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Keep Students Coming to Class – (EDV0904 – Section 2 of Winter 2025)

online sychronous

What motivates students to attend remote classes, whether live or asynchronous? What’s the difference between gaining students’ attention and earning their engagement? What are the signs and reasons for student disengagement? In this workshop, we will explore these questions and discuss strategies to promote engagement, build community, and ultimately support the retention of students who are continuously adapting to the...

An Introduction to Teaching First Semester Students – (EDV0125 – Section 1 of Winter 2025)

In-person Waterloo Campus- Room 1F07 (WMB-WA)

This teaching basics workshop includes a) a brief introduction to the unique characteristics and needs of students in their first semester of post-secondary education (with special consideration given to first-generation students), b) an overview of college resources available to help these learners, c) a discussion about best-practices faculty can employ to help ease the transition to post-secondary while supporting students'...

Make Learning ‘Sticky’: Engaging Every Student with Ideas from Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – (EDV0191 – Section 2 of Winter 2025)

Online Synchronous

We all want our students to learn important ideas, concepts, and skills from our courses long after we teach them. Even better if they can transfer this learning to new situations! In this workshop you will learn how memory works, how we learn and forget, and how to make important learning from your courses more ‘permanent’. Then, using UDL principles,...

An Introduction to Managing Group Work Across the Semester (EDV0052 – Section 2 of Winter 2025)

Online Synchronous

This teaching basics workshop includes a) a brief introduction to managing group work and the variables that can impact student success, b) a chance to match and assess effective group work components and requirements c) an opportunity to draft set of checkpoints for setting up a group assignment and discuss with a peer, d) a debrief in which outstanding questions...