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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Have you heard of Draft Coach? KPU has procured Turnitin's Draft Coach tool which allows KPU students to submit their work for feedback to help them improve their writing and uphold academic integrity through three checks: the similarity check, citation check, and grammar guide. Attend this 30-minute presentation from the Teaching & Learning Commons and...
University students are generally new to a field of study and can find themselves overloaded, overwhelmed and frequently stuck in their coursework. However skilled or knowledgeable an educator may be in their subject area or pedagogical approaches, it can be difficult to pinpoint why learners are getting stuck, resulting in frustration and ongoing issues for...
3-part series: April 25, May 3, May 10, online, 1:00-2:15PM Curious and want to know more about ePortfolios? Here is your chance! Over the course of 3, 75 minute synchronous sessions you will learn the basics of ePortfolios, including the pedagogy and the tools that support their use for teaching and learning. We will cover...