Beyond eClass: Interactive Pedagogies Using Zoom, H5P, and More

This course can count towards the Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning. There's more to teaching online than eClass! Increasingly, educators are talking about "Zoom pedagogy," "H5P plugins," and a suite of different tech tools to enhance interactivity in their online classrooms. Join us in this wholly online course to explore strategies and technologies to […]

Online Assignments: Deep Learning through Engaging Assignments

This course can count towards the Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning. While some assignments adapt relatively easily to the online environment, others present more challenges, ranging from the technical (managing group presentations online) to the pedagogical (ensuring students get timely and effective support). Rethinking assignments for online learning is a great opportunity to experiment […]

Fictional Classrooms: Talking About Teaching Through Narrative (June 19-August 28, 2023)

What can we learn about our own teaching practices and identities from fictional depictions of higher education? Join us in “Fictional Classrooms” as we explore and reflect on narratives of education in films and novels, whether they speak to us as learners, educators, researchers, artists, or simply as humans. For Summer 2023, we will focus […]

Taking It Online (The ChatGPT Edition): Adapting, Updating, or Transitioning Your Course for Generative AI

This course can count towards the Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning. Looking to get some hands-on time as you respond to ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in your online, blended, hy-flex, or flipped teaching? Join us for a fully online course in the practical pedagogy of eLearning in the age of artificial intelligence. […]

Instructional Skills for Remote Delivery (ISRD) (ONLINE) August 14-25, 2023

This course is designated for those who anticipate that they will be teaching primarily online courses in the 2023-2024 academic year, or for those who for accessibility reasons are unable to attend an in-person Instructional Skills Workshop. If you are not sure if you should register for this course, please email teaching@yorku.ca During this 2-week […]

Not a Checkbox: Engaging in a Culture of Equitable Teaching (Decolonization, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Teaching & Learning Community of Practice 2023 Hybrid Conference)

As academic institutions move towards post-pandemic teaching and learning, the return to “normal" has reinforced and reproduced issues of power and privilege in the academy, such as ableism, racism, and classism. In this call for collaborators, we ask learning communities at York to consider how we can engage in a culture of equitable teaching that […]

Reading for Teaching Winter 2023 – January to April 2023

A collaborative program co-facilitated by the Teaching Commons and York University Libraries, Reading for Teaching is an informal, collegial opportunity to engage with colleagues from across campus interested in reading and talking about teaching. Participants will meet between 2-4 times over the term to discuss a common reading related to current challenges, opportunities, and conversations […]

Fictional Classrooms: Talking About Teaching Through Narrative (Jan. 18-May 31, 2023)

What can we learn about our own teaching practices and identities from fictional depictions of higher education? Join us in “Fictional Classrooms” as we explore and reflect on narratives of education in films and novels, whether they speak to us as learners, educators, researchers, artists, or simply as humans. Monthly meetings will alternate between film […]

Academic Integrity & Assessment: Workshop Series

Join us in November for one, two, or all three online workshops in a series focusing on the intersections between assessment practices and academic integrity, whether you teach in a face-to-face, Hy-flex, or fully online classroom. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2:30-3:30: Academic Integrity and Group Work (Register Here) Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2:30-3:30: Academic Integrity and Written […]

Reading for Teaching Fall 2022 - September to December 2022

A collaborative program co-facilitated by the Teaching Commons and York University Libraries, Reading for Teaching is an informal, collegial opportunity to engage with colleagues from across campus interested in reading and talking about teaching. Participants will meet between 2-4 times over the term to discuss a common reading related to current challenges, opportunities, and conversations […]