Winter Conference on Teaching

Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Teaching Support Centre (TSC), Room 258 The D.B. Weldon Library
10:00am – 3:00pm

Please join us for a day of workshops to continue learning about effective teaching and become re-energized for a second term in the classroom. Attend the day and receive up to two credits from the Future Professor Series towards your Certificate in University Teaching and Learning.

Session topics will include:

  • Establishing a Presence in Online Teaching
  • Getting It Done: Strategies for Finding Focus and Overcoming Procrastination in Grad School
  • Great Ideas for Teaching

 

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 great 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:

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

Please send your proposal 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.

For questions or more information on the Great Ideas for Teaching Contest, please contact Karyn Olsen at kolsen4@uwo.ca

Previous Winning Submissions