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Reflections on Remote Teaching: Conversation with Susan Tighe and Kim Dej (January 28th, 2021)

Our first winter 2021 session featured a conversation with Susan TigheProvost and Vice-President (Academic) and Kim DejActing Vice-Provost (Faculty).

They shared their thoughts about remote teaching and learning experiences from within our community during this past year and into the future. This session  provided an opportunity to engage in conversation, share experiences, ask questions and learn more about the path forward for remote teaching through the pandemic and beyond. 

Participants were encouraged to review the Teaching Recommendations for winter term 2021 and Virtual Learning Task Force Report prior to the event. 

 

Teaching Remotely: Fostering Connections (Feb 18th, 2021) Download a PDF summary of this session

This session was about exploring strategies and opportunities to build connections and create feelings of community within the online learning environment. Our panel of guests shared their experiences, both failures and successes as they worked to test and implement new ways of engaging with their students.

Our panelists were:

  • Peter Cockett, Associate Professor, School of the Arts 
  • Krista Howarth, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology 
  • Mostafa Soliman, Assistant Professor, Booth School of Engineering Practice & Technology 
  • Teal McAteer, Associate Professor, Human Resources & Management 

Teaching Remotely: Virtual Simulations (March 25th, 2021) Download a PDF summary of this session

Our shift to remote teaching and learning has encouraged us to explore beyond the physical classroom and to engage in new ways with our learning communities 

There are many opportunities in virtual spaces to experience education from virtual and augmented reality to simulated laboratory environments—there are exciting and innovative opportunities emerging 

Our panelists were:

  • Felicia Vulcu – Associate Professor (teaching), Undergraduate Program Advisor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
  • Hatem Zurob – Professor, Chair  Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Pat Clancy – Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy/Science 
  • Elizabeth Doyle – Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Teaching Remotely: Blended Pedagogical Environments (April 22nd, 2021)

Just over a year ago we made the abrupt transition to teaching and learning online. As we consider what a return to the classroom might look like, we must also consider how the ways in which we’ve approached teaching and learning in a virtual environment has had an impact on what this return might look like.  

Together, we explored what blended pedagogical environments and spaces have been implemented across a range of disciplines and courses.

Our panellists were:

  • Joanne Kehoe – Lead Educational Developer: Educational Technologies (MacPherson Institute)
  • Jamie-Tyler Sewerniuk – Learning Technologies Help Desk (MacPherson Institute)
  • Rosa Da Silva: Biology  – Assistant Professor, (Teaching Stream), Biology & Associate Chair (Undergraduate) – Faculty of Science
  • Rita Cossa: Business – Associate Professor, Strategic Management – DeGroote School of Business
  • Rashid Abu-Ghazalah: Engineering – Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream), Biotechnology – W. Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology