CTL Compass

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CTL Compass is a digital newsletter from the CTL. Delivered throughout the academic year, each issue is tailored for DC faculty members and academic staff, serving as their navigational tool to support our faculty members in purposefully anchoring the science of learning and evidence-based practices in their teaching strategies and learning activities!

Latest Issue / January 2026

Release: January 12, 2026

In this issue

DC Centre for Teaching & Learning. January 2026 / CTL Compass. Student painting an easel in an art studio.

  • Adding Course Outlines in DC Connect
  • Emailing Announcements to Classlists
  • Meaningful Land Acknowledgement
  • Strategies for Student Engagement
  • Simplifying Student Appointments
  • Applying Active Learning
  • ... and much more

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2025-26 Academic Year

DC Centre for Teaching & Learning. December 2025 / CTL Compass. Faculty member showing students a sheet of pasta.

December 2025

In this issue: Final Grades Submission; DC Connect; AI Files; CTC Registration Open; PT Faculty Orientation; Prep for Winter

DC Centre for Teaching & Learning. December 2025 / CTL Compass. A student sitting outside the Gordon Willey building at Durham College.

November 2025

In this issue: Braiding Learning Framework; Feedback on Coursedog; CTC Registration Open; Reimagining Representation; Bodyswaps.

DC Centre for Teaching & Learning. December 2025 / CTL Compass. Students sitting in class with laptops.

October 2025

In this issue: DC Connect Tips and Tricks; Midterm Grades Submission; Fall Academic PD Day; CTC Secondments and Registration.

DC Centre for Teaching & Learning. August/September 2025. CTL Compass. Students sitting outside in the Naanaagide'endamowin Courtyard at Durham College, Oshawa Campus.

September 2025

In this issue: A message from our Dean; DC Connect updates; Fall Academic PD Day; Partial Secondments; PD and CTL updates.

May 2024. CTL Monthly. Students speaking in front of the main entrance at the Whitby campus, Durham College.

May 2024

In this issue: Wrapping up the Winter semester with a dose of Spring, Generative AI is a Path to Inclusive and Enhanced... and much more.

April 2024. CTL Monthly. Student crane operator standing beside a crane.

April 2024

In this issue: We have a new Dean, Final Grades Submission, Spring Academic PD Day, Generative AI is a Path to... and much more.

CTL Monthly. Reading Week - Winter 2024. Lord Louie waving a DC flag during the 2023 Campus Cup

Reading Week/Winter 2024

In this issue: Midterm Grades Submission, SoTL Call for Proposals, Extended Reality (XR) Opportunities - Bodyswaps and SimX... and much more.

February 2024 CTL Monthly. Students comparing notes on their tablet and laptop in a DC classroom.

February 2024

In this issue: Spotlight on Shirley Musclow, Rethink Your Pedagogy and Curriculum with Generative AI, Quick Tips / Generative AI... and much more.

December 2023 CTL Monthly. Faculty member holding a laptop and speaking to students.

January 2024

In this issue: Planning for the Winter Semester, GenAI Community of Practice, XR Pilot / Nanome, Celebrate your peers in Honour Roll