UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship Information Session
Interested in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? Interested in how you can have your students engage in those goals? The UNSDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship, a summer Fellowship program that pairs Fellows into cross-institutional and interdisciplinary teams, might be for you! During this fellowship, faculty collaborate on designing renewable assignments to deploy in their Fall...
TLIF Grant Funding Information Session
Interested in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund Grants but not sure how it works? TLIF Grant funding is available to regular KPU faculty as well as instructional staff who are interested in creating innovations related to teaching and learning and the research projects related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at KPU. Join...
UN SDG Breakfast of Champions
Come meet the 2024 UN SDG Champions - KPU faculty who have committed to and are working on advancing engagement with the UN SDGs. Hear what they're working on, what their goals are, and about their UN SDG journey. Breakfast will be provided. Location: Surrey Arbutus 2410 Register here
Let’s Do Some Open Pedagogy!
Interested in engaging in open pedagogy but not sure where to start? You don't need to do it all at once! In this workshop, we will consider different components of a course (e.g. syllabi, assessment, assignments, etc.) and discuss how we can implement and apply the principles of open pedagogy to our practices. Come explore...
Crafting Effective Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes have existed for generations, however their use in post-secondary education is relatively recent. Since the mid 90s, educators have been using learning outcomes to center their lessons on students, to provide clarity around content, and flexibility to instruction. Administratively, outcomes have provided guidance for curriculum development, clarity around quality assurance practices and consistency...
Creating safer learning communities through a trauma-aware approach
Roughly one in four Canadians is currently struggling with a mental illness (CMHA, 2022). Increasingly, our students are arriving with overwhelming anxiety and depression, impacting their ability to learn. How can KPU instructors create safer and more connected learning communities? In this two-hour workshop, we will begin to explore how to support safer learning spaces...
Relearning Gender
T&L, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusive Communities, is providing this workshop facilitated by Trina Prince (they/them). Learn simple, meaningful actions including acknowledging someone’s pronouns and understanding the basics of gender identity, to help build safer, inclusive spaces for 2S/LGBTQIA+ students and employees. The workshop will run for an hour followed by...
Maximizing Moodle Gradebook
The Gradebook workshop is an engaging and interactive session that aims to support faculty members in ensuring assessments are aligned with their course's learning outcomes. Gradebook features are often underutilized leaving faculty to manually calculate and/or weight assignments to get final grades. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn how to effectively set up the Moodle...
Fostering the Compassionate Community Through Mindfulness
This introductory workshop offers faculty a space to develop and nurture compassion for self and others through a mindfulness lens. As part of the trauma-informed teaching and learning Compassionate Learning Community initiative, mindfulness practices can bring awareness to individual and university needs. Participants will learn several meditations for personal practice as well as for use with students and colleagues. Register here