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The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning April Workshops

Nicolas Tamayo — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:31:56 +0000

Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for April, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning!

Pedagogies of Care: Bringing it All Together – Sharing Our Stories

Date and time: Tuesday, April 1, 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Join us for a series of four monthly 50-minute sessions designed for graduate students, instructors, and professors committed to exploring pedagogies of care. These sessions offer strategies that foster care, inclusion, and broaden perspectives in higher education, including insights into how brain science can enhance teaching effectiveness. Each session will provide practical tools for creating inclusive, engaging, and empowering learning environments, drawing on research into neural connections, brain plasticity, and how these processes affect learning, memory retention, and student engagement. Whether you’re teaching in-person or in an online format, this series will equip you with neuroscience-based strategies and pedagogical approaches that cultivate caring and inclusive educational spaces.

During the Bringing it All Together – Sharing Our Stories Spaces session:

Participants will collaboratively share their experiences and insights, synthesizing the pedagogical strategies learned throughout the series to create an integrated teaching approach.
Participants will discuss their practices through storytelling, identifying ways to further develop their teaching practices.

Decolonizing Classrooms: Start here

Date and time: Wednesday, April 2, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

As part of the Decolonizing Classrooms Series, “Decolonizing Classrooms: Start Here” is designed for those beginning their journey in decolonizing and reconciliatory learning. This workshop offers foundational knowledge about Indigenous Peoples, their Knowledges, and the important relationships we all maintain with the Land in what is now commonly known as Canada. Participants will learn about colonization and processes of decolonization, and identify initial steps to engage in important decolonizing and reconciliatory processes. This workshop will equip you with the necessary information to meaningfully engage with Indigenous pedagogies and foster ongoing learning and action. Additionally, it provides the background necessary for full participation in other workshops in the Decolonizing Classrooms Series.

From Theory to Practice: Using the UM Competencies Framework to Level Up Experiential Learning

Date and time: Friday, April 4, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Have you thought about the kind of people you want your students to become upon graduating? You might envision them as empathetic listeners, critical thinkers, effective collaborators, or team players. How can education use Experiential Learning (EL) to move beyond traditional content delivery, actively nurturing these skills? Join us as we dive into the dynamic combination of EL and the UM Competencies Framework, equipping educators to foster real-world skills, growth, and empowerment in students.

Experiential Learning Community of Practice Brown Bag Lunch Conversations: Experiential or Active Learning What’s the Difference?

Date and time: Tuesday, April 15, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Bring your lunch and connect with other members of our community of practice! There is no formal agenda for these casual meetings just good people and conversation! Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts and experiences as we explore different topics in experiential learning.

Topic: Experiential or Active Learning what’s the difference? Are they different approaches, or different names for the same approach? Come tell us what you think!

Universal Design for Learning in Practice: Represent a Diversity of Perspectives and Identities in Authentic Ways

Date and time: Thursday, April 24, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Join us for the last Thursday of each month in an ongoing series, where participants will review discreet elements of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Participants will work together to develop pedagogical practices that align with the UDL principle being discussed that month.

Topic: The session will focus on CAST’s UDL principle of representing a diversity of perspectives and identities in authentic ways and how it can be directly applied to pedagogical practice. There will be a brief presentation of the core elements of this principle followed by a question-and-answer session where participants can collaborate with the facilitator to develop their practice.

Register for Universal Design for Learning in Practice: Represent a Diversity of Perspectives and Identities in Authentic Ways

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning March Workshops

Charlene Fauni — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:04:24 +0000

Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for March, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

Generative AI in Teaching and Learning

Date and time: Wednesday, March 5, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

This workshop focuses on ethical and responsible instructional uses of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) to support student learning in higher education. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how genAI works and explore its capabilities, limitations, and ethical issues. The core of the workshop will involve discussion about basic learning theories supported by the cognitive sciences and how genAI can enhance and hinder the learning process. Through individual and group reflections, discussions, and activities, participants will critically assess how to use genAI ethically and responsibly in ways that support student learning.

Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series: Session 3

Date and time: Thursday, March 6, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Research Colloquium Series shares the important work of University of Manitoba scholars and educators, whose research sheds light on student support needs, barriers to support seeking, and strategies for supporting students’ learning. Over a series of three research talks, faculty, instructors, and support staff will learn from and with each other about supporting diverse learners. Each talk will be followed by a discussion period and refreshments.

