LTC24-Program

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Keynote by Dr. Bonnie Stewart

Generative Ethics - Confronting What AI Means for Higher Education

Location: DCC 208 (Overflow seating in DCC 204)

 Watch the recording (external link, opens in new window) 

A1. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments

• Let’s Walk the Talk: Centering Black Urbanism in the Redevelopment of the Planning Studio Curriculum
  
• Women in Physics: Empowering Students to Address Gender Bias
  
•  Implications of Internationalization of Higher Education for Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) fa-sli (external link, opens in new window) 

Location: DCC 204

A2. Empowering Student Voice and Agency

• The Pedagogy of Generosity & Skepticism
  
• Towards teaching and learning grief justice: Making meaning ‘when grief comes to class’
• Empowering Student Voice and Agency through ZON 100 and DG 8116

Location: DCC 350

A3. Expanding Learning Beyond the Classroom

• Singing It is Hearing It: Experiential Learning in the Teaching of Fundamental Musical Skills to Non-Music Majors
  
• Taking Stock: TMU’s EL Inventory Project
  
•  Beyond the Walls: A Proposal for Expanding Learning Horizons Beyond the Classroom  (external link, opens in new window) 

Location: DCC 104

A4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating the New Normal

•  ProfGPT: A GenAI Tool for Student Engagement Beyond the Classroom (external link, opens in new window) 
  
•  Experiential Learning: Simulations from Live-Actor to Asynchronous Online (external link, opens in new window) 
  
• Integrating Emerging Technology to Enhance the Live Sport Experience

Location: DCC 352

Join us to learn about the launch of a new Black-Focused Pedagogy Fund that will provide Grants to Black Scholars in order to support curriculum development that infuses Afrocentric knowledge into programs and courses, incorporating Black histories, arts, culture, literature, and research that reflects the richness and diversity of Black scholarship at TMU.

Location: DCC 208

Sean Kheraj, Vice-Provost Academic (TMU) will host and moderate a conversation with other vice provosts from York University, University of Toronto, and McMaster University to explore how each campus has managed a range of issues including teaching development, academic integrity, assessment design, ethics, and more.

Location: DCC 208

 Watch the recording (external link, opens in new window) 

B1. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments

•  Inclusive Futures: How ChatGPT Challenges and Changes Disability Discourse in Education (external link, opens in new window) 
  
• Designing Inclusive Pedagogy: Digital Approaches for Global Epistemologies
  
•  Transforming student voice through a digital scientific communication assignment (external link, opens in new window) 

Location: DCC 204

B2. Empowering Student Voice and Agency

•  Using project-based learning to facilitate authentic research skills (external link, opens in new window) 
  
• Rise and Shine?: 8AM Classes, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Class-wide Projects in a Report Writing Course
  
• Exploring Peer Mentorship in Media Production Education: Reflections on a Brief Pedagogical Intervention
  

Location: DCC 350

B3. Expanding Learning Beyond the Classroom

• Interprofessional Education Through Self-Constructed Poetry
  
• Across the Universe-City: How the co-creation of a short-film engaged a campus community
  
• Creating Space: Building Community, Inclusivity and Dialogue within the Classroom

Location: DCC 104

B4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating the New Normal

• Bringing archives to life through immersive media experiences
  
• Dynamic Digital Learning Approaches: Maximizing Educational Impact
  
• A drawing is worth a thousand lines of code

Location: DCC 352

The Learning and Teaching Grants Program (LTG), funded by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, reflects the University’s continuing commitment to teaching excellence and pedagogical leadership, along with our community’s ongoing dedication to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) in the classroom.

Location: DCC 208

C1. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments

• The Anatomy of a Discussion Question
•  Thriving in and Beyond the Classroom (external link, opens in new window) 
  
• Patient-Partners in Health Professions Education: Recommendations for Success

Location: DCC 204

C2. Empowering Student Voice and Agency

• “