Upcoming Event

Our Next Academic PD Day is happening Fall 2024

Fall Academic PD Day

Join us in-person to engage and connect with your colleagues on a day of sharing, discovery, and socializing! Event details will be shared via a future issue of the CTL Compass, across our social media channels, ICE, and right on this page of the CTL website.

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Event details

Fall Academic PD Day

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Location: The Centre for Collaborative Education (CFCE)

Save your spot 🚨

Interested? Hurry! Registration closes October 18, 2024.

Registration is NOW closed

Thank you for your interest. While we are at capacity for our keynote and workshop sessions, non-registered attendees are welcome to join any of the breakout sessions available. See you on April 24!

Call for Proposals

We want to celebrate and provide a platform for you to share your best practices, successes, and lessons learned over the last semester! This year, we encourage you to submit sessions anchored in the Science of Learning; however, we are also open to accepting sessions that highlight general teaching, learning and assessment practices at DC. Individual and/or joint (interdisciplinary and cross-departmental) session(s) will be considered.

When completing your proposal, you will be asked to submit a title, short session description, and names of co-presenters (if applicable). The session description you provide will be used in CTL promotional materials for the event, including CTL Compass and on CTL socials.

Deadline for Submission: Friday, October 4, 2024.

Be A part of Academic PD Day!

Interested? Choose from a standard 45-minute session, a 20-minute mini teach session, or a poster presentation!

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Be A part of Academic PD Day!

Interested? Choose from a standard 45-minute session, a 20-minute mini teach session, or a poster presentation!

Keynote Spotlight

The CTL is excited to welcome Dr. Alice Kim to present the opening keynote during Spring Academic PD Day!

About Dr. Alice Kim

Dr. Alice Kim

Dr. Alice Kim is the Chair of the Psychology Program at the University of Guelph-Humber and the Founder of Teaching and Learning Research In Action, a not-for-profit research organization focused on conducting and disseminating research on effective teaching and learning practices. Alice's formal training is in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience, with specialization in memory and learning. Her current research is focused on factors that impact students’ learning trajectories, including student engagement, experiential education, and application of cognitive learning principles in course design. Much of her research also explores student-faculty partnerships that foster the co-creation of learning and teaching.

About Dr. Alice Kim

Dr. Alice Kim

Dr. Alice Kim is the Chair of the Psychology Program at the University of Guelph-Humber and the Founder of Teaching and Learning Research In Action, a not-for-profit research organization focused on conducting and disseminating research on effective teaching and learning practices. Alice's formal training is in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience, with specialization in memory and learning. Her current research is focused on factors that impact students’ learning trajectories, including student engagement, experiential education, and application of cognitive learning principles in course design. Much of her research also explores student-faculty partnerships that foster the co-creation of learning and teaching.

Alice will be facilitating the opening keynote during Fall Academic PD Day:

Harnessing Science-Backed Strategies for Effective Teaching and Maximizing Student Success

In this interactive session, we will explore evidence-based strategies from the science of learning literature to enhance teaching practices and improve student outcomes. Drawing on past research, we will focus on what the science of learning has revealed about how we learn and how these findings can be translated in course design and instruction, with examples provided throughout the session.

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify common learning myths
  • Describe three evidence-based cognitive learning principles
  • Describe how cognitive learning principles can be applied in the context of course instruction

Schedule

Last updated: October 21, 2024 at 9:05 a.m.

🌎 Global Classroom

📸 CFCE 119

1️⃣ CFCE 116

2️⃣ CFCE 117

3️⃣ CFCE 118

[ 🌎 Global Classroom ][ 📸 CFCE 119 ]
[ 1️⃣ CFCE 116 ][ 2️⃣ CFCE 117 ][ 3️⃣ CFCE 118 ]

TIME
SESSION
8:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

8:45 a.m.

🌎 Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

with Dr. Jean Choi & Amanda Maknyik

9 a.m.

Keynote Session /

🌎 Harnessing Science-Backed Strategies for Effective Teaching and Maximizing Student Success

with Dr. Alice Kim

10:30 a.m.

Break

🌎 Coursedog Feedback Sessions

10:40 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

11:20 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.

Mini Teach Sessions / Block A

11:50 a.m.

Break

12 p.m.

Mini Teach Sessions / Block B

12:30 p.m.

Strategic Plan pop-up

Help inform our new Strategic Plan and shape the future of Durham College! Stop by our pop-up for a quick chat and to share your thoughts.

🌎 Lunch, Poster Presentations & Giveaways

Save your spot 🚨

Interested? Hurry! Registration closes October 18, 2024.