Session 3:

Barriers to Support: Metastereotypes and Help-seeking Among International Students

International students face unique challenges adapting to living and studying abroad, which may influence various aspects of their postsecondary studies. The resources and support services offered by university staff, instructors, and classmates are, therefore, essential for academic success and an overall positive university experience for many international students. Dr. Matthew Quesnel’s work examines how international students’ metastereotypes of how they are viewed by Canadian faculty, staff, and students on their campus, predict whether they seek out peer support and support services offered by their postsecondary institutions. In this session, Matthew will share his research findings on international students’ metastereotypes and its relationship to their help-seeking on campus and explore how this can inform strategies for fostering a more inclusive campus environment, promoting international students’ help-seeking and academic success and well-being on campus.

Pedagogies of Care: Science of Learning – Firing and Wiring the Neurons

Date and time: Thursday, March 13, 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.

During the Science of Learning – Firing and Wiring the Neurons session:

Participants will discuss the basic principles of how brain processes, such as neural connections and plasticity, influence learning and memory retention.
Participants will explore brain-based strategies to their teaching methods, fostering environments that enhance cognitive engagement and student learning.

Knowledge Transfer: Transitioning from Classroom Learning to Clinical Application

Date and time: Thursday, March 13, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Specifically relevant for Clinical Educators: Effective knowledge transfer from the classroom to the clinical setting is an ongoing goal of didactic teaching. Effective knowledge transfer ensures that students perform well not only in their academic journey, but also after graduation when they enter their respective fields. If you would like to learn best practices for enhancing the process of transferring knowledge, this workshop will provide strategies to promote this important aspect of learning.

Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series

Date and time: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 6:00 p.m. to 6:55 p.m.

The Centre is excited to host the 2024-2025 Manitoba Academic Integrity Network (MAIN) Speaker Series, a collection of six professional development opportunities related to academic integrity. A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to individuals who register and attend all six sessions in this series. Visit the Manitoba Academic Integrity Network Speaker Series website for more details.

Session 6: Transforming Assessment Practices in Higher Education with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS)

As the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies have become increasingly ubiquitous in higher education, and institutions must equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary for an AI-driven future. Although some institutions have attempted to ban the use of these tools and enforce this through an AI text detection strategy, this session proposes an alternative solution to this challenge. The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) developed by Perkins et al. (2024), offers a flexible framework for incorporating GenAI into educational assessments while promoting academic integrity and ethical use of these technologies. It consists of five allowable levels of AI use in submitted assessments, ranging from ‘No AI’ to ‘AI Exploration’, enabling educators to design assessments that focus on areas requiring human input and critical thinking. This intervention will explore the challenges of attempting to use a detection-based approach to dealing with GenAI use in assessments, introduce the AIAS as a possible alternative, and discuss the findings of a pilot study of the AIAS at British University Vietnam which has demonstrated significant benefits in reducing misconduct and supporting student engagement and attainment.

Small Shifts, Significant Gains: March Session

Date and time: Monday, March 17, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don’t have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching, author James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Join our sessions to hear practical teaching strategies from faculty guest speakers. Bring your questions and your lunch. Leave with ideas that you can implement right away in your courses!

Lightning Presentation Speakers:

C. Lee Anne Deegan from the Faculty of Social Work presents: Centering Collaboration: Applying Relational Values to Reimagine Group Work
Cheryl Glazebrook from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Experiential Learning Community of Practice Monthly Meeting: Leveraging AI to Enhance Experiential Learning

Date and time: Wednesday, March 19, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Experiential Learning Community of Practice is a growing network of UM faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education.

Monthly meetings:
Join our monthly meetings to build relationships with other Community of Practice members, explore best practices and innovations, and participate in engaging conversations.

Leveraging AI to Enhance Experiential Learning:
This month, we’ll explore how AI can enhance experiential learning, showcasing the innovative ways instructors are integrating AI into their teaching. Join us for a dynamic, facilitated discussion that will dive into the benefits and challenges of AI in experiential learning and celebrate the impactful work happening in this field.

