Events
- Events
- Calendar of Events
- Studio Courses in Teaching and Learning
- 美女做爱 Conference on University Teaching and Learning (DCUTL)
- Transformative Pedagogies Retreat
- New Academic Staff Orientation (NASO)
- Teaching Assistant Professional Development Days
- Creating a Teaching Dossier (Faculty)
- Graduate Teaching Dossier Retreat
- CIRTL
- D-LITE
The Virtual Maple League Teaching and Learning Centre
Connecting people from different disciplines and backgrounds 鈥 to create new communities and strengthen existing ones 鈥 is one of the foundational strengths of the Maple League.
Upcoming Sessions
December 4: We Belong Together: End-of-year Gathering
Join us for a warm and welcoming end-of-year gathering to celebrate the rich diversity of our community and explore the theme of belonging in teaching and learning. This event is hosted by the Belong Cluster. This event is reflective, and if you鈥檙e feeling up to it, with hands-on, creative experience where attendees are encouraged to bring their culture, traditions, and art practices that foster a sense of identity and belonging.
Together, we鈥檒l:
- Learn, discuss, and reflect: Share stories and insights on how cultural practices shape belonging. Participate in facilitated conversations focusing on practical ways to foster belonging in teaching and learning environments. Whether you come to create, share, or simply listen and reflect, your presence is valued. Sometimes, just being together is enough. We belong together.
- Create and Share: Craft items inspired by end-of-year traditions or personal cultural practices using provided templates or your imagination. Supplies will be available for everyone to express their creativity.
- Collaborate and Reflect: Contribute to our Collaboration Wall, a shared space where we鈥檒l celebrate belonging through art, and simple Post-it messages. The wall can also serve as a photo booth, offering a chance to capture memories.
Event details
- December 4th, Wednesday, 2:30鈥4 p.m.
- Location: Killam Library, Room B400*
Bring your creativity, curiosity, or simply your presence to share this meaningful moment. Let鈥檚 celebrate belonging through our unique identities and shared purpose!
Questions or ideas?
If you have any questions, or would like further details, or have ideas, please contact Raghav Sampangi (raghav@cs.dal.ca) or Jen Frail-Gauthier (jfrail@dal.ca), the Co-Leads of the Belong Cluster.
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*Please note that the B400 classroom is in the basement of the Killam Library. We are aware of, and apologize for, the accessibility barriers associated with this room. If you require the use of an elevator to reach this room, email clt@dal.ca and we can we will assist with elevator access, using a key card. Please let us know in advance so that we can facilitate a smooth and timely transition to the basement.
December 10: Doing SoTL: Analyzing Qualitative Data
Tuesday, December 10
2鈥3:30 p.m.
Killam Library, Room B400*
The aim of this hands-on, in-person workshop is to introduce key techniques in qualitative data coding and analysis using NVivo software and/or Excel. Participants will gain essential tools to organize, code, and draw meaningful insights from their qualitative data. During the session, you鈥檒l learn how to prepare your data and explore foundational coding techniques, such as in-vivo and thematic coding, to categorize and understand your data more deeply. Through interactive exercises, participants will identify themes and patterns and create a codebook that enhances clarity and consistency throughout the coding process. Additionally, we鈥檒l briefly discuss reliability coding principles in qualitative research.
Bring your own data, or use provided sample datasets for hands-on practice if you don鈥檛 have data prepared.鈥
Please bring a laptop computer with you to this workshop.
Facilitator
Dr. Nasim Tavassoli 鈥 Educational Developer (Student Development) with the CLT鈥
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January 15: CLT Teaching and Learning Grant Showcase
The Centre for Learning and Teaching has several Teaching and Learning Grants that are awarded annually. This event will showcase projects that have been supported by CLT Teaching and Learning Grants. In these roundtable sessions, each presenter/grant recipient will be assigned to a table. Attendees will choose a table, and the presenters will take 15-20 minutes to share and discuss the teaching and learning projects they are working on or have completed that have been supported by their CLT grant. Then, attendees can move to another table and repeat this process.
