Lunch & Learn Resources: Online Teaching
Lunch & Learn Series: Mid-Course Feedback with Gail Hammond & Adrian Granchelli
This session will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at noon. Gail Hammond & Adrian Granchelli (of LFS Learning Centre) will lead the discussion this week. This week, we will look into effective ways to collect student input in the form of Mid-Course Feedback. Mid-course feedback is a great way to get insights on […]
Oct 13, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Rich Media Assignments with Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, September 17 at noon. Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh of the LFS Learning Centre will be leading this discussion. Have you fully explored the breadth of what students are capable of? There are innumerable options for what students can create in order to demonstrate their learning. From videos […]
Sep 16, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Instructor perspectives on teaching a large online introductory science course during the COVID-19 pandemic with Sandra Brown and Maja Krzic
This session will be held on Friday, June 11, 2021 at noon. Sandra Brown and Maja Krzic will discuss their experience transitioning a large on-campus introductory soil science course into the online setting. This includes the consolidation of existing course material, developing a weekly structure which aligns content and assessment with learning outcomes, combining synchronous […]
Jun 10, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Beyond Zoom – Experimenting with Synchronous Platforms with Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, April 16 at noon After a year of online synchronous sessions, some of you may be ready to mix things up and—good news!—there are so many technologies available to make this happen. We’re going to explore a couple of ways of spicing up your Zoom presentations and show […]
Apr 14, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Online Exams – One Year Later with Juno Kim
This session will be held on Friday, March 19th, 2021 at noon. With another season of online exams around the corner, we are fortunate now to have had some experience with novel formats of exam delivery. In this Lunch & Learn Session, the Learning Centre will discuss our experiences in the past year, with an […]
Mar 12, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Easy ways to Improve Student Engagement with Universal Design for Learning with Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021 at noon. Univeral Design for Learning is an approach to give students mutiple means for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Encapsulating such a diverse range within your course will help students interact however they feel compelled to. There are easy ways to start adding diversity […]
Feb 09, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Planning your Midterms with Gabriel Smith
This session will be held on Friday, February 5, 2020 at noon. Are you ready for midterms? Are you wondering what settings or software you should be using for your midterms? The topic of this Friday’s Lunch & Learn will be Planning your Midterms. We will discuss instructors’ plans and recommendations for the following: Canvas quiz […]
Feb 03, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Lectures, Assessments, and Community with Adrian Granchelli
This session was held on Friday, January 22 at noon. In this session we will reflect, share, and learn from each other about the past term. We want to hear your personal experiences from teaching on the topics of lectures, assessments, and community. We will also be sharing what students think about these topics – gathered […]
Jan 20, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Reviewing your Remote Work Setup with Duncan McHugh
This session was held on Friday, November 27th, 2020 at noon. With many more months of remote work ahead of us, the Learning Centre thought now would be a good time to reflect on what works and what doesn’t work when working from home. Feel free to share your successes and challenges with the group. […]
Nov 24, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Taking your Course Online with Adrian Granchelli
This workshop will be held on Friday, October 30, 2020. What are the considerations to take your class online? What are the first steps to take if you have a GAA/UAA to help? Come hear (or share) what worked and what surprised. This session will explore ways to move lectures, discussions and assessment online through […]
Oct 28, 2020