CTE has been intimately involved with the move from UW-ACE to Waterloo LEARN. Several of us from the Centre were on the LMS selection committee and many have been key players in designing and executing Continue reading LEARNing something new
Teamwork Skills: Being an Effective Group Member — Mark Morton
As I mentioned in a previous post, CTE has over a hundred “Teaching Tip” documents. I’m exploring the possibility of turning them into podcasts, and making them available on iTunes. One of the ways to create a podcast is via a WordPress plug-in called “Powerpress,” which is what I’m testing out in this posting. I’ve started by turning the Tip Sheet called “Teamwork Skills: Being an Effective Group Member” into a podcast, and I’ve uploaded it here in iTunes. More will follow!
Rubrics and Creativity: Can they coexist? – Monica Vesely
We all recognize the potential value of a well-constructed rubric. Stevens and Levi in their book “Introduction to Rubrics” summarize these in their six key reasons for constructing and using rubrics:
- Rubrics provide timely feedback
- Rubrics prepare students to use detailed feedback Continue reading Rubrics and Creativity: Can they coexist? – Monica Vesely
Who do you love, me or Kate? — Mark Morton
CTE has a series of about a hundred online documents — each about a page or two in length — that provide advice on a wide variety of teaching issues. We call them “Teaching Tips,” and they are the most popular resource on the Continue reading Who do you love, me or Kate? — Mark Morton
UW-ACE replaced by LEARN in January 2012
Don’t Panic.
Wise counsel from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as we move to a new learning management system (LMS) in the Winter 2012 term. In January 2012 UW-ACE (Angel) will be replaced by LEARN (Desire2Learn) and all courses for the Winter 2012 term will use LEARN. To learn more about the background and why we need to change, see the LMS Selection Project site. Continue reading UW-ACE replaced by LEARN in January 2012
Grading: It is personal, actually! — Aimée Morrison
[With her permission, we have reprinted below a posting by Aimée Morrison (Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo) that originally appeared on the Hook & Eye blog.]
Grading is personal. And I’m starting to recognize that, for my students, no matter how I frame my response to their papers (“This paper argues” rather than “You believe”, for example) they take it personally: the grades hurt their feelings, they feel personally slighted. Continue reading Grading: It is personal, actually! — Aimée Morrison
Teaching biology using video games, comic books and tattoos – Michael Pyne
Perhaps one of the most challenging and often overlooked qualities of a great university teacher is their ability to get students excited about their chosen discipline. As a teaching assistant for a fundamental first-year chemical engineering course called Engineering Biology, I take it upon myself to try and draw chemical engineering students toward the bio side of the discipline. I want to show to them that chemical engineering can entail more than polymers and petroleum. Continue reading Teaching biology using video games, comic books and tattoos – Michael Pyne