Meet-up for W2017 Collaborative Course Design
¶Ù²¹·É²õ´Ç²Ô’s Learning Communities project is looking for teachers interested in working over the W2017 term on the collaborative design of interdisciplinary team-taught courses.
If you’d like to participate, this pizza-powered meet-up on Wednesday November 17, 2.30-4pm in the CoLab 3F.43 is an opportunity to
- Hear more about the learning community model from teachers leading pilot courses this fall.
- Meet other teachers interested in working together on integrative learning and problem-based courses.
- Grab a slice of pizza.
This project may be for you if you are already
- Interested in problem-based learning, collaborative design, interdisciplinary team teaching.
- Teaching Gen Ed or Complementary courses that are listed within a certificate or special area of study, or would like to do so.
- Searching for innovative approaches for program requirements that pose a challenge to student success.
- Interested in student success initiatives that address students with special needs, students transitioning to college, or students who needs skills upgrading.
, in the context of Gen-Ed certificates, student success initiatives, special areas of study, and programs:
- Imaging Violence and Non-violence (Humanities + Cin-Com Complementary) in the Women and Gender Studies Certificate
- Journeys (English + Humanities + Academic Skills) in ¶Ù²¹·É²õ´Ç²Ô’s First People’s Initiative
- War and Peace (Humanities + History) in Reflections
- Stories of Shaughnessy Village (Research Methods + Intro to Geography) in the Social Science methods sequence
Five teachers from five different departments, all funded by an Entente Canada-Quebec grant, worked together on the development of these pilot learning community courses.
Questions? Get in touch with Ian MacKenzie.
Planning on attending? RSVP to Maxwell Jones.
