Discovery Series
The Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education (OVPIUE) is pleased to announce the Discovery Series for 2024-25. The Series aims to help bring together our teaching and learning community as well as to share learnings from initiatives, awards and grants supported by our office. Each session will bring together faculty and staff for an interdivisional conversation to discuss teaching and learning approaches and practices. Our office will offer three sessions each academic year in a hybrid format.
In designing this series, the OVPIUE positions itself as a learner rather than an expert in the field. We strive to engage with our teaching and learning community in an ongoing process of collective self-education and communication and as such welcome feedback, comments and additional support resources to help further our collective growth.
2024-25 Discovery Series Session II: Transforming Student Engagement Through Targeted Curricular Innovation
Monday 13 January from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
via Governing Council Chambers (in-person) or Microsoft Teams (online)
This Discovery Series session showcases two projects that emphasize how targeted, responsive curricular innovations can enhance student engagement, address knowledge gaps and reshape learning experiences in traditionally challenging subject areas. Examining learnings from these curricular projects – one in symbolic logic and another in engineering hardware design – we will consider how reframing subject matter and enhancing student engagement can bridge key disciplinary gaps within academic programs, simultaneously driving student success and program balance.
Panelists:
- Alex Koo, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts & Science and University of Toronto Mississauga
- Sean Hum, Professor, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Moderator: Ken Derry, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga
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