News

• Course Design/Redesign Workshop Jul 24 & Aug 28

  Wednesday, June 20, 2018 | By wgilmore

  Are you developing a new course? Would you like to revise one of your current courses?

  Join facilitators from the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI) and explore considerations for designing an engaging and effective course. This workshop is designed to support you in the development of your course and includes an overview of the required components of Brock syllabi.  Online registration is open.

  Course Design/Redesign Tuesday July 24 10:00 am – 11:30 am

  Course Design/Redesign Tuesday August 28 10:00 am – 11:30 am

  This session is open to new and seasoned Brock University educators interested in developing or revising their course(s).  Private consultations are available by appointment.
  

  Questions? Contact CPI at cpi@brocku.ca or x3933.

• TA Awards Submission Deadline Friday March 2

  Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | By wgilmore

  TA Awards Submission Deadline:  Friday March 2, 2018.

  Brock University TA Awards recognize the important contributions to the university by TA’s, seminar leaders, and lab demonstrators.

  Four awards are available annually:

  • TA Award
  • Novice TA Award
  • Graduate TA Award
  • International TA Award

  Award details and criteria are available online. For additional information contact cpi@brocku.ca or x3933.

   

   

  Tags: Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, Teaching and Learning, teaching assistant awards, teaching awards
  

• Chancellor’s Chairs Project Presentations Tuesday March 6, 9:30 am, ST103

  Wednesday, February 28, 2018 | By wgilmore

  Join us for an overview of five  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects from Brock University Chancellor’s Chairs for Teaching Excellence on Tuesday March 6th, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, in ST103.  Online registration is now open.

  A Focus on Faculty: Building a Contemplative Campus One Classroom at a Time, Paula Gardner, Department of Health Sciences

  Using Sakai to Flip the Instructional Focus, Camille Rutherford, Department of Teacher Education

  Do Students Believe they can become Industry Leaders? A longitudinal study, Kirsty Spence and Shannon Kerwin, Department of Applied Health Sciences

  Project-based learning in Universities, David Hutchison, Centre for Digital Humanities

  Outdoor/Experiential Pedagogy: Greening Niagara’s Schoolyards, Mary Breunig, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies

  This event will also include a snapshot of the Teaching Culture Perception Survey running March 5 – March 26, 2018 and the upcoming Making Sense of Open Educational Resources events.  ​ 

  Hosted by the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation.

  Tags: Chancellor's Chairs, Project Presentation, Teaching and Learning
  

• New Instructional Skills Workshop – Instructors, Teaching Staff and Teaching Assistants

  Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | By wgilmore

  The Instructional Skill Workshop (ISW) is a certificate program designed to enhance teaching effectiveness through teaching practice and feedback in a small group setting with peers and colleagues.  This 3 day workshop is ideal for both new and veteran instructors and utilizes an intensive experiential learning approach.

  Wednesday May 1, Thursday May 2, and Friday May 3, 2019 (ISW 3 day certificate program)
  Open to instructors, teaching staff and teaching assistants. Multiple sessions offered.

  Register online at brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/services-cpi/isw

  Questions? Contact the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation at cpi@brocku.ca or x3933.

  Added benefits of the ISW are a sense of collegiality, team building, self-discovery, and learning new approaches to teaching and working with others.

• Deletion of Course and Adhoc Isaak-Sakai Sites

  Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | By wgilmore

  This week those listed as the primary contact for a course or adhoc site within the learning management system (Isaak-Sakai) were contacted about the pending deletion process of sites that are 4 years or older.  This includes Isaak-Sakai adhoc sites that have not been modified in 4 years.

  What does this mean?
  Older Isaak-Sakai site content can be copied into newer sites or exported from key tools. Steps on how to export content have been documented at: https://kumu.brocku.ca/sakai/How_do_I_export_site_content .

  Should you wish to retain site content, the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI) is available to help instructors retrieve, export and/or copy all of their site data.  Additional information is available here.

  More information about the scheduled deletion of courses can be found at: https://lms.brocku.ca/x/RwSPVp and https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2017/12/four-year-old-sakai-sites-to-be-deleted/.  Questions and support requests can be directed to CPI at: edtech@brocku.ca, x4734.

  Four-year-old Sakai sites to be deleted