Workshops and events

Experiential Learning Community of Practice

Facilitated by The Office of Experiential Learning, the Experiential Learning Community of Practice (CoP) meets online once a month. Each online meeting will consist of a 30-minute presentation on a topic related to best practices, trends, and challenges in experiential learning, followed by a 30-minute facilitated discussion.

Bringing Work-Integrated Learning into the Classroom.
Bringing students out into the workplace is not possible or ideal for all courses and instructors. At this meeting we’ll explore practical ways of bringing work-integrated learning approaches and opportunities into any classroom.

Date and time: Wednesday, April 24, 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Format: Online (Zoom)
Facilitator: Gerardo Villagran Becerra

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Teaching Café: Accessible Pedagogy at the University of Manitoba

The need to implement accessible course design principles increases with each passing year in the academy. Knowing where to start and in what direction to go can seem overwhelming. We invite you to join our panel at this year’s Teaching Café as we dive into accessible practices already being implemented at U of M.

Date and time: Wednesday, May 1, 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Room 200 – Education Building (71 Curry Place) 

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TLC Mini-Institute - Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies

This workshop (over two sessions) will provide instructors with opportunities to design assessment strategies to support student learning. You will design formative and summative assessments and learn strategies for providing constructive feedback on students’ work. You will also have opportunities to evaluate the effectiveness of different assessment tools, such as holistic and analytic rubrics.
Please have at hand a current course syllabus with learning objectives.

Date and time: Monday, May 6, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis and Johnathan Bevan

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TLC Mini-Institute - Strategies for Maintaining a Respectful Classroom Environment

As instructors, you may have experienced behaviour by your students that you felt was disrespectful, rude, or disruptive. These can be challenging situations to deal with. This interactive workshop will focus on teaching strategies that foster and maintain respectful classroom behaviour.

Date and time: Tuesday, May 7, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis and Johnathan Bevan

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Indigenous Knowledges in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (TLCN08)

This workshop introduces participants to Indigenous pedagogies by contextualizing Indigenous knowledges, discussing the importance of making space for Indigenous content and knowledge transmission in the academy, and providing participants with resources about the pedagogical significance of Indigenous knowledges.

Date and time: Wednesday, May 8, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Micheline Hughes

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Developing Intercultural Teaching Competence (TLCN05) 

Every student and instructor brings their own culture into the teaching and learning contexts in which they inhabit. Similarly, every teaching and learning context is informed by and situated in institutional, regional, and national cultures. In this workshop, you’ll explore your own cultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and those of your learners and the environments you all find yourselves in. Then, you’ll apply this to your own teaching practices through elements of course design.

Date and time: Wednesday, May 8, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Robin Attas

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Navigating Challenging Student Situations (TLCN03) 

As instructors, you may have experienced behaviour by your students that you felt was disrespectful, rude, or disruptive. These can be challenging situations to deal with. Staff from Student Advocacy and Case Management and the Office of Human Rights and Conflict Management will provide an overview of pertinent University policies and procedures to help you understand your rights and responsibilities as an instructor. This interactive workshop will provide you with strategies and tips for preventing and responding to these behaviours.

Date and time: Thursday, May 9, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Heather Morris and Megan Bowman

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Mental Health in the Classroom: Responding to Students Demonstrating Mental Health Distress (TLCN07) 

Young adults are highly susceptible to mental health problems. We know that most instructors encounter many students who are struggling with mental health issues that affect their academic performance, behaviour in the classroom, and interactions with teaching staff.  Research also indicates that the incident rate and intensity of mental health problems experienced by students is increasing. These situations can be stressful, time-consuming, and potentially can involve risks to personal safety for the students and others. David Ness, the Director of the Student Counselling Centre at the University of Manitoba, will provide you with information about how to identify and respond effectively to student mental health issues, how to understand the factors that contribute to student distress, and how to access resources.  This interactive workshop will involve case study material to apply your knowledge of risk assessment, response alternatives, and on- and off-campus resources.

Date and time: Monday, May 13, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: David Ness

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Academic Integrity Teaching and Learning Strategies (TLCN04) 

Do you want to promote academic integrity in your course, but you don’t know how to do this?  In this workshop, we will discuss the meaning of academic integrity at the University of Manitoba, and how it relates to your teaching and learning environment (whether that be face-to-face, remote/online). We will discuss ways to implement teaching and assessment strategies that promote integrity that will allow you to focus on students’ learning and community building. Resources for academic integrity education (e.g., syllabus statements, learning activities) that you can modify and incorporate into your courses will be shared.

