The Learning & Teaching Office
Learning and Teaching Workshop SeriesThroughout the academic year, workshops are held by the Learning and Teaching office to promote and enhance faculty development throughout Ryerson. ** Online registration for all workshops and other events available through our Events Calendar. You will need your Matrix ID and Password to signup for any event. ** Upcoming WorkshopsEffectively Managing Classroom BehaviorFacilitated by Dr. Mickey Cirak, Student Conduct Officer, Dr. Diana Brecher, Psychologist, University Counselling Centre, Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Marilyn Hadad, Psychology Department, Faculty of Arts Most day-to-day interactions with students are fairly routine and positive, with few disruptions or situations that are difficult to manage. However, students occasionally exhibit unusually distressed, disruptive or threatening behavior that can have a negative impact on the learning environment. This interactive session is intended to offer guidance, support and resources should you encounter or receive reports of such behaviors. In this session you'll learn: (1) How to recognize and refer students in distress. (2) How to manage disruptive, disturbing or threatening behavior (including disruptive classroom behavior). (3) What resources on campus can be of assistance to both you and your students. Resources: Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - Time: 12:00-2:00pm - Location: POD 372 Creating an Effective Teaching DossierFacilitated by Dr. John Paul Foxe, Educational Developer, LTO, and Dr. Gosha Zywno, LTO Faculty Associate In recent years teaching dossiers, or teaching portfolios, as they are also known, have become commonplace in the academic world. Despite this, teaching dossiers remain somewhat of a mystery to many. This workshop will address such questions as: what is a teaching dossier; and why might I need one? In addition, the various components of teaching dossiers will be described with a special emphasis on Ryerson University standards. Attendees will be given numerous tips on how to start preparing a dossier and how to choose what components of a teaching dossier to include. Examples of teaching dossiers from multiple disciplines will be on hand, which attendees will have an opportunity to examine.
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Snack Provided Date: Friday, November 4, 2011 - Time: 10:00am-12:00pm - Room TRS-1-147 Understanding Learning DifferencesFacilitated by Dr. John Turtle, Psychology Department, Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Gosha Zywno, LTO Faculty Associate Students learn in many different ways and the focus of this workshop is on what we know about student learning and how to better reach students. Psychologist John Turtle will discuss the limitations of tools meant to measure student learning styles, and both Dr. Turtle and Dr. Zywno will emphasize teaching methods that will maximally reach the diverse learning preferences of students. Snack Provided Resources: Date: Monday November 21, 2011 - Time: 1:00-3:00pm - Room EPH201
Lunch with the Vice Provost AcademicEach term, Chris Evans, Vice Provost, Academic, leads a conversation about some aspect of teaching at Ryerson. Faculty welcome the opportunity each session provides to have lunch with the Vice Provost while discussing teaching issues that most interest and challenge them and to hear his insightful perspectives on ways of enhancing the quality of teaching and learning at Ryerson.
Date: Friday January 27, 2012 - Time: 12:00-2:00pm - KHE121 |Sign up|
Web 2.0 and Social Media in the ClassroomBefore adding a social media or web 2.0 component to any course, instructors should ask the following question:
These workshops aim to help instructors answer these questions. The next workshop, Using Podcasting and Lecturecasting in the Classroom will help demystify the use of multimedia content in the classroom. By the end of two hours, participants will understand streaming portals, screencasts, lecture capture, content organization and privacy, as well as best practices in using video in the classroom. Stephanie Goetz from the Digital Media Projects Office will discuss the tools available at Ryerson for recording and sharing video with students, and Michelle Schwartz, Research Associate with the Learning & Teaching Office, will review the pedagogy behind implementing video-based course content. Professor Art Seto, recipient of the 2012 Dean's Teaching Award for the Faculty of Communication and Design, will discuss his work with iTunesU as part of his Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund project, “Rethinking Learning Delivery Methods - Podcasting from Gutenberg to the iPhone and Beyond.” Register now:
Teaching Large ClassesIn this workshop we will explore various strategies for teaching large classes and hear from a panel of Ryerson instructors sharing their experiences in teaching large classes. Questions such as how to keep students actively learning during class time and how to help students develop a sense of community in the large class will be discussed. Technologies and tools to help us address some of the difficulties will be presented. Light Lunch Provided Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - Time: 12:00-2:00pm - POD372 |Sign up| Teaching Dossier Development Workshop and ClinicThere will be an opportunity for general discussion of the teaching dossier and also one on one consultation with faculty members who have written their own dossier or who have guided others to do so. We expect that those attending the clinic will bring with them their beginning work on their dossier. If you are interested in attending this clinic either as a participant or as a consultant to the participants, please register. Light Lunch Provided Date: Wednesday February 29, 2012 - Time: 12:00-2:00pm - POD372 |Sign up|
Using Project Management Concepts in the Facilitation of Group Work Group work can be used as an effective tool to help students learn from each other, build community and engage in the course content. The key to the success of a group is in the planning and understanding of the purpose of the work needed. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) identified active and collaborative learning as one of five benchmarks of effective educational practice. Many educators incorporate group work in their courses, but many do not provide the necessary support to students working in these groups; consequently, students get frustrated, complain and sometimes refuse to work in groups. In this session, you will learn about project management concepts and how they can be applied in facilitating your students' group work. You will learn about effective strategies that will help students to understand and define their roles in the group. We will introduce best practices in creating group work assignments, supporting students in groups and enhancing communication among students. Furthermore, we will explore ways of planning, collaborating and communicating that you can use to help your students work effectively within a group. Resources: Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - Time: 12:00-2:00pm - POD372 |Sign up| Top |
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