At-a-Glance

14th Annual University of Toronto Teaching and Learning Symposium

Teacher-as-Learner/Learner-as-Teacher

May 12-14, 2021

Co-hosted by the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation and the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking

FULL AGENDA

SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE

Day 1: May 12

9am-9:10am
OPENING REMARKS
President Meric Gertler

9:10am-11am
KEYNOTE
Reimaging Impact Across Disciplines by Embracing a Beginner Mindset
Nouman Ashraf, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Management, Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Teaching Fellow, Gender + The Economy, Rotman School of Management

11:30am-12:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

1.1: Symposium You
Voices of Lived Experience: Working with students-as-partners to develop inclusive and authentic learning content

1.2: Interactive Online Workshop
Wearable Point-of-View (POV) Technology: A Live Demonstration of an MD Student-Led Response to the Virtual Curriculum

1pm-2pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2

2.1: Interactive Online Workshop
A New Learning-Domains Framework for Learning Agility and Resilience

2.2: Lightning Talks

  • Assignments Across Disciplines: Creating a Community of Practice around Assessment
  • Physical Sciences Research Experience – a model for co-designing lab experiences with students, for students
  • Promoting Knowledge Translation and Engagement with Social Justice Issues Through a Digital Policy Brief

2.3: Inquiry on Teaching and Learning Poster + Talk

  • Attitudes and Approaches toward Indigenization in Psychology: A National Survey of Faculty
  • Online teaching practices which are beneficial for students’ mental health and well-being

2:30pm-3:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3

3.1: Interactive Online Workshop
Innovations in Experiential Learning pedagogy to inform post-COVID in class, remote learning, or hybrid learning.

3.2: Lightning Talks

  • Departmental approaches to increasing awareness and decreasing stigma towards mental health in faculty and students
  • Promoting Wellness and Resiliency for Forensic Science Students
  • Utilizing Critical Reflection and Experiential Learning to unite Global Virtual Teams

3.3: Inquiry on Teaching and Learning Poster + Talk

  • Investigating the Impact of Optional Group-work on the Student Experience
  • Assessing the Development of Sentence-Level Writing Competence in a Second Year Science Course

3:45pm-4:40PM
SPECIAL PRESENTATION with U of T TEACHING FELLOWS

Our Interdisciplinary Community: The Teaching Fellows Program

 

Day 2: May 13

10am-11am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4

4.1: Interactive Online Workshop
I’m So Tired: Moving Beyond Exhaustion to Build Systems of Care and Hope in Remote Teaching and Learning

4.2: Lightning Talks

  • Co-creating courses with students – using their knowledge and perspectives to enhance online community, student wellness and academic rigour
  • “A picture is worth a thousand words”: Preparing Future Nurses to Effectively Communicate Health-Information with Infographics
  • The Last Class Workshop – A Versatile Tool for Course Evaluation and Evolution

4.3: Lightning Talks

  • Development of graduate student pedagogy through practical application and partnership with high school educators in the Discovery Educational platform
  • TAs as Learners: Promoting Reflective Teaching in an Informal Learning Community

11am-12pm
MOVEMENT  BREAK

1pm-2pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5

5.1: Interactive Online Workshop
Anti-Oppressive and Inclusive Teaching

5.2: Lightning Talks

  • Increasing EAL International Students’ Confidence to Participate in Online Classrooms: Using an Anti-Oppressive Framework
  • Performative Vulnerability as a Classroom Strategy
  • Positionality Through Reflection on Connections With Land

5.3: Inquiry on Teaching and Learning Poster + Talk

  • Fostering Academic Integrity in First-Year Courses
  • Reflecting on Two Years of Collaborative Testing: students’ learning, feedback, and lived experiences

2:30pm-3:30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6

6.1: Interactive Online Workshop
The Efficacy of Care and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for at-Risk Students in Online Teaching and Learning

6.2: Symposium You
When Everything is New: Faculty Reflections on Developing and Teaching a New Writing Course During a Pandemic

6.3: Interactive Online Workshop
Let’s Talk about Failure at U of T

 

Day 3: May 14

9am-10am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7

7.1: Symposium You
Microaggressions in the Virtual Classroom

7.2: Symposium You
Enabling Inclusive and Equitable Initiatives Through an Iterative Co-Design Process

7.3: Symposium You
Sustainability for Community-engaged Learning with Indigenous Community Partnerships

7.4: CI Roundtable
From Reflection to Innovation: Graduate Student Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award Shortlisted Nominees in Conversation

10:30am-11:30am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8

8.1: Symposium You
“I Feel Like a First-Year Teacher Again”: Faculty Professional Learning During the Shift to Remote Teaching in a Large-Scale Graduate Level Professional Program

8.2: Interactive Online Workshop
Personalizing Your Land Acknowledgements: Building from the Medicine Wheel

8.3: Symposium You
The Role and Value of Departmental and Divisional Communities of Practice in Supporting Teaching Development

12pm-1:30pm
CLOSING PLENARY

Provost Remarks (12pm-12:05pm)
with Prof. Cheryl Regehr

Pandemic Snapshots – Learning & Looking Forward