These chats with grant recipients will be a great opportunity to:
- Learn about some amazing teaching and learning initiatives happening at Dal that you may be able to adapt or implement in your own courses
- Get an idea for the kinds of projects that the CLTs grants support to inform your own grant applications
- Network with Dal faculty, staff, and students who have a passion for teaching and learning
There will be complimentary coffee, tea, and snacks!
Each session has a registration cap of 15-20, so please register for each session you鈥檇 like to attend.
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Session 1: 10:30鈥11:30 a.m.
- 鈥淓valuating Internships to Support Student Learning and Wellbeing鈥, Becky Feicht, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022
- 鈥淧rocess evaluation of the implementation of an inaugural Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience in a Collaborative Healthcare Setting focusing on student integration into hospital inpatient clinical pharmacy services鈥, Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022
- 鈥淪tudents as Partners: Designing and Implementing Learning Assistant (LA) Program to Enhance Undergraduate Biochemistry Education鈥, Shawn Xiong, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2022
- 鈥淐ollaborative development of anti-colonial occupational therapy pedagogy.鈥 Kaarina Valavaara, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2023
Session 2: 12:30鈥1:30 p.m.
- 鈥淐olour Chemistry: Development and implementation of colour filter cards to reduce barriers individuals with colour vision deficiency experience when interpreting colour based experimental results鈥 (2021) and 鈥淓xploring Sensory Friendly Laboratory Environments鈥 (2023), Jennifer MacDonald, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2021 and 2023
- 鈥淓co-Hope: Developing Strategies to Counter Eco-Anxiety and Build Resilience in Students鈥, Amy Mui & Georgia Klein, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2023
- 鈥淐onceptual Transfer for Students Learning New Programming Languages鈥, Eric Poitras, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2022
Session 3: 2鈥3 p.m.
- 鈥淒eveloping Microbial Observatory Science Outreach Modules (MOSOMs)鈥, Joseph Bielawski & Jessica Latimer, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2024
- 鈥淓nhancing accessibility of online learning resources for Introductory Organic Chemistry CHEM2401鈥, Alison Thompson & Gaia Aish, Anne Marie Ryan Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant Recipient, 2022
- 鈥淪tudent perspectives on curricula diversification and the learning experience鈥,鈥疦eha Khanna &鈥疞ynette鈥疪eid, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2023
Event host
Dr. Kate Thompson 鈥 Educational Developer (SoTL) with the CLT鈥
Presenters are listed in the detailed session schedules above
February 10: Mental Health 101 - Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress (in-person)
Monday, February 10
1-3 p.m.
Killam Library, Room B400*
Facilitators
Joanne Mills, Psychologist, Student Health & Wellness, and two Stay Connected Peer Support workers (who are students themselves).
The MH101 session is limited to faculty, instructors, and staff at 美女做爱 and King's.
In any given year 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness, and according to Statistics Canada youth aged 15-24 are the most likely group to suffer the effects of a mental illness, substance dependency and suicide. Considering most university students are within this age group it is essential that those working with University students are provided the necessary knowledge and resources to recognize and respond to students in distress.
MH101 is a short yet informative presentation developed for university faculty and staff to increase awareness and understanding of mental illness and mental health problems, thus increase your confidence in supporting students.
*Please note that the B400 classroom is in the basement of the Killam Library. We are aware of, and apologize for, the accessibility barriers associated with this room. If you require the use of an elevator to reach this room, one of the CLT staff will have to access the elevator with you, using their key card. Please let us know in advance so that we can facilitate a smooth and timely transition to the basement.
锘縒e also ask that participants be respectful of those with significant allergies and avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, cologne, and highly scented hairspray, soaps, lotions, and shampoos.
February 13: Teaching for Inclusive Learning Experience: A Developing Story of Two Pedagogical Frameworks
Thursday, February 13
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Killam Library, Room B400*
This session is limited to the 美女做爱 and King's community.
Pedagogical frameworks such as Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (CRP), Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) support students鈥 learning by guiding instructors in designing courses and creating safe, interactive, inclusive and flexible classroom environments.
On its own, UDL does not specifically address cultural differences among instructors and students, although its core principles need to be situated, for every learner, within their cultural framework(s). As such, many practitioners are integrating ITC and CRP into their practices to design and teach courses that apply decolonizing, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive theories and practices, and promote accessibility, equity, and inclusion through an intersectional lens.
In this interactive and collaborative workshop, we will engage in an activity together to find intersections and overlaps between two inclusive teaching frameworks, namely ITC (Intercultural Teaching Competency) and UDL (including the new UDL Guidelines 3.0!). This will be followed by discussion to reflect on and strategize ways to incorporate into our course designs and teaching these pedagogical frameworks.
Outcomes
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Articulate the ITC and UDL principles and philosophies and discover how they intersect with each other.
We endeavor, too, that as participants, you will:
- Feel inspired, and invested in implementing ITC, and/or UDL
- Have built knowledge and skills capacity as a means for collegial co-learning, ongoing learning, and mutual support
Facilitators
- Shazia Nawaz Awan (she/her): Educational Developer (Internationalization & Intercultural Competency)
- Les T. Johnson (he/him): Senior Educational Developer (Online Pedagogies)
*Please note that the B400 classroom is in the basement of the Killam Library. We are aware of, and apologize for, the accessibility barriers associated with this room. If you require the use of an elevator to reach this room, one of the CLT staff will have to access the elevator with you, using their key card. Please let us know in advance so that we can facilitate a smooth and timely transition to the basement.
锘縒e also ask that participants be respectful of those with significant allergies and avoid wearing perfume, aftershave, cologne, and highly scented hairspray, soaps, lotions, and shampoos.
March 13: Mental Health 101 - Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress (online)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
10 a.m.鈥12 p.m.
Online via Microsoft Teams
Facilitators
Joanne Mills, Psychologist, Student Health & Wellness, and two Stay Connected Peer Support workers (who are students themselves).
The MH101 session is limited to faculty, instructors, and staff at 美女做爱 and King's.
In any given year 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness, and according to Statistics Canada youth aged 15-24 are the most likely group to suffer the effects of a mental illness, substance dependency and suicide. Considering most university students are within this age group it is essential that those working with University students are provided the necessary knowledge and resources to recognize and respond to students in distress.
MH101 is a short yet informative presentation developed for university faculty and staff to increase awareness and understanding of mental illness and mental health problems, thus increase your confidence in supporting students.
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CLT Virtual Drop-in Series
Come to our Winter 2025 virtual drop-in sessions to create a personalized support experience. Your needs and interests guide the direction of the sessions! Ask a CLT Senior Educational Developer questions, bounce ideas off a sounding board, and hear what others are doing in the classroom. Join us online anytime during the two-hour window, and stay for as little or as much time as you would like! Registration is NOT required. Each month has a broad theme:听
February 4: Course Design
Tuesday, February 4
10 a.m.鈥12 p.m.
Online via Microsoft Teams
- Meeting ID: 254 810 495 100
- Passcode: zD6Gx6VE
COURSE DESIGN: e.g., designing your PowerPoint slides for better student learning, engaging students, online teaching tips, and strategies for teaching large classes.
March 5: Student Assessments
Wednesday, March 5
1鈥3 p.m.
Online via Microsoft Teams
- Meeting ID: 258 578 018 830
- Passcode: yv2gk7aJ
Student Assessments: e.g., designing rubrics, assessing higher-order thinking with multiple choice questions, writing clear assessment instructions, providing effective feedback, alterative grading approaches, and making your assignments more creative and 鈥淕en-Z friendly鈥!
April 3: Instructor Self-Development
Thursday, April 3
11 a.m.鈥1 p.m.
Online via Microsoft Teams
- Meeting ID: 250 204 667 67
- Passcode: Zi7Kp9hS
Instructor Self-Development: e.g., instructor self-care and emotional labour, teaching dossiers, using SLEQ data to enhance your teaching, and debrief on your teaching experiences.
CLT Webinars: Recordings and Resources
The 美女做爱 community can now self-enrol in the Brightspace site.