CTL: Next Week at the Centre for Teaching and Learning

Next week the CTL will be hosting a variety of learning and engagement opportunities. Please register at the links below.

Workshop North Campus Lakeshore Campus
Voice Improvement
Your voice is an important instrument for delivering information. Learn how to open up your voice and speak with vibrancy. This is a highly interactive workshop and it includes vocal exercises.
Mon. Oct. 15, 2018, 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. North: D23
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Creating Accessible Learning Materials
Learn the fundamentals of creating accessible materials and modify inaccessible content to comply with accessibility standards. 
Mon. Oct. 15, 2018, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. North: E302
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Create Fun & Interactive Presentations with Mentimeter
Mentimeter can help you make your events, presentations, lectures, and workshops innovative and memorable. Learn how to plan, design, and deliver your interactive presentation. 
Wed. Oct. 24, 2018, 4:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. North: D225J
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Mon. Oct. 15, 2018, 2:25 p.m. to 4:10p.m. Lake: D112
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Community of Practice: Entrepreneurship
Share knowledge, experience and best practices in teaching entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial skills and attitudes. 
Tue. Oct. 16, 2018, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. North: D236
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SoTL Lunch and Learn Series
Eat, learn and be inspired by faculty SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) research projects.
Wed. Oct. 17, 2018, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. North: D236
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Essential Mobile Apps for Education
Discover and use some educational apps that can be part of your teaching toolbox and leverage your mobile devices’ capabilities.
n/a Wed. Oct. 17, 2018, 1:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. Lake: F103
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Writers' Collective
Looking to dedicate some time to writing in a silent group setting? Come have some coffee, and write quietly, in a focused manner.
n/a Thurs. Oct. 18, 2018, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Lake: F103
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Creating a Positive Classroom Climate
Learn how to create and maintain a positive classroom climate; and how to effectively respond to challenges that disrupt a positive classroom climate.
Thurs. Oct. 18, 2018, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. North: D236
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Amplify Student Learning with Active Learning Strategies
Actively engage your students with your course material and learn about various active learning techniques that can be seamlessly implemented in small, large and online class environments.
Thurs. Oct. 18, 2018, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. North: D236
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Mindfulness - Meditative Power of Breath
Regian a sense of inner peace, poise, and awareness through simple breathing techniques and meditation.
n/a Thurs. Oct. 18, 2018, 12:35 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. Lake F103
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Program Coordinators Community of Practice
A forum for Program Coordinators to discuss current issues, share ideas and best practices. 
Fri. Oct. 19, 2018, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. North: D236
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Or join by webinar
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Google Suite of Apps
Learn how the Google suite of free apps facilitates sharing and collaborating learning practices.Explore the apps that are useful in an educational setting, inside and outside of the classroom.
Fri. Oct. 19, 2018, 1:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. North: D225J
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Mon. Oct. 22, 2018, 1:30 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. Lake: D112 
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Enabling the Digital SFQ in Blackboard: 

Are you currently part of the Digital SFQ rollout? If so, enabling the SFQ tool in your Blackboard environment/course site is a critical step in encouraging your students to fill out the SFQ and increasing your student response rates.  In addition to the scheduled workshop times below, faculty can drop in anytime during Studio hours to receive one-on-one support when it comes to enabling the Blackboard SFQ tool and any other Blackboard related support queries.

Monday, October 15, 2018 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. North: D225J Register
Monday, October 15, 2018 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. North: D225J Register
Tuesday, October 16, 2018  11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  Lake: D112 Register
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lake: D112 Register
Thursday, October 18, 2018 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. North: D225J Register
Thursday, October 18, 2018 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. North: D225J Register
Thursday, October 18, 2018 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Lake: D112 Register
Thursday, October 18, 2018 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.  Lake: D112 Register