Tech Tools for Teaching - Learning Apps Workshops            

The newest learning Apps available to help you enhance your online classes are PeerScholar, WeVu, Padlet, Blackboard Ally, Zoom, Turnitin, H5P, and Camtasia.  Check listing on our website.
Workshop schedule: events.ufv.ca/tlc/  Request help: asktlc@ufv.ca

   MicroCourses - Blackboard Learning Fundamentals             

   Course Development Workshops                                         

Other workshops to enhance your courses. Check listing on our website.
Workshop schedule: events.ufv.ca/tlc/  Request help: asktlc@ufv.ca

 Mar 1 (3-3:30pm) 

STORYBOARD YOUR COURSE

 MAR 7 (11-12pm) 

BUILDING A STUDENT-CENTRED SYLLABUS

Join Claire Hay for this workshop where we will explore the creation of a student-centred syllabus and think about ways we can encourage students to engage in its content.

 MAR 2 & 30(12-1:30pm)

CHAT-T (Chat Teaching)

Join Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Specialist, to chat about teaching at UFV. She will have different topics of interest each chat.

   Indigenization Workshops                                                 

 FEB 24 (12-1pm)
UFV Abbotsford (G124)

CIRCLE WORKS SESSIONS

FEB 23 (12-1pm)
Indigenous Garden - ABB

 Mar 16 (12-1pm)

TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGMENT

During this session, we will learn about Stó:lō’s relationship with S’ólh Téméxw. We will connect with the land and create a personal and culturally appropriate territory acknowledgment.

MAR 2 (4-5pm)
Online
 

MAKE SENSE OF INDIGENIZATION, DECOLONIZATION, AND RECONCILIATION

Kirkness and Bernardt’s First Nations in Higher Education: The Four R’s (1991) is a foundational form for Indigenizing education. These four R’s: Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility will be reviewed as well as a fifth R: Relationships. Strategies for weaving the 5 R’s into your practice will be demonstrated.

APR 6 (12-1pm)
Online

INTRO TO 5 R'S: RESPECT, RELEVANCE, RECIPROCITY, RESPONSIBILITY, & RESPONSIBILITY

Kirkness and Bernardt’s First Nations in Higher Education: The Four R’s (1991) is a foundational form for Indigenizing education. These four R’s: Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility will be reviewed as well as a fifth R: Relationships. Strategies for weaving the 5 R’s into your practice will be demonstrated.

 MAR 9 - JUN 8(12-2pm)

CHAT-R (Chat Reconciliation)

Join Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization to chat about reconciliation efforts at UFV.

   Internationalization Workshops                                         

 FEB 28  (12-1pm)

ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WORKSHOP

In this workshop, we will explore ways to give effective feedback for student assignments. Learn about some typical features of multilingual student writing and how to address them in your course.   
This workshop runs as needed. Use the form below to let us know you're interested, and you'll receive an email when the workshop is scheduled. 

 MAR 8  (9-10am)

TEST QUESTIONS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WORKSHOP

Learn to revise your existing test questions so that they are clearer and promote student success… all without compromising course content! Informed by research conducted at UBC, the methods we will review have resulted in increases on final exam scores of as much as an entire letter grade.

  MAR 3 (2-3pm)  

WHAT IS INTERNATIONALIZATION ANYWAYS? 

Learn about internationalization as it applies to teaching and learning (not just student recruitment). Discover ways to internationalize your curricula by incorporating intercultural elements that appeal to all students.  
This workshop runs as needed. Use the form below to let us know you're interested, and you'll receive an email when the workshop is scheduled. 

• In this FLO Friday, we will discuss ways to increase evaluation reliability by negotiating standards with students and colleagues. We will examine exemplars, calibration activities, student-built rubrics, and conversations about quality.
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• The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Facilitating Online Learning (FLO) course is a short, practical introduction to the UDL framework and how you can apply it to create inclusive learning environments. This FLO course is suitable for online, face-to-face, and blended learning environments.
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• This year, to celebrate Fair Dealing Week, the Lower Mainland Copyright Consortium (CapU, Douglas, JIBC, SFU, and UBC) and the Alberta Copyright Consortium (U of A, U of C, MRU and NAIT) will be co-hosting an online event on Wednesday, February 23.
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• This workshop offers an introduction to the issue of technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) and abuse. It will define what this term means and describe various forms of it.
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• This presentation will focus on the mandates, challenges and tensions of Indigenization and reconciliation arising from what counts as knowledge, how Indigenous knowledges differ from Eurocentric disciplinary knowledges, and how Indigenous faculty and students must navigate diverse knowledges and systems often to their detriment.
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