Date and time: Monday, May 13, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Cintia Bentes Rodrigues Da Costa

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Self-Evaluation of Teaching Practice (TLCN10) 

Feedback and evaluation of teaching are part of every teacher’s life. How do you make sense of the evaluative feedback you receive from SRI scores, daily classroom experiences, and student grades? This foundational workshop examines the theory and practice of evaluation and suggests practical strategies for integrating effective evaluative practices into your teaching. Please note that this workshop does not cover the design and creation of student assessments.

Date and time: Tuesday, May 14, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis

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Teaching and Technology (TLCN02) 

In this workshop, we will explore a framework for using technology in teaching and learning. Rather than a technology ‘how-to’ session, the focus will be on providing a method for evaluating technology that supports the goals of teaching and learning. We will also discuss the benefits and challenges of using technology in the classroom.

Date and time: Tuesday, May 14, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Iwona Gniadek and Mona Maxwell

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Teaching Dossier (TLCN06)

Increasingly, university promotion and tenure committees are requiring a teaching dossier to document your development and achievements as an educator. This workshop looks at the requirements at the University of Manitoba for teaching dossiers and covers the basics of writing a Teaching Philosophy statement and creating a teaching dossier.

Date and time: Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Rebecca Brooks

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Universal Design for Learning (TLCN01)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an orientation to teaching and learning that promotes greater student choice and agency in learning experiences, with the aim of reducing barriers to learning by providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression. In this workshop, participants will explore how UDL values intersect with their own teaching philosophies, identify barriers to learning for students with a range of needs, and (re)design course elements to adopt UDL guidelines in a way that is practical for instructors yet beneficial to learners. 

Date and time: Wednesday, May 15, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan

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Reflective Practice (TLCN09)

John Dewey observed that, “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” In order to become a better teacher, it is necessary to reflect on what we do and why we do it – to ask ourselves, is what we do effective? In this workshop we will explore several models of self-reflection, including the Gibbs’ Model, as methods for engaging in a reflective practice. Participants will also have the opportunity to share their own successes and struggles as they strive to become a better teacher.

Date and time: Thursday, May 16, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Rebecca Brooks

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TLC Program Orientation

During the orientation, TLC program participants will learn about program requirements, the teaching dossier assessments and rubrics, the TLC UM Learn course, the classroom observation process, and the role and logistics of mentorship in the program.

Date and time: Wednesday, August 7, 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Joanna Koulouriotis

TLC 10th Anniversary Celebration and Graduation

We will be holding a special 10th anniversary celebration for the Teaching and Learning Certificate program as well as a graduation ceremony for the 2024 graduates of the TLC program

Date and time: Wednesday, October 2, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Marshall McLuhan Hall, UMSU University Centre
Facilitators: Rebecca Brooks and Joanna Koulouriotis

Decolonizing Classrooms: Finding and using Indigenous content in classroom settings

Do you want to incorporate Indigenous material into your classroom but you’re not sure where to start?  The newest Decolonizing Classrooms workshop aims to help educators effectively engage with Indigenous materials to promote decolonization and enrich student experiences. This workshop shares strategies for finding content by Indigenous academics and community members and teaches you how to develop responsible relationships with that content.
 

Best practices in providing high stakes feedback in clinical instruction

This workshop is requested by the Bachelor's Program of Midwifery, Helen Glass College of Nursing. The purpose of this workshop is to inform clinical educators in dentistry about the best practices in giving high stakes feedback in clinical instruction.

Teaching Through Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the 12 types of experiential learning at UM. Entrepreneurship is not only the early stage start up of businesses, but the solving of real world problems. In this workshop, participants will learn to create experiences that allow students to learn through entrepreneurship.
 

Open Educational Resources, Part 2

In this workshop, participants will learn about the benefits of teaching with OER, and qualities that make OER valuable pedagogically. Considerations for adopting, adapting, and creating OER, such as copyright and selecting publishing tools, will be discussed. The workshop builds on content presented in The Centre workshop “Open Educational Resources, Part 1”, though no prior experience with these topics is required.
 

Decolonizing Classrooms: Unpacking and Overcoming Barriers to Decolonizing Processes, Part 2

The Decolonizing Classroom series aims to give participants the context and tools necessary to meaningfully engage with decolonizing processes as they relate to education. “Unpacking and Overcoming Barriers to Engagement and Decolonizing Processes” explores the barriers that exist for teachers and students, which prevent them from enacting decolonizing processes in educational contexts. Part two of this workshop series discusses the barriers that prevent teachers from engaging fully in decolonizing classrooms and creates a space for the discussion of strategies for overcoming these barriers.