We are learning about fleas!

Location: Some builidng

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

User Acceptance Testing: In-person

Location: The Centre, Room 223 (65 Dafoe Road)

Who can register:

Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: Click the "Save My Seat" button and you will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. If there are no available seats, you will be added to the waitlist. We recommend that you also click the calendar icon that is located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to your chosen calendar. We recommend you select "Outlook" for your UM account.

Bran is testing the cancelling of a session

Location: The Centre 223 

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

Bran likes red pandas because they are cute.

User Acceptance Testing: Zoom

Who can register:

Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: Click the "Save My Seat" button and you will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. If there are no available seats, you will be added to the waitlist. We recommend that you also click the calendar icon that is located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to your chosen calendar. We recommend you select "Outlook" for your UM account.

This vFairs Registration Pilot (in-person) will help our project team to understand any limitations or problems with the newly acquired registration platform. We will also be able to determine the strengths and successes. We ask for your participation in one or more aspects of this pilot. Even completing one aspect will be of value to us. 

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register:

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

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Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register:

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

Testing: Disappearing sessions and email features

testing save a seat and check in data

This pre-pilot of the registration system will help our project team to understand any limitations or problems with the system. We will also be able to determine the strengths and successes. After following the steps in the email you received from Bran, please register for this session, and note the messages that pop-up. Then attend the "event" and check in.

I like red pandas

Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don't have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Hear practical teaching strategies from faculty guest speakers.  Bring your questions and your lunch.  Leave with ideas you can implement right away in your courses!  

Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don't have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching, author James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Hear practical teaching strategies from faculty guest speakers. Bring your questions and your lunch. Leave with ideas you can implement right away in your courses!  

Location: Room 223, The Centre @ 65 Dafoe Road

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speakers:

Looking for ways to revitalize your teaching but don't have time for a big redesign? In Small Teaching James Lang argues that small changes in classroom techniques and activities can have big impacts on student learning. Hear practical teaching strategies from faculty guest speakers.  Bring your questions and your lunch.  Leave with ideas you can implement right away in your courses!  

In this workshop, participants will learn how to gather and examine data about learners in their course(s). Using these analytics participants will be able to identify at-risk learners, gauge user performance, and monitor the reliability of assessments. For best results, it is advisable to be currently (or recently) teaching a course in UM Learn using tools such as: Content, Quizzes, Discussions, Rubrics, and Grades.

The Experiential Learning (EL) Community of Practice is a growing network of faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education at UM.

Monthly meetings:

Join our monthly meetings to connect with colleagues involved in EL across UM and explore best practices and challenges in experiential learning. 

This session:

Experiential learning is a great way to increase engagement and participation in online courses. Join us to learn how to bring an experiential lens into online courses beyond breakout rooms and Mentimeter. 

Location: Online (UM Zoom)

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speakers:

The Experiential Learning (EL) Community of Practice is a growing network of faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education at UM.

Monthly meetings:

Join our monthly meetings to connect with colleagues involved in EL across UM and explore best practices and challenges in experiential learning. 

This session:

Trying out new assessments can be tough, especially when you're aiming to make them meaningful and aligned with experiential learning and course outcomes. Join us for an engaging conversation with Christina Penner, Senior Instructor in Computer Science, as she shares how she transformed a traditional lecture-based course into an interactive, flipped classroom. Christina will walk us through how she chose her assessments, how she grades them, and why she made those choices. She’ll also share practical tips for where to start, how to choose assessments, how many to choose, and more! You don’t want to miss this exciting conversation! 

Location: Online (UM Zoom)

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speakers:

Learn about Frogs

Location: The Centre, Room 223 (65 Dafoe Road)

Who can register:

Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register:

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

The Experiential Learning (EL) Community of Practice is a growing network of faculty, instructors, and staff passionate about experiential education at UM.

Monthly meetings:

Join our monthly meetings to connect with colleagues involved in EL across UM and explore best practices and challenges in experiential learning. 

This session:

The Experiential Learning Gathering is an annual spring tradition that brings together members of the Experiential Learning Community of Practice and others, to celebrate, connect, and reflect. Hosted by the Office of Experiential Learning each May, this event offers faculty, instructors, and staff meaningful opportunities to build relationships, share ideas, and support one another in their ongoing journeys with experiential teaching and learning.

Location: Online (UM Zoom)

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speakers:

This is a test session.

This three-hour interactive workshop introduces participants to the Seven Sacred Teachings—Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility, and Truth—as a framework for creating more relational and inclusive university classrooms. Participants will explore the teachings’ meanings, reflect on their relevance to teaching and learning, and discuss ways to weave them authentically into classroom interactions, and giving feedback.

Through guided reflection, case studies, and small-group activities, instructors will consider how the Seven Sacred Teachings can shape a more compassionate, equitable, and community-centered approach to education. The workshop will emphasize practical application, self-awareness, and relationship-building as essential components of teaching from an Indigenous-informed perspective.

Location: Online (UM Zoom)

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register:

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

This half-day workshop introduces the 4 R’s framework—Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility—as guiding principles for Indigenizing and decolonizing teaching practices in higher education. Participants will explore practical strategies for integrating Indigenous perspectives into curriculum design, classroom engagement, and assessment. Through discussion and reflection, instructors will identify ways to create more inclusive, relational, and community-connected learning environments.

