully make the SoTL research process feel more accessible and less intimidating.
SoTL Speaker Bio:
Ben Lee Taylor received his PhD in English from York University in 2021, where his dissertation examined the intersections of gender politics and artistic production in early 20th century satire. His experiences teaching during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, however, led him to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship with McMaster University’s MacPherson Institute. In this position, he conducted a study (results pending) investigating how university and college instructors in Canada continue to respond to generative AI through assessment practices. He currently oversees writing support programs and services for undergraduate and graduate students with McMaster’s Student Success Centre, and his thinking about the role that generative AI can and should play in the writing process fluctuates daily.

Fictional Classrooms: National Community of Practice – June 2025 Meeting
2025-06-16 13:00 - 14:00
Fictional Classrooms: National Community of Practice – June 2025 Meeting
Date: Monday, June 16th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Sign up to join! (you may be prompted to log in to your Google account)

Fictional Classrooms National Community of Practice Description:
Over the past three years, our very own Matthew Dunleavy (CTEI Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development) and his colleague, Robin Sutherland-Harris (York University), have facilitated the Fictional Classrooms community. The current iteration brings together educational/curriculum/faculty/instructional developers and instructors from across Canada and the US to explore and reflect on narratives of education in films, television, short stories, and novels. These works may speak to us as learners, educators, developers, researchers, artists, and/or simply as humans.
For Summer 2025, the Fictional Classrooms community is delving into Donna Tartt’s novel The Secret History (1992).
The Secret History Synopsis:
Under the influence of their charismatic Classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality, their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.
The Fictional Classrooms Community Summer 2025 Schedule:
The novel is nicely split into two books, so we will meet twice on the following Mondays from 1:00-2:00pm EST via Zoom:

Monday, June 16th – Book 1 of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History

Monday, August 18th – Book 2 of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History

To join the Fictional Classrooms Community for Summer 2025:
Please sign up as follows:

Visit https://groups.google.com/search?q=FictionalClassroomsED (you may be prompted to log in to your Google account)

On the right-hand side, click the small “Join” icon (next to the star) and ask to join group

Matthew and Robin will approve your request within 2 working days, and you will then have access to the group, including their shared Google Folder and Calendar.

Note from Matthew and Robin: We approach the Fictional Classrooms program with a “read-what-you-can” mentality. We understand that we can get busy and may not finish readings each month, but we encourage you to attend each session regardless of how much you have been able to engage with the text or film so we can still have fruitful conversations and build community.

Journal Club – June 2025 Meeting
2025-06-04 13:00 - 14:00
Journal Club – June 2025 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Sign up to join!
“Journal Club” CTEI Communities Description:
Join the CTEI for monthly get-togethers where members will gather to share and discuss ideas on teaching, learning, and education more broadly. Discussions will be guided by selected journal articles balancing theory and practice.
The article for June 2025’s Meeting will be determined together closer to the date – stayed tuned!
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 10-11AM PT / 1-2PM ET / 2-3PM AT.
Check out our CTEI Communities page for more details and to register!

Tiny Teaching Tales
2025-05-22 14:30 - 16:00
Tiny Teaching Tales
Date: Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Time: 3:30-5:00pm (AT) / 2:30-4:00pm (ET) / 11:30-1:00pm (PT)
Register here!
Workshop Description:
Inspired by Chris Anson and Nancy Sommers’ work with “Writing and Sharing Tiny Teaching Stories,” this interactive workshop aims to bring together Yorkville U 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.
Come 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.

SoTL Scholars [Fellowship Program] Information Session
2025-05-13 13:00 - 14:00
SoTL Scholars [Fellowship Program] Information Session
Date: Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Committed to scholarly, reflective teaching? Interested in not only conducting a SoTL research project but also representing Yorkville U and TFS as an exemplary SoTL scholar? This year, we are launching SoTL Scholars, a 2-year fellowship program which will provide funding of up to $20,000 CAD and ongoing consultative support to participants to complete a SoTL research project from start to finish. SoTL scholars will also participate in monthly community of practice meetings, as well as co-design and deliver workshops on teaching and learning. Full- and part-time faculty members and instructors in all programs offered by Yorkville U + TFS are eligible to apply.
Join us for our Information Session on our new SoTL Scholars program to learn more, ask questions, and see what it’s all about!

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Five
2025-05-09 12:00 - 13:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Five
Date: Friday, May 9th, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:30pm (AT) / 12:00-1:30pm (ET) / 9:00-10:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Three
2025-05-07 15:00 - 16:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Three
Date: Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:30pm (AT) / 3:00-4:30pm (ET) / 12:00-1:30pm (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

Journal Club – May 2025 Meeting
2025-05-07 13:00 - 14:00
Journal Club – May 2025 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Sign up to join!
“Journal Club” CTEI Communities Description:
Join the CTEI for monthly get-togethers where members will gather to share and discuss ideas on teaching, learning, and education more broadly. Discussions will be guided by selected journal articles balancing theory and practice.
For May 2025’s Meeting, we are reading and discussing Silvia F. Rivas, Carlos Saiz, and Carlos Ossa’s “Metacognitive Strategies and Development of Critical Thinking in Higher Education” article (Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 913219 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.913219)
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 10-11AM PT / 1-2PM ET / 2-3PM AT.
Check out our CTEI Communities page for more details and to register!

