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CENTRE FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
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Welcome back to another exciting academic year! We look forward to seeing many new and returning faculty over the next few weeks. The focus of this first newsletter is helping you to make the most out of the first day of classes. Our full fall programming will be out soon!
Laura Mackay
Director, Centre for Teaching Excellence
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Bettina has an MA in Adult Ed with a focus on online learning and collaboration and a B.Sc in Business Admin. She has experience in program development, course design, and online pedagogy. Bettina has worked with BCcampus on series of Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) courses and will be facilitating their "creating and using rubrics" course in Sept. Free to register! She will also be teaching in the School of Business this fall.
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Meet Tae Aoyagi our new DDA
Tae is the new DDA for the CTE. She has previously worked at Capilano as a part-time coordinator for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and has experience in accounting, educational counseling, and project coordination.
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Drop by LB116 to meet Bettina and Tae to consult with us on your teaching related issues!
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GETTING READY FOR FIRST DAY OF CLASS
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The first day of class can cause nervousness even for seasoned instructors. What you do on the first day of class will likely set the tone for the rest of the course. Do you feel prepared? How will you set the right expectations and to star to create an intentional, and supportive learning environment?
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LEARNING STUDENT NAMES
How will you get to know your students and remember who is who? Some instructors annotate the class list as students introduce themselves, others ask them to create name tags or to upload their pictures to Moodle.
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ACTIVITIES & ICEBREAKERS
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FURNITURE SET-UP
Traditional, pods, horseshoe? How you set up the furniture in the class room matters and the seating arrangement can significantly influence the learning environment. You need to consider what works best for you.
See a description of each approach
here
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END OF CLASS QUESTIONNAIRE
Another way to get to know your students and their expectations is to ask them to complete a questionnaire or an interest inventory by the end of class. You will get immediate feedback and invaluable input on which questions they still may have.
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Friday, August 24, 2018, 11:00 am-noon, LB316
Friday Sept 21,28, Oct 5 8:30 am-3:30 pm
August 28, 2018, 1:00-3:00 pm, AR315
How Learning Works
Starts September 10.
Let us know if you want a free book
September 17-22, 2018,
online approximately 5 hours.
Sept 26, 2018 1:00 pm
(Kick off event)
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A GUIDE FOR INDIGENIZATION OF POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
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BCcampus has just released “Pulling together: a Guide for Indigenization of Post-Secondary Institutions” a professional learning series for post-secondary units. This has been through several years of consultation throughout the province and its release has been much anticipated. We will be starting a learning circle to work through the Instructor and Curriculum Development Modules. Stay tuned for dates!
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Mark your calendars for these fall events in teaching & learning
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October 5, 2018,
Vancouver BC
October 18-20, 2018
, Traverse City, Michigan
October 24, 2018,
SFU Harbour Centre.
Call for proposals extended to Sept 3, 2018.
November 7 & 8, 2018
, Vancouver BC
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CENTRE FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE | CONNECT, INNOVATE, INSPIRE
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The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) fosters excellence, innovation, and collaboration in teaching and learning by supporting faculty and staff though programming, mentoring, professional development opportunities, and research on effective.
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