Event summaries are presented here. Links give more detail, and may include a registration request.
Wednesday, April 6th, 7th, 11th, 14th, 18th
Five different training sessions about UW-ACE, the
campus-wide course management system, take place in April.
About 300 courses currently use this system.
Instructor presentations about large class activities using UW-ACE
10:30-12:00, Flex Lab (Dana Porter Library, rm 329)
Thursday, April 7th - May 6, 2005
Request for Proposals
UW Learning Initiatives Fund - 2005/06
$5,000 - $15,000 available.
Proposals due May 6, 2005. Funds available June 1, 2005.
Details: http://www.learning.uwaterloo.ca/LIF/
Wednesday April 13th, 11am-12noon, 2005
"UW-ACE Survey Results: Students' Experiences of Using Technology in
Learning"
FLEX Lab, Dana Porter Library, room 329
Presenters: Vivian Schoner and Katrina Strampel
Thursday April 14th, 11am-12noon, 2005
Improving Learning Outcomes In Accounting Through Use Of A
Learning Object
Presenter: Bob Sproule
FLEX Lab, Dana Porter Library, room 329
Monday April 18th, 11am-12noon, 2005
iWeb: "Blogging and Academic Life"
Presenters: Professor Randy Harris (Dept. of English),
Professor Prabhakar Ragde (School of Computer Science)
In this second LT3 presentation about teaching and learning using the
popular web tools blogs and wikis, we focus on two University of
Waterloo speakers who will highlight complementary uses of blogging.
Professor Randy Harris will speak about his classes' use of reading
journals to foster writing skills, reflective writing, critical thinking
and peer evaluation. On the other side of the coin, Professor
Prabhakar Ragde will speak about giving his students his own on-going
reflections about the nature, philosophy and progress of their course
while it was in session.
FLEX Lab, Dana Porter Library, room 329
How does 'Great Teaching' Relate to Student Learning?
Professor Keith Trigwell, Institute for the Advancement of
University Learning, University of Oxford, UK.
The Presidents' Colloquium on Teaching and Learning
is sponsored by the Teaching Excellence Council.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall
Further details at: http://www.trace.uwaterloo.ca/trigwell.pdf.
More Mathcad - a full day of Mathcad fun.
Plotting, optimizing, animating and programming is part of the mix.
Lunch is included.
Registration requested.
Teaching Large Classes: Challenges & Opportunities
9 am, WLU
Registration and information: http://www.wlu.ca/idev
Announcement and information: www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pkates/LT3/events
Please contact me if you would like further information.
Paul Kates, Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison, pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x7047
This page is located at www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pkates/LT3/events.
More information about the services of the Centre for Learning and Teaching through Technology - LT3 is available at lt3.uwaterloo.ca/.
(1) More information about learning and teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, plus a description of the services I provide as Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison is available here.