The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Professional Development Seminar, entitled Reimagining GE: Challenges and Opportunities. In the first part of the seminar, Prof. Lee will show that the development of critical thinking crucially involves the complex processes of reading for in-depth understanding and articulating complex ideas with words, sentences, and connected discourse. These psycholinguistic processes, which are being increasingly challenged by the advent of generative AI, will need to be preserved and enhanced as an integral part of humanities education, in order for critical thinking to continue to be nurtured. The seminar will then lead to a discussion and sharing of insights on creating and teaching of a GE course at UM.

Date: 30 October 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Venue: E3-1032

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The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Professional Development Seminar, entitled Reimagining GE: Challenges and Opportunities. In the first part of the seminar, Prof. Lee will show that the development of critical thinking crucially involves the complex processes of reading for in-depth understanding and articulating complex ideas with words, sentences, and connected discourse. These psycholinguistic processes, which are being increasingly challenged by the advent of generative AI, will need to be preserved and enhanced as an integral part of humanities education, in order for critical thinking to continue to be nurtured. The seminar will then lead to a discussion and sharing of insights on creating and teaching of a GE course at UM.

Date: 30 October 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Venue: E3-1032

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The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Professional Development Seminar, entitled Removing Barriers to Learning with Universal Design Principles. This seminar explores the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, emphasizing flexible teaching and course design to remove learning barriers. Suitable for both seasoned and new instructors, the speakers will showcase inclusive strategies and their benefits. Beginning with tracing UDL’s evolution from its roots in architecture to its application in education, and then how to use the framework to design or refresh a course. What is preventing some students from excelling? Are they unmotivated? Do they have access barriers? The seminar will delve into strategies for identifying these barriers, and how to go about finding more flexible teaching strategies.

Date: 23 October 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 

Venue: E3-1032

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The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Professional Development Seminar, entitled Removing Barriers to Learning with Universal Design Principles. This seminar explores the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, emphasizing flexible teaching and course design to remove learning barriers. Suitable for both seasoned and new instructors, the speakers will showcase inclusive strategies and their benefits. Beginning with tracing UDL’s evolution from its roots in architecture to its application in education, and then how to use the framework to design or refresh a course. What is preventing some students from excelling? Are they unmotivated? Do they have access barriers? The seminar will delve into strategies for identifying these barriers, and how to go about finding more flexible teaching strategies.

Date: 23 October 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 

Venue: E3-1032

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The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Half-day Professional Development Event: Strategies of Interactive Lecturing with our keynote speaker, Dr. Deborah Breen from Boston University, and UM faculty. Many higher education instructors use the lecture as the foundational mode for communicating information to their students. In this half-day event, participants will consider how learning works in lectures and how to expand the lecturing mode to benefit student engagement and learning.

Date: 11 September 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Refreshment will be provided to registered participants)

Venue: E3-1032

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The Centre for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (CTLE) would like to cordially invite you to take part in the CTLE Half-day Professional Development Event: Strategies of Interactive Lecturing with our keynote speaker, Dr. Deborah Breen from Boston University, and UM faculty. Many higher education instructors use the lecture as the foundational mode for communicating information to their students. In this half-day event, participants will consider how learning works in lectures and how to expand the lecturing mode to benefit student engagement and learning.

Date: 11 September 2024 (Wednesday)

Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Refreshment will be provided to registered participants)

Venue: E3-1032

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