Trent Centre for Teaching & Learning

🕛New Date & Time! June 21 at 12:00pm.

Join Trent Online and representatives from six Virtual Learning Strategy projects - led by Cathy Bruce, Hanah Neff, Kirsten Woodend, Kristy Buccieri, Sanela Martic, and Terry Greene - to learn more about the design and implementation of their Open Educational resources, and how you might use them in your research, teaching, or work with students. Register here: https://trentu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwofuqrqj0tGtdJ6misxrYhTQcI00Nc_Old

Trent Online's Senior ELearning Designer, Terry Greene, describes his team's project as "digital learning with heart."
https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/33379

Providing Students with Practical Tools for University Life Liberated Learner resource is digital learning with heart

We are excited to spotlight Trent's brand new open educational resources, and the people who made them, in the lead up to our virtual VLS Showcase on May 25.
First up, Dr. Kristy Buccieri's talking textbook "Understanding Homelessness in Canada: From the Street to the Classroom." https://www.trentu.ca/news/story/33369

Creating a Hub for Homelessness Pedagogy and Perspectives Collaborative Trent research and online resource provides a deeper understanding of homelessness

**Due to connectivity issues caused by the May 21 storm, we are postponing this event. Please stay-tuned for our new VLS Showcase date!**

Early in 2021 several projects at Trent received a total of $900,000 through the province's Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS) to develop and improve digital content and capacity. The results? Six high-quality and expertly crafted open educational resources developed by Trent faculty and in collaboration with Trent Online, the Centre for Teaching & Learning, and students, instructors, and designers across the province.

Join Trent Online and representatives from the six projects - led by Cathy Bruce, Hanah Neff, Kirsten Woodend, Kristy Buccieri, Sanela Martic, and Terry Greene - to learn more about the design and implementation of these resources, and how you might use them in your research, teaching, or work with students. A brief introduction by each project lead will be followed by three break-out sessions where you can choose the projects you want to learn more about.

Register here: https://trentu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrfuiqrjopGNWVXqg3DF9FGQXQO4nXyZv7

🎉This wonderful news and so well-deserved! A hearty congratulations to a talented and inspiring educator and a leader in every sense of the word, Professor David Newhouse, director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University.🙌

Prestigious National Teaching Award for Director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University Professor David Newhouse named 2022 3M Teaching Fellow by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

On May 3rd we'll gather virtually to honour the recipients of the 2022 Awards of Excellence in Research and Teaching at Trent University. Join us in celebrating these outstanding colleagues!👏🙌https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

We are honoured to recognize Dr. Christine Goodwin-De Faria, who shares her passion for youth rights and justice with her students, inspiring and supporting them in their pursuits, as the recipient of the Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching at Trent University.

Students and alumni recognized the important role Professor Goodwin-De Faria has played in their development, helping them to move from nervous first-year students to confident upper-years and graduates who feel “capable and worthy” of presenting their research at university-wide events. 🙌👏🎉

Learn more about the Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching and our upcoming virtual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

Kalyca Hebert, a Trent University Psychology TA, is recognized for her extraordinary support for students’ learning. Students and faculty admire the ways in which she provides “unique, directed, and personal attention” to students. 🎉Congratulations, and thank you, Kalyca!🥳'

Learn more about the Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance and our upcoming Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

🎉Congratulations to Catherine Davis, recipient of the CUPE 3908-1 Award for Excellence in Teaching! Through the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies and beyond, Catherine is recognized as a fearless guide who humanizes learning by sharing examples from her own experience and research process.

Learn more about the CUPE 3908-1 Award for Excellence in Teaching and our upcoming Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

Through the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University, Prof. David King shares his passion for Circumpolar World Studies & inspires his students to learn more about the North, “opening up an entirely new perspective on Canada as well as their degree.”

Congratulations Professor King! Learn more about the Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, and our upcoming Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

🎉Let's hear it for Dr. Susan Hillock, who has been instrumental in advocating for more inclusive and anti-oppressive teaching practices across the university, and for guiding Social Work at Trent University into a successful academic department & professional program. Congratulations Dr. Hillock!

Learn more about the Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation, and our upcoming Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

🙌Congratulations to Dr. Joel Baetz, who is recognized for the pedagogical leadership displayed “in his innovative and compassionate teaching of the faculty” throughout the many COVID-related disruptions to teaching and learning, while serving as Director of Trent University's Centre for Teaching & Learning.

