Fictional Classrooms: Talking About Teaching Through Narrative (September 21, 2023-April 18, 2024)

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, television, short stories, and novels, whether they speak to us as learners, educators, researchers, artists, or simply as humans. Monthly meetings will […]

AI and Education: A Hands-On Workshop for Course Transformation (July 31-August 4, 2023)

This course can count toward 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 teaching? Join us for a fully online course in the practical pedagogy of technology-enhanced teaching in the age of artificial intelligence. We will explore […]

Course Design Intensive - Dec. 6th to Dec. 13th, 2023

Course Design Intensive Fall 2023 This is a one-week intensive and interactive online workshop to get you started designing or updating your course. The workshop is for course directors who would like to enhance an existing course or create a new course design. Packed with creative and practical advice for developing your course, we will […]

Course Design Intensive - July 31st to August 4th, 2023

Course Design Intensive Summer 2023 This is a one-week intensive and interactive online workshop to get you started designing or updating your course. The workshop is for course directors who would like to enhance an existing course or create a new course design. Packed with creative and practical advice for developing your course, we will […]

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 […]

Supporting Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Workshop Series - December 15, 2022 - March 16, 2023

York University has a linguistically and culturally diverse student community. A substantial number of our students are multilingual English speakers, many of whom came to Canada from abroad. These students bring a wealth of knowledge and experiences to our classrooms. Navigating this diversity of perspectives and meeting everyone’s access needs while teaching subject content underscores […]

The Sustainable Development Goals in Teaching and Learning (Online Workshop Series, Winter 2023)

How are the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflected in our classrooms? Whether you teach in engineering or sociology, kinesiology or literature, join us this semester for a series of online workshops exploring how we might speak to the SDGs through our curricula, teaching practices, course design, and assessments. This workshop series is co-developed […]

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 […]

Course Design Intensive - December 7 & 14, 2022

Course Design Intensive 2022 This is a one-week intensive and interactive online workshop to get you started designing or updating your course. The workshop is for course directors who would like to enhance an existing course or create a new course design. Packed with creative and practical advice for developing your course, we will cover […]

Preparing your Teaching Dossier - October 11, 2022

The teaching dossier or teaching portfolio is a condensed reflection of your teaching philosophy and accomplishments. It serves as a tool that will provide evidence of your teaching quality and effectiveness, whether it be for the purpose of tenure and promotion or a teaching award nomination. This session, will identify the purpose of a teaching […]