Great Ideas for Teaching Contest

Home
» Graduate Programs
» Great Ideas for Teaching Contest

Great Ideas for Teaching Contest

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Great Ideas for Teaching

The upcoming Winter Conference on Teaching (January 26, 2013) will feature a panel of Western's most creative TAs who will present their best ideas for teaching with technology from different disciplines.

Presenters will be selected competitively and the top "Great Ideas" presenters will receive a gift certificate to the Bookstore at Western.

To submit a proposal, write a two-page description of your teaching idea. The teaching idea may be a class activity, a creative assignment or any other strategy that enhances student learning while using technology. The proposal needs to include:

The activity's learning goals;
A brief list of key concepts;
Description of the learning activity, including length of time & resources necessary for conducting the class activity;
Your name, department, contact information, and the name and number of the course for which you designed the activity.

Send proposals to the Teaching Support Centre/Graduate Student Programs via email at tatp@uwo.ca or by campus mail to Teaching Support Centre/Graduate Student Programs, Room 122, The D. B. Weldon Library.

DEADLINE: January 7, 2013.

PLEASE NOTE: Winners MUST be available on the afternoon of January 26 to present their "Great Idea" at the Winter Conference on Teaching

PAST GREAT IDEAS FOR TEACHING PROPOSALS

2012

Acting out Algorithms - A "hands-on" approach to teaching Computer Science (pdf) - Jenna Butler

Stimulating Student Learning in Breadth Courses (pdf) - Chelsea Hicks

Photo-Reflection Assignments (pdf) - Beth Hundey

2011

Winners and Runners-up (pdf)

2010

Virtual Virtuality (pdf) - Jennifer Martin

The Question Game (pdf) - Angel Petropanagos

Post-it Empowered (pdf) - Megan Popovic