Western’s Centre for Teaching and Learning is using a weekly challenge to encourage exploration and deep thinking about artificial intelligence (AI). The Generative AI Challenge is a free, eight-week project designed to help participants “untangl …
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Experiential Learning grants brew innovative courses
Four active-learning projects will be developed, with and for students, in the début year of the Experiential Learning Innovation Scholars Program.
University rallies to move courses online
As hundreds of courses go online this week, the university community is embracing a brave new world – one that would not have been possible without a spirit of flexibility, collaboration and resilience across campus, Western e-learning experts say.
Students, classes team up for climate change action
Diplomats and scientists representing 20 countries gathered at Western earlier this week to confront the challenges of climate change.
New funding bolsters hands-on learning
A new program will expand Western’s experiential-learning courses to offer students a broader range of hands-on, for-credit experiences.
Three named Teaching Innovation fellows
Efforts to look deeper into classroom learning styles and farther into the cosmos have been lauded with a Fellowship in Teaching Innovation, the Western Centre for Teaching and Learning announced today.
Western gives CSA astronaut’s mission a boost
During a space-to-Earth connection today, Saint-Jacques launched Exploring Earth, a web-based initiative in cooperation with Western researchers that uses photos he is taking in orbit to explain the amazing science of how Earth works.
New name, same mission for teaching centre
While its name may have changed, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), formerly the Teaching Support Centre, still sees itself as the teaching hub of the university.
Teaching Fellow’s idea eases students into labs
Sarah McLean has no problem with Medical Sciences students embracing failure over and over again. In fact, thanks to a teaching innovation of her creation, she encourages it. “They can mess up the steps, do it in the wrong order, add the wrong thing and, while they’ll...
Blended courses to offer ‘best of both worlds’
Launched in the fall of 2016 as part of Western’s Blended Learning Strategy, the Supported Course Redesign (SCoRe) program – which supports faculty members in the transformation of fully face-to-face large-enrollment courses into blended offerings – will see its first...
Spotlight turns to teaching at conference
As more Indigenous students seek out postsecondary education, and as more of those postsecondary institutions embrace Indigenous worldviews, what does that mean for our universities? Dr. Airini, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers...
Award celebrates her ‘oasis of discovery’
Debra Dawson never imagined the possibilities. “I never had to do what I did; I wanted to do it. And there’s a difference,” said the Director of Western’s Teaching Support Centre. “There are so many multiple opportunities at a university like this. The things I’ve...
STLHE returns to showcase teaching, learning
This summer, Western, in collaboration with Fanshawe College, will host the 35th annual conference for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), from June 21-24. Many Western faculty have been long-time members of STLHE, Canada’s pre-eminent...
Experiential Learning grants brew innovative courses
Four active-learning projects will be developed, with and for students, in the début year of the Experiential Learning Innovation Scholars Program.
University rallies to move courses online
As hundreds of courses go online this week, the university community is embracing a brave new world – one that would not have been possible without a spirit of flexibility, collaboration and resilience across campus, Western e-learning experts say.
Students, classes team up for climate change action
Diplomats and scientists representing 20 countries gathered at Western earlier this week to confront the challenges of climate change.
New funding bolsters hands-on learning
A new program will expand Western’s experiential-learning courses to offer students a broader range of hands-on, for-credit experiences.
Three named Teaching Innovation fellows
Efforts to look deeper into classroom learning styles and farther into the cosmos have been lauded with a Fellowship in Teaching Innovation, the Western Centre for Teaching and Learning announced today.
Western gives CSA astronaut’s mission a boost
During a space-to-Earth connection today, Saint-Jacques launched Exploring Earth, a web-based initiative in cooperation with Western researchers that uses photos he is taking in orbit to explain the amazing science of how Earth works.
New name, same mission for teaching centre
While its name may have changed, the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), formerly the Teaching Support Centre, still sees itself as the teaching hub of the university.
Teaching Fellow’s idea eases students into labs
Sarah McLean has no problem with Medical Sciences students embracing failure over and over again. In fact, thanks to a teaching innovation of her creation, she encourages it. “They can mess up the steps, do it in the wrong order, add the wrong thing and, while they’ll...
Blended courses to offer ‘best of both worlds’
Launched in the fall of 2016 as part of Western’s Blended Learning Strategy, the Supported Course Redesign (SCoRe) program – which supports faculty members in the transformation of fully face-to-face large-enrollment courses into blended offerings – will see its first...
Spotlight turns to teaching at conference
As more Indigenous students seek out postsecondary education, and as more of those postsecondary institutions embrace Indigenous worldviews, what does that mean for our universities? Dr. Airini, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers...
Award celebrates her ‘oasis of discovery’
Debra Dawson never imagined the possibilities. “I never had to do what I did; I wanted to do it. And there’s a difference,” said the Director of Western’s Teaching Support Centre. “There are so many multiple opportunities at a university like this. The things I’ve...
STLHE returns to showcase teaching, learning
This summer, Western, in collaboration with Fanshawe College, will host the 35th annual conference for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), from June 21-24. Many Western faculty have been long-time members of STLHE, Canada’s pre-eminent...