Incorporating the Seven Sacred Teachings into Classroom Teaching Strategies and Giving Feedback

Date and time: Thursday, March 20, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

This workshop will focus on an introduction to the Seven Sacred Teachings and how to incorporate them in day-to-day teaching strategies. This workshop will also focus on how to deliver strength-based feedback. We will also put strategies into practice with scenarios.

Universal Design for Learning in Practice: Recognize Expectations, Beliefs, and Motivations

Date and time: Thursday, March 27, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Topic: This session will focus on CAST’s UDL principle of recognizing expectations, beliefs, and motivations and how it can be directly applied to pedagogical practice. There will be a brief presentation of the core elements of this principle followed by a question-and-answer session where participants can collaborate with the facilitator to develop their practice.

Designed with care: Series encourages change to build a more supportive UM

JJ Cloutier — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:07:13 +0000

This new series, called Pedagogies of Care, shows how different expertise, initiatives or pedagogies work together to create inclusive and engaging courses and programs. The creators and facilitators recognize that treating the students holistically, with their well-being in mind, will help contribute to a sustainable future for UM.

Join one or all of the four 50-minute sessions designed for professors, instructors and graduate students committed to exploring Pedagogies of Care. Sessions are standalone and alternate between in-person (Fort Garry) and remote modalities. Whether you’re teaching in-person or in an online format, this series will equip you with pedagogical approaches that cultivate caring and inclusive educational spaces.

The design of this workshop series embraces the same attributes the workshop aims to infuse into faculty teaching practices across UM. Each session will provide practical tools for creating inclusive, engaging, and empowering learning environments. The facilitators will look to learn from the participants on how the community wants to be supported.

“This series will engage in a conversation around Pedagogies of Care and how they can be practiced at the university” explained John Bevan [MA/21] facilitator and educational developer from the Teaching Initiatives and Innovation Team. As a change agent “Pedagogies of Care allows for us to be flexible and adaptable and recognizes that the individual contexts in which students learn are an important factor in their learning.” adds Dr. Lori Doan [BA(Hons)/05, MA/07, PhD/14] facilitator from the Science of Teaching and Learning team.

Pedagogies of Care was sparked by Cintia Costa, senior educational developer on the Programs and Curriculum Development Team, who saw the need to incorporate neuroscience into learning strategies workshops. What began as a single workshop grew after Costa’s team lead suggested connecting with Doan. A casual conversation with a colleague about upcoming projects had Bevan eagerly joining the series to contribute his skill. Each facilitator helped shape the workshop into a four-part offering, focused on changing to a more caring teaching environment.

While this series does not directly address faculty wellness or care, Costa believes there are indirect benefits of Pedagogies of Care in changing classrooms: “it will be better for instructors, faculty, and professors if they see that their students feel safe to ask questions instead of feeling afraid. I have a feeling that the classroom atmosphere is going to feel lighter and more supportive”

This workshop series hosted by The Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning continues our support of Empowering Learners. By identifying flexible practices to incorporate into courses, it will help us move towards a more supportive and sustainable education system.

Our February storytelling theme, Agents of Change, highlights those driving meaningful change in their communities and beyond. Through bold ideas and actions, these change-makers challenge the status quo, spark transformation, and shape a better future.

Pedagogies of Care series – Winter Term 2025

Cultivating Liberatory Spaces

Date and time: Tuesday, February 4, 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Location: Remote – UM Zoom

Description: This session with focus on key elements of relational and emancipatory teaching approaches that foster inclusivity and empowerment in the classroom.

Universal Design – Curb Cutting the Academy

Date and time: Tuesday, February 25, 1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.

Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)

Description: This session with focus learning activities that incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, evaluate existing course materials improvement opportunities.

Science of Learning – Firing and Wiring the Neurons

Date and time: Thursday, March 13, 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.

Location: Remote – UM Zoom

Description: This session will focus on how the brain processes information and that influences learning and memory retention. Then they will explore brain-based strategies to generate environments that enhance cognitive engagement and student learning.

Bringing it All Together – Sharing Our Stories

Date and time: Tuesday, April 1, 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

Location: Room 223 – The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)

Description: Participants will create an integrated teaching approach based on their experiences over series or insights from their classrooms.