The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an intensive, 3-day peer-based workshop. You will teach 10-minute lessons on each of the three days, and receive feedback from peers. There will be plenty of opportunities to individually and collectively further develop your teaching effectiveness. Since this workshop is peer-based, your commitment to participate on all 3 days, […]
Tutorials, whether online or in-person, are typically highly participatory spaces where students have an opportunity to voice their own knowledge and opinions about course content. Facilitating discussions, though, can be intimidating. What do we do if no one raises their hand to speak? How do we make sure it’s not the same students speaking every […]
With astronomically inflated housing and food costs, students of all levels are facing more barriers to staying in classes. The barriers to education are multiplied for marginalized students such as disabled students. Taking an intersectional perspective, this workshop will rethink disability accommodations and apply universal and inclusive design into classroom construction. By utilizing multimodal strategies […]
Creating an active learning environment means using appropriate strategies to engage students in critical thinking, creative production, and collaborative work. Active learning helps a student develop and apply their ideas, skills, and course concepts in their own ways that are meaningful to them. This workshop will examine active learning strategies that can be encouraged in […]
Being a Teaching Assistant (TA) can be an exciting experience that contributes to one’s personal development and professional growth as an educator. TAs may encounter challenges in teaching methods, marking and grading schemes, and teacher-student interactions. This workshop will demonstrate how Teaching Assistants can effectively support students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds and […]
Together we will define what we each mean by “conflict” and explore a working definition for this workshop. We will share potential sources or situations in which conflict may arise in the classroom, such as sensitive course content, most stressful times for students during the semester (perhaps centred around assessments and grades) etc. The focus […]
In this session, PhD candidate Davis Vallesi explores how to foster foundational values of integrity within our teaching environments, while Academic Integrity Specialist, Angela Clark, will facilitate discussions related to some of the senate regulations surrounding academic honesty at York University. The session will engage you in discussions on helping students avoid misconduct, detecting, reporting, […]
Together we will define what we each mean by “conflict” and explore a working definition for this workshop. We will share potential sources or situations in which conflict may arise in the classroom, such as sensitive course content, most stressful times for students during the semester (perhaps centred around assessments and grades) etc. The focus […]
Are you ever faced with blank stares from your students or concerned that your students really aren’t getting what you are trying to teach them? Perhaps they are preoccupied with other things or are shy to participate for fear of sharing an “incorrect” answer. In this workshop, we will explore the factors that affect student […]
When teaching in an on-line environment, TAs may face a number of challenges including the development of a student learning community and providing sufficient instructions online. This workshop will highlight and provide practical strategies for teaching online. We will further engage in discussions and activities about online learning environments, including social media and other technology […]