Faculty Learning Hub

April 13, 2022

Active and Problem Based Learning Resources

Reading Time: 8 minutes Whether teaching virtually, in person, or any combination of the two, faculty are often looking for ways to keep students engaged during class. Active learning...

Active Learning and Engagement/Library Services/Teaching

April 13, 2022

Course Orientation for Asynchronous Learners

Reading Time: 5 minutes Consider how ready for self-directed learning your students may be, and provide appropriate supports that meet their learning needs.

Communicating With Students/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

April 12, 2022

Content Chunking in Your Lessons

Reading Time: 5 minutes Learn about chunking your lesson into smaller bits for students learning and completing the chunk with practice and feedback

Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

April 7, 2022

Supporting Muslim Students during the Month of Ramadan

Reading Time: 4 minutes How faculty can support Muslim students during the month of Ramadan.

Diversity

April 6, 2022

Delivering Indigenous Land Acknowledgements

Reading Time: 6 minutes Author’s Acknowledgement This post has been written from the perspective of a first-generation settler, living on the traditional lands of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee...

Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diversity

April 5, 2022

Terms for First Peoples in Canada

Reading Time: 9 minutes This post describes the importance of respecting the self-naming practices of the First Peoples, and provides a partial list of terms for talking about First Peoples.

Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diverse Identities/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching

April 4, 2022

Creating Videos with Panopto

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Panopto? Panopto is your one-stop video shop! This YouTube-like video platform lets you create, edit, share and organize any course-related videos you create....

Licensed Apps and Pilots/Multimedia/Tech For Teaching

April 3, 2022

Screen Recording

Reading Time: 2 minutes Often, people like to make videos showing how to do something on a device or laptop. Most devices make it easy to do short screen recordings, in a variety of ways.

Multimedia/Tech For Teaching

April 2, 2022

Live Action Video

Reading Time: 2 minutes Get started with building your own live action videos, with your own phone, tablet, laptop or camera. These tips were compiled collaboratively by the Online Learning Centre, Library Services and Teaching and Learning.

Multimedia/Tech For Teaching

March 31, 2022

Start Your Class with Content-based Icebreakers

Reading Time: 4 minutes Content-based icebreakers are icebreakers are short discussion or active learning activities that incorporate a topic or key concept of the course or class topic. They...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Teaching