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Talking about teaching: Brown bag lunch sessions
Feb 28, 2013
Our own Teaching and Learning Group launched Talking about Teaching Brown Bag Lunch Sessions on February 1. The purpose of Talking about Teaching is to create a learning community for our teachers. The initiative brings teachers together, in community, to share things they are doing to engage students, provide opportunities to discuss and model characteristics of quality teaching, to get support with teaching challenges, and to try out new ideas or concepts before introducing them […]More...
TLG: Team Based Learning Session
Oct 5, 2012
The Teaching and Learning Group announces a Team Based Learning session. Date: November 22, 2012 Time: 9:00-11:00am Location: WMX 2230 Team-Based Learning was born in the University of Oklamhoma Business School. The methodolgy focuses on having teams make difficult decisions and then publically report and defend their decisions. The methodology has since spread to other disciplines and gives us very powerful method to bring deep learning to large classroom settings. The method effectively addresses two […]More...
Beedie teachers using Poll Everywhere to provoke critical thinking
Jun 5, 2012
The Teaching and Learning Group’s Interactive Polling Session took place on May 24 at 2:30pm. Andrew Gemino opened the presentation with questions about engagement and how students learn at our university. The 16 attendees were split into smaller groups to discuss more deeply the questions about how our students learn and the types of skills our School should develop. It’s clear from their discussion, that our teachers feel there is no singular technique to use […]More...
Creating a Vision for Beedie’s Teaching and Learning Group
Apr 30, 2012
On February 6, a wine and cheese gathering was held to get our teachers involved in creating a vision for the Beedie School’s new Teaching and Learning Group. There was a great turnout, with 22 people in attendance. Shauna Jones, Coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Group, gathered input on the following questions: 1. What would you envision for the Beedie School’s Teaching Group for the next three years? 2. What do you want from […]More...