Building Up Our Teaching Community
Sharing best practices and exchanging ideas on key topics for the Ivey teaching community.
The Building Up Our Teaching Community Seminar Series, led by teaching scholar Tiffany Bailey, provides a collaborative space for educators to share best practices and engage in meaningful discussions on topics that resonate with our teaching community. Each session centers on themes identified by educators as essential to advancing teaching quality and innovation. Explore the summaries below for insights into previous seminars and key takeaways. For additional details on any session, please contact Tiffany Bailey.
(Not-so-)Extreme Makeover: Course Site Edition
Tiffany Bailey & Tessa Weidner
July 2024
Do students struggle to find the important content on your course website? Do you want to learn about Canvas features to boost student engagement? Or maybe your site just needs a bit of a refresh? Then join Tessa Weidner and Tiffany Bayley in this interactive session on course website design and get a sneak peek at some new tools to streamline your course site building process.
Curtain Up to Curtain Down: The Art of Starting and Wrapping Up Your Case Discussions
David wood, karen mCmillan & mazi Raz
January 2024
Join David Wood, Karen MacMillan, and Mazi Raz as they guide an interactive session on how to captivate your students’ attention from the get-go, navigate the twists and turns of unscripted discussions, and complete the scene to leave a lasting impression.
Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum: Executive Function
nicole campbell
November 2023
One of the hurdles that many students face when approaching their academics are the skills to plan, focus, and execute tasks. During this session, we want to start at the beginning, addressing common reasons that students struggle when learning. Together we will examine ways that educators can support their students to develop core executive skills that will positively impact their academic success and mental health.
Dr. Nicole Campbell is an Associate Professor and Teaching Scholar at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She conceptualized and led the development of Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum, an online resource for educators to help them develop and embed activities that explicitly teach valuable, yet typically unofficial and unwritten, lessons that students require for success. Those lessons include executive function, communication, critical thinking, intra- and interpersonal, and social accountability.
Contribution Tracking Tips
tiffany bailey, kyle mclean, karen mCmillan & mazi Raz
August 2023
Having a system to track student contribution will help keep your grades organized throughout the term. These records also allow you to provide richer feedback to students throughout the term, giving students the opportunity to reflect upon their approach to classroom contribution. Join us for a discussion to learn different ways to track contribution and give meaningful feedback in your course. Find out what works best for you and the learning goals for your course!