After 32 years of hard work and dedication, it's time for Annie to take a permanent vacation! Please join us in celebrating her retirement.
Date: Monday, June 9, 2014
Time: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Place: North Campus, Humber Room
Please RSVP to Kamaldip Dhamoon at Kamaldip.dhamoon@humber.ca by no later than Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Time: 12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Are you and your students tired of text heavy slides? Do you sometimes feel PowerPoint has become PowerPointless?
Come and find out how to use some of the new features in Office Suite PowerPoint 2010 that can help you liven up your presentations.
Create exciting slides that are visually appealing and that can help you add interactivity to your classroom.
Register online at: www.humber.ca/centreforteachingandlearning
Time: 9:55 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Ever wondered how to make your documents AODA compliant?
Using the Check Accessibility option available in MS Office Suite, faculty can verify if their documents are accessibility friendly. Faculty will learn how to find common accessibility errors and how to fix them in a few short steps. Come and find out how your documents can be properly viewed by all of our Humber students.
Register online at: www.humber.ca/centreforteachingandlearning
Time: 9:55 a.m. - 4:15 a.m.
Learn how to mine your industry contacts for engaging cases you can use as teaching tools to get students to apply their learning to real-world problems. This workshop will walk you through the process of writing your first case, from selecting an appropriate contact to conducting the interview(s) and shaping the narrative of the case to fit particular learning objectives. We will also prepare the case for publication with a teaching note.
In order to complete the workshop, participants must have a contact they want to interview during the week of the workshop.
Participants are required to have previous experience teaching or learning with cases, either through classroom experience or workshops on teaching cases. For more information, please contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning at ext. 5040.
Time: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Multiple choice questions can be an effective and efficient way to assess learning outcomes. Learn how to construct an effective (stem) and its alternatives that are versatile, reliable and valid. Discover how to ensure that you are writing multiple choice items that test higher-order thinking.
Learn how the iPad can be a powerful tool helping you inside and outside of the workplace. Using free and low-cost apps, participants can turn their tablet into a potent tool loaded with organization/productivity, communication/social, audio/video, utility-oriented and hobby based applications. Join the session and learn how the iPad can be effectively integrated into your everyday daily lives. This session ends at 3 p.m.
Note: Participants are asked to bring their iPads.
To log in and register to attend spring 2014 workshops, please follow these instructions:
There is a reference guide tutorial on the website for your assistance.
Hope to see you there!
Maureen Martin-Edey
416-675-6622 ext. 4509
maureen.martin-edey@humber.ca
This session is for administrators who would like to learn more about Humber’s time and attendance procedures and practices.
What is the difference between sick pay and short term disability pay? How can we learn more about sick banks and vacation banks?
In this lively lunch and learn session we will review pay principles, benefit principles and hourly and salaried best practices for vacations, holidays, overtime and for absences. We will look at the relevant collective agreement articles for absences. Return to work best practices will also be covered.
Lunch will be provided.
To log in and register to attend spring 2014 workshops, please follow these instructions:
There is a reference guide tutorial on the website for your assistance.
Hope to see you there!
Time: 10:50 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Multiple choice questions can be an effective and efficient way to assess learning outcomes. Learn how to construct an effective (stem) and its alternatives that are versatile, reliable and valid. Discover how to ensure that you are writing multiple choice items that test higher-order thinking.
Time: 9:55 a.m. - 4:15 a.m.
Learn how to mine your industry contacts for engaging cases you can use as teaching tools to get students to apply their learning to real-world problems. This workshop will walk you through the process of writing your first case, from selecting an appropriate contact to conducting the interview(s) and shaping the narrative of the case to fit particular learning objectives. We will also prepare the case for publication with a teaching note.
In order to complete the workshop, participants must have a contact they want to interview during the week of the workshop.
Participants are required to have previous experience teaching or learning with cases, either through classroom experience or workshops on teaching cases. For more information, please contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning at ext. 5040.