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option One
2025-05-05 13:00 - 14:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option One
Date: Monday, May 5th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Three – Option Four
2025-04-25 12:00 - 13:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Three – Option Four
Date: Friday, April 25th, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:30pm (AT) / 12:00-1:30pm (ET) / 9:00-10:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Three – Option One
2025-04-22 15:00 - 16:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Three – Option One
Date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:30pm (AT) / 3:00-4:30pm (ET) / 12:00-1:30pm (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option Five
2025-04-11 15:00 - 16:00
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option Five
Date: Friday, April 11th, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:00pm (AT) / 3:00-4:00pm (ET) / 12:00-1:00pm (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option Two
2025-04-08 12:00 - 13:00
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option Two
Date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 9:00-10:00am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option One
2025-04-07 11:00 - 12:00
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week One – Option One
Date: Monday, April 7th, 2025
Time: 12:00-1:00pm (AT) / 11:00-12:00pm (ET) / 8:00-9:00am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

Journal Club – April 2025 Meeting
2025-04-02 13:00 - 14:00
Journal Club – April 2025 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Sign up to join!
“Journal Club” CTEI Communities Description:
Join the CTEI for monthly get-togethers where members will gather to share and discuss ideas on teaching, learning, and education more broadly. Discussions will be guided by selected journal articles balancing theory and practice.
For April 2025’s Meeting, we are reading and discussing Marcella LaFever’s “Switching from Bloom to the Medicine Wheel: Creating Learning Outcomes that Support Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Post-Secondary Education” article (Intercultural Education, 27:5, 409-424 DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2016.1240496)
Meetings are on the first Wednesday of each month at 10-11AM PT / 1-2PM ET / 2-3PM AT.
Check out our CTEI Communities page for more details and to register!

ISW – Yorkville U + TFS (Ontario - March 24, 26, 27)
2025-03-27 09:00 - 17:00
ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) – Day 3
Location: Ontario (Yorkville U Steeles Campus)
Dates: March 24th, 26th, and 27th, 2025
Time: 9:00-5:00pm ET each day
Register here!
Workshop Description:
The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered within a small group setting and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the three-day workshop (24-hour contact time), participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written, and video feedback from the other participants who have been learners in the mini-lessons. Using an intensive experiential learning approach, the workshop encourages reflection and examination of one’s teaching practices with feedback focused on the learning process rather than on the specific content of the lesson.
Visit the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) page of the CTEI website for more information and to register.

ISW – Yorkville U + TFS (Ontario - March 24, 26, 27)
2025-03-26 09:00 - 17:00
ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) – Day 2
Location: Ontario (Yorkville U Steeles Campus)
Dates: March 24th, 26th, and 27th, 2025
Time: 9:00-5:00pm ET each day
Register here!
Workshop Description:
The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered within a small group setting and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the three-day workshop (24-hour contact time), participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written, and video feedback from the other participants who have been learners in the mini-lessons. Using an intensive experiential learning approach, the workshop encourages reflection and examination of one’s teaching practices with feedback focused on the learning process rather than on the specific content of the lesson.
Visit the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) page of the CTEI website for more information and to register.

ISW – Yorkville U + TFS (Ontario - March 24, 26, 27)
2025-03-24 09:00 - 17:00
ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) – Day 1
Location: Ontario (Yorkville U Steeles Campus)
Dates: March 24th, 26th, and 27th, 2025
Time: 9:00-5:00pm ET each day
Register here!
Workshop Description:
The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is offered within a small group setting and is designed to enhance the teaching effectiveness of both new and experienced educators. During the three-day workshop (24-hour contact time), participants design and conduct three “mini-lessons” and receive verbal, written, and video feedback from the other participants who have been learners in the mini-lessons. Using an intensive experiential learning approach, the workshop encourages reflection and examination of one’s teaching practices with feedback focused on the learning process rather than on the specific content of the lesson.
Visit the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) page of the CTEI website for more information and to register.

Creating Accessible PowerPoints for Your Teaching
2025-03-07 12:00 - 13:30
Creating Accessible PowerPoints for Your Teaching
Date: Friday, March 7th, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:30pm (AT) / 12:00-1:30pm (ET) / 9:00-10:30am (PT)
Register here!
Workshop Description:
At Yorkville U and 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.
Slide decks, created in PowerPoint or other similar software, have become a core means of sharing information and mediating learning in many courses and classrooms. In this session, we will explore simple, concrete strategies and tools to maximize the accessibility of slide shows. We’ll review some of the common mistakes that contribute to inaccessible course materials and highlight simple solutions that you can apply right away. While we will focus on PowerPoint, many of the strategies we’ll explore are transferable to other similar software, such as Google slides. Whether you’re new to document accessibility or are hoping to brush up existing skills, please join us.

Discussions as Formative Learning
2025-03-06 13:00 - 14:30
Discussions as Formative Learning
Date: Thursday, March 6th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT)* / 1:00-2:30pm (ET)* / 10:00-11:30am (PT)*
Register here!
Workshop Description:
How do we move away from the post-reply-grade paradigm when we use discussions in our classrooms? In this CTEI Workshop, we will come together to reflect on our practices and roles in creating space, across modalities, for meaningful discussion that encourages diving in, working through, and generating new ideas. We will explore how discussion is a dialogic process within a class community and a formative avenue for learners on their learning journey.
Explore the following questions about discussions with us:

How can I make discussion activities in my class focus on the importance of social and dialogic learning?
What role do I play in the process of student discussions?
What do meaningful discussions look like in the context of a learning journey?

*This session will be 90 minutes (60-minute interactive workshop + 30 minutes optional conversation and Q&A)

Journal Club – March 2025 Meeting
2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00
Journal Club – March 2025 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT)
Register your interest to attend!
“Journal Club” CTEI Communities Description:
We are excited to be launching our first CTEI Community of the 2025 year, our first-ever Journal Club! Join the CTEI for monthly get-togethers where members will gather to share and discuss ideas on teaching, learning, and education more broadly. Discussions will be guided by selected journal articles balancing theory and practice.
Check out our CTEI Communities page for more details and to register!

Accessibility Basics and Your Teaching Practice
2025-02-21 12:00 - 13:00
Accessibility Basics and Your Teaching Practice
Date: Friday, February 21st, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 9:00-10:00am (PT)
Register here!
Webinette Description:
This CTEI “Webinette” (a 15-minute pedagogical presentation followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will outline the basics of accessible practices in our teaching when it comes to document creation and use – specifically, with PowerPoint slides (and the like). We’ll define what the term “accessibility” means and why it is essential in our teaching roles at Yorkville U + TFS (and beyond) as well as identify and describe basic-level accessibility practices that you can immediately implement and apply with your teaching materials to enhance accessibility and remove barriers for student engagement and success. Team members from the Academic Accommodations & Accessibility Office will be joining us to speak to any questions that intersect with accommodations procedures.
Speaker notes and the recording of the pedagogical presentation only (not the discussions) will be shared on CTEI’s YouTube page as well as CTEI Website Resources page after the webinette.

Feedback as Learning
2025-02-10 13:00 - 14:30
Feedback as Learning
Date: Monday, February 10th, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT)* / 1:00-2:30pm (ET)* / 10:00-11:30am (PT)*
Register here!
Workshop Description:
In Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning-Focused Approach, Naomi Winstone and David Carless argue for a more student-centered approach to feedback. They argue that an old paradigm viewed feedback as simply a transmission of comments from teacher to student but ask us to embody a new feedback paradigm that prioritizes dialogue and interaction between teachers and students. Using this vision of feedback, in this workshop, we challenge our assumptions about feedback and redesign this integral part of formative and summative assessment to encourage student engagement, sense-making, and uptake.
By the end of this CTEI Workshop, you will be able to:

Create spaces for meaningful formative and summative feedback;
Design meaningful feedback mechanisms in different modalities; and
Assess the effectiveness of different feedback strategies for your teaching context.

*This session will be 90 minutes (60-minute interactive workshop + 30 minutes optional conversation and Q&A)

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Five
2025-02-07 12:00 - 13:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Five
Date: Friday, February 7th, 2025
Time: 1:00-2:30pm (AT) / 12:00-1:30pm (ET) / 9:00-10:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Four
2025-02-06 11:00 - 12:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Four
Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2025
Time: 12:00-1:30pm (AT) / 11:00-12:30pm (ET) / 8:00-9:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Three
2025-02-05 15:00 - 16:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Three
Date: Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
Time: 4:00-5:30pm (AT) / 3:00-4:30pm (ET) / 12:00-1:30pm (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Two
2025-02-04 14:00 - 15:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option Two
Date: Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
Time: 3:00-4:30pm (AT) / 2:00-3:30pm (ET) / 11:00-12:30pm (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.

CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option One
2025-02-03 13:00 - 14:30
CTEI Ready-to-Teach – Week Five – Option One
Date: Monday, February 3rd, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT)
Register here!
Session Description:
Join the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation to kick off the Ready-to-Teach program as you begin your time with Yorkville University and Toronto Film School.
The session will utilize active learning strategies which may include small breakout rooms and the use of other digital engagement tools.
Remember: You only need to sign up for one synchronous session in each of the scheduled synchronous weeks (Week 1, 3, and 5 of the CTEI Ready-to-Teach program).
If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach the Centre at ctei@yorkvilleu.ca.
The virtual doors will be closed to late attendees after 15 minutes.
