The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning is the academic support unit that provides leadership and expertise in furthering the mission of teaching and learning at the University of Manitoba.

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The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

The Centre has six key areas of practice:
- Faculty Development and Consultation
- Curriculum Development and Renewal
- Research, Evaluation and Innovation
- Flexible Learning Course Development and Support
- UM Learn and Solutions
- Strategic Projects and Programming
Vision: Every teaching experience at the University of Manitoba is optimized for learning.

Mission: Provide leadership, expertise and support for the teaching and learning mission of the University of Manitoba and to advance and advocate for the practice and scholarship of teaching in higher education.

Learn more about our vision, mission, core values and transformational values

Read The Centre 2021-2022 Annual Report

Our commitment to anti-racism

We are resolved to affirm our identity explicitly and publicly as an anti-racist academic support unit. We are resolved that our anti-racism commitment be reflected in the life and culture of the unit through our policies, programs and practices as we continue to learn about racism. We resolve to develop and work to implement strategies that dismantle racism within all aspects of our department, college, university and society.

Learn more about our equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives

Our services

We offer a broad range of teaching development supports that will assist instructors, teaching assistant, post-doctoral fellows.

- Classroom observation
- Customized workshops
- Course development consultations
- Learning technologies help
- UM SRI course evaluation consultations
- Creative media services
- Indigenous pedagogical resources and consultations
- Equity, diversity and inclusion consultations
- Academic integrity consultations
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guidance
- Teaching assistant consultations
- Teaching and learning research collaboration and consultations
- Teaching dossier consultation
- Teaching strategies discussion
- Help with difficulties you are facing in the classroom

What's new

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Check out our workshops

Register for a workshop

We are constantly evaluating our workshop offerings. Explore the workshops available at The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

Visit our workshops page

Guidance for instructors teaching in-person class during the COVID-19 pandemic

We have compiled resources and best practices for in-person instruction to help us prevent the spread of COVID-19 and maintain a safe environment.

Guidance for instructors for in-person class during the COVID-19 pandemic

How to record lectures and meetings

We've created a quick guide to help you record lectures and meetings in Zoom and Webex.

Learn how to record lectures and meetings

COVID-19 syllabus insert

We have created a COVID-19 syllabus insert. Feel free to add this to your existing syllabus, and review it with students, during the typical review of your syllabus in class.

Slides to remind students of masking requirement for in-person classes

We have developed a set of PowerPoint slides for use by instructors during the winter term. Download these slides to remind students to keep their masks on throughout class and help keep our campus safe.

Download student masking PPT

Our teams

Teaching support

Whether you are a new or experienced instructor, graduate student, or a postdoctoral fellow starting out on your teaching career, we offer a broad range of teaching development supports that will assist your teaching. Supports include workshops and teaching programs, course and curriculum design and development, teaching handbooks, learning technology resources and academic integrity strategies.

Teaching research

Lifelong learning is important and curiosity can ignite opportunities for growth. The Research, Evaluation, and Innovation team (REI) is responsible for fulfilling the Centre’s mandate as it relates to the practice and scholarship of teaching and learning.

Learning technologies

Discover more about the learning technology tools that are fully supported by The Centre or in cooperation with Information Services and Technology. This support includes workshops, Ask an Expert sessions, troubleshooting and support documentation.

Office of Experiential Learning

The Office of Experiential Learning, within the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, serves as a gathering place for collaboration and innovation in experiential education. The Office supports a growing community of practice dedicated to sharing knowledge, fostering reflection, and enhancing experiential learning opportunities.

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Academic integrity

Academic integrity is the commitment to upholding the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage in all scholarly activities (International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), 2013). At the University of Manitoba, we believe strongly that academic integrity is everyone’s responsibility.

Strategic initiatives and partnerships

The Centre is involved in many institution-wide strategic initiatives related to teaching and learning. These include policy creation, learning technologies, spaces research and development, teaching awards, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning awards, our signature publication TeachingLIFE as well as academic integrity.

Manitoba Flexible Learning HUB

The Centre is a strategic partner of the Province of Manitoba’s Flexible Learning HUB, an initiative dedicated to advancing, with technology, teaching and learning at the post-secondary level through the offer of innovative course design for online education.

The HUB staff is comprised of staff with expertise in instructional design and multi-media.

mbhub.ca

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Contact us

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
65 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

thecentrecontactus@umanitoba.ca

204-474-8708

204-474-7514