Articles from:September 2020

  • Being an Online TA

    Thursday, September 10, 2020 | By

    BEING AN ONLINE TA is a TA DAYS WORKSHOP, open to ALL Brock University TAs, marker-graders, tutorial leaders, lab demonstrators, and course coordinators.

    This workshop is synchronous and requires registration to receive the Microsoft Teams invitation to participate in the online workshop.

    BEING AN ONLINE TA
    SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
    10:00 am -11:30 am

    Workshops are applicable to all disciplines.

    We will explore different online tools to facilitate student learning online in smaller groups. Many of our students have a vaandriety of online learning experiences; during this session, you will have the opportunity to experience learning online as a student and then practice online facilitation using active learning principles.

    FACILITATORS: Giulia Forsythe and Natalie Currie-Patterson, Centre for Pedagogical Innovation

    Participation in this session will earn 1 TA credit towards the completion of the Certificate in Online Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.

    If you have questions please contact [email protected]

  • TA Days 2020 – Professional Development for Brock TAs

    Thursday, September 10, 2020 | By

    TA Days 2020

    The Centre for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI) invites all Teaching Assistants, Marker/Graders, Lab Demonstrators, Tutorial Leaders, and Course Coordinators to join us online for a week long professional development event: Saturday, September 12th through Friday, September 18th, 2020!New and Returning TAs are welcome to join us for a rewarding schedule of professional development. 

    TA DAYS offers a variety of professional development workshops and an opportunity to earn TA credits towards a TA certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Please register for “TA Days 2020” to ensure you are added to the CPI TA Sakai site and the TA Microsoft Teams site for the 2020-2021 academic year. 

    For an agenda and full details visit “TA Days 2020” and the CPI events page.  Included is information on how to participate and access individual TA Days synchronous workshops and asynchronous workshops (work at your own pace) hosted by CPI and Faculty Instructional Support Assistants.

    Save the Date – Saturday September 12 to learn about teaching at Brock and the teaching supports available to Teaching Assistants, Marker/Graders, Lab Demonstrators, Tutorial Leaders, and Course Coordinators.