Learn more about the Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation, and our upcoming Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research and Teaching on May 3: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

Nice to see the smiling faces of our outstanding 2022 Teaching and Research Excellence awardees at Bata Library. Thanks again to everyone who took time to nominate a deserving colleague or instructor, and don't miss our virtual celebration on May 3 at 4pm! https://trentu.ca/teaching/awards-showcases

We are absolutely thrilled to recognize and celebrate exemplary educators and researchers at Trent University! Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 Awards of Excellence in Research and Teaching. 🥳👏

Honouring Trent University’s Exemplary Educators and Researchers Distinguished Research and Symons Teaching award winners to be celebrated alongside all 2021/22 teaching and research award recipients at Virtual Celebration of Excellence May 3

Thanks to a flood of wonderful nominations (thank you, nominators!) we will soon announce the Teaching Excellence award winners. Stay tuned, and save the date for our virtual celebration on May 3.
You can register early here: https://trentu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYudumhqjMuGNEN09VbgvMVIYXQFmlWZ1Z0

Dr. Elizabeth Russell and colleagues Éric R. Thériault and Amber Colibaba examine how our society can tackle ageism, starting in classrooms at Trent University and Cape Breton University.

Teaching university students to be 'age-conscious' could help address our elder care crisis Universities can have a role forming age-conscious students: those who aren’t ageist, don’t fear aging and are attuned to the aging process.

How do you navigate feedback and participation in online spaces? We recently sat down with prof Dr. Charmaine Eddy to hear how she embraced the difference of medium to co-create a learning experience with her students at Trent University.

Teaching Notes - Discussing Feedback and Participation Outside the Classroom This month as part of Teaching Notes, we sat down with Charmaine Eddy to talk about the ways in which we navigate feedback and participation in online spaces...

Mitch Huguenin, Indigenous Pedagogy Designer at Trent University, has compiled resources intended to support individuals as they re-embrace their responsibilities in the advancement of Truth and Reconciliation in this special issue of Teaching Notes. https://mailchi.mp/a550650d017e/teaching-notes-issue-5652173

Teaching Notes: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30, 2021, marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new federal statutory holiday - created in response to Call to Action 80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) - coincides with Orange Shirt Day, which began in 2013. This day of reflec...

Each year, we are proud to host a series of Distinguished Visiting Teaching Scholars. These award-winning faculty, including Canadian Research Chairs and 3M national award winners bridge research and practice in order to infuse new ideas and energy into teaching across the University and develop Trent faculty’s capacity to study their own teaching practices.

Help us select the 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Teaching Scholars by nominating a Higher Ed teaching scholar you admire. Nominations are open until Sept. 29: https://www.trentu.ca/teaching/research/distinguished-visiting-teaching-scholars

Pictured here is Dr. Alan Wright, a passionate and groundbreaking advocate for teaching improvement in Canadian universities who joined us in 2019-2020 as a Distinguished Visiting Teaching Scholar.

“We are inviting students themselves in to co-design with us at every level of the project,” says Trent's senior eLearning designer, Terry Greene.

Empowering Students at Heart of Trent Online’s Liberated Learner Project Design Sprint sessions sees Trent students facilitate the sharing of “wicked problems” that have been roadblocks to post-secondary students’ success

"The nine projects that received funding will not only drive innovation, but will address some of our biggest social challenges." Dr. Cathy Bruce, acting VP of Research & Innovation at Trent.

Nine Social Science and Science Research Projects at Trent Receive Over $1.3 Million in Federal Funding NSERC and SSHRC funding supports diverse research addressing global challenges such as rural aging, the environmental impact of hi-tech industry, and food security

Awards Season has arrived at Trent University!

We have so many amazing teachers who care about our students and who are committed to making a difference.

Congratulations to all of our Award of Teaching Excellence Recipients!

Check out this video of us surprising our award winners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJzwpFyuY4g

Join us for our Celebration of Faculty Excellence on May 3rd to celebrate the amazing teaching and research being done by
Trent University faculty!

Registration: https://t.co/5wVMQ2gzKd?amp=1

Trent University's Internal Teaching Award Nominations are now open!

We are currently accepting nominations for the following awards:
- The Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching
- The Award for Education Leadership and Innovation
- The Award for Excellence in Online Teaching
- The CUPE-3908 Unit 1 Award for Excellence in Teaching
- The Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance

Nominations are open now until February 14th, so be sure to visit trentu.ca/teaching/nominate to learn more and submit your nominations now!

Are you curious about what existing online courses look like as you prepare for Fall 2020? Stop by our faculty showcase tomorrow with Dr. Kateryna Keefer from the Psychology Department to take a look at a newly designed that was taught this summer! http://ow.ly/9fLY50B2w9f

Faculty Showcase: Kateryna Keefer (PSYC) - Centre for Teaching & Learning - Trent University At the CTL we thought that it'd be a good idea to showcase a few examples of the courses that people are working on. In the next weeks, we're going to feature some of our colleagues. We'll host a Zoom session with them, which will be comprised of a loosely structured interview, followed by a Q+A. Ma...