Location: Online (UM Zoom)

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

In this three hour workshop, participants will explore how to assess learning in ways that honor; the knowledges, relationships, and contexts our that students bring. This workshop invites educators to reflect on the purposes and practices of assessment beyond the traditional rubric. Together, we will explore how rubrics can become living, relational tools—co-created with learners, grounded in respect and reciprocity, and responsive to multiple ways of knowing and expressing understanding. Participants will leave with tangible ideas and examples for re-designing evaluation processes that are more just, inclusive, and community-connected.

Location: Room 223, The Centre @ 65 Dafoe Road

Who can register: Faculty, Staff, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Teaching Assistants, Librarians 

How to Register: 

• Once you are logged in, click the "Save My Seat" button. You will receive a confirmation email that you have registered for the session. 
• We recommend that you click the calendar icon located to the right of the "Save My Seat" or "Dropout Seat." This button will allow you to add the session to a calendar of your choice, such as Outlook. 
• If there are no available seats, you may add yourself to the waitlist. You will be notified and automatically added to the session, should a seat become available.
• If the "Save My Seat" or "Add me to the wait list" buttons are not available, then the registration period is closed. Please email thecentre.events@umanitoba.ca and we can see if there are any actions that can be taken.

Speaker:

Increasingly, university promotion and tenure committees are requiring a teaching dossier to document your development and achievements as an educator. This workshop looks at the requirements at the University of Manitoba for teaching dossiers and covers the basics of writing a Teaching Philosophy statement and creating a teaching dossier.

John Dewey observed that, “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” In order to become a better teacher, it is necessary to reflect on what we do and why we do it – to ask ourselves, is what we do effective? In this workshop we will explore several models of self-reflection, including the Gibbs’ Model, as methods for engaging in a reflective practice. Participants will also have the opportunity to share their own successes and struggles as they strive to become a better teacher.

Young adults are highly susceptible to mental health problems. We know that most instructors encounter many students who are struggling with mental health issues that affect their academic performance, behaviour in the classroom, and interactions with teaching staff.  Research also indicates that the incident rate and intensity of mental health problems experienced by students is increasing. These situations can be stressful, time-consuming, and potentially can involve risks to personal safety for the students and others. David Ness, the Director of the Student Counselling Centre at the University of Manitoba, will provide you with information about how to identify and respond effectively to student mental health issues, how to understand the factors that contribute to student distress, and how to access resources.  This interactive workshop will involve case study material to apply your knowledge of risk assessment, response alternatives, and on- and off-campus resources.

Do you want to promote academic integrity in your course but don’t know how?  In this workshop, we will discuss the meaning of academic integrity at the University of Manitoba, and how it relates to your teaching and learning environment (whether that be face-to-face, remote/online). We will discuss ways to implement teaching and assessment strategies that promote integrity that will allow you to focus on students’ learning and community building. Resources for academic integrity education (e.g., syllabus statements, learning activities) that you can modify and incorporate into your courses will be shared.

Every student and instructor brings their own culture into the teaching and learning contexts in which they inhabit. Similarly, every teaching and learning context is informed by and situated in institutional, regional, and national cultures. In this workshop, you’ll explore your own cultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and those of your learners and the environments you all find yourselves in. Then, you’ll apply this to your own teaching practices through elements of course design.

Feedback and evaluation of teaching are part of every teacher’s life. How do you make sense of the evaluative feedback you receive from SRI scores, daily classroom experiences and student grades? This workshop examines the theory and practice of evaluation and suggests practical strategies for integrating effective evaluative practices into your teaching. Please note that this workshop does not cover the design and creation of student assessments. 

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The ISW is a multi-day professional development program that uses an intensive experiential learning approach within a collaborative, peer-based small group setting. The overall purpose is to enhance the teaching effectiveness, competence, and confidence of new and experienced educators. It also provides resources and techniques for becoming more reflective teaching practitioners.

Please register for Day 2 and Day 3.

The ISW is a multi-day professional development program that uses an intensive experiential learning approach within a collaborative, peer-based small group setting. The overall purpose is to enhance the teaching effectiveness, competence, and confidence of new and experienced educators. It also provides resources and techniques for becoming more reflective teaching practitioners.

Please register for Day 1 and Day 3.

The ISW is a multi-day professional development program that uses an intensive experiential learning approach within a collaborative, peer-based small group setting. The overall purpose is to enhance the teaching effectiveness, competence, and confidence of new and experienced educators. It also provides resources and techniques for becoming more reflective teaching practitioners.

The ISW is a multi-day professional development program that uses an intensive experiential learning approach within a collaborative, peer-based small group setting. The overall purpose is to enhance the teaching effectiveness, competence, and confidence of new and experienced educators. It also provides resources and techniques for becoming more reflective teaching practitioners.

Please register for Day 1 and Day 2.

The ISW Alumni Reunion aims to foster community, exchange teaching practices, and support professional growth at the UM. This event will provide participants with the opportunity to reconnect, share experiences, and engage in participant-driven discussions about teaching and learning. By integrating past ISW experiences with current practices, participants will reinforce the value of their training and enhance their professional development. Collaborative problem-solving and peer consultation during breakout sessions will help address teaching challenges and document practical strategies for implementation. Reconnecting with fellow ISW alumni will strengthen participants' sense of community and professional identity, fostering ongoing collaboration and mutual support. This event emphasizes collaborative learning, practical application, and community building, honouring the ISW principles of active learning and peer feedback.