Event Recap CTLE Professional Development Workshop: Facilitating Collaborative Learning Date: 20 October 2021 Time: 10:30AM – 12:00PM Held online via ZOOM Description: Well-designed group work provides students a sense of shared purpose that can improve morale, increase motivation, and deepen learning. In this interactive workshop, participant will consider a range of strategies [...]
Event Recap This seminar brings together UM’s English language instructors and content course instructors to discuss specific strategies to help students learn in English. The English Language Centre (ELC) will share what it is doing to help students navigate their academic discourse community; topics to be covered include UM context, academic study skills, and [...]
Practical topics covered include quizzes and polls
Effective course designs deconstructed
Join the online seminar and discussions on collaborative learning and group work.
Join us for a talk and small group discussions
Please note that participants are required to be present at the entire session to receive a certificate of attendance.
The main aim of this workshop is to explore the complexity and contested nature of the research-teaching nexus, and to provide participants with effective strategies to engage students in research-based learning during their undergraduate study.
This training provides new faculty members with a general introduction to teaching and learning in the UM context. The training aims to enhance colleagues’ teaching skills, with which colleagues will be able to facilitate more effective teaching and learning at UM. This training will cover topics such as principles of learning, university policies related to T&L, fundamental concepts of course design and e-learning tools including UMMoodle (UM's learning management system) and Zoom (video-conferencing tool used at UM).
5 August, 10:30AM–12:00PM
9 August, 10:30AM–11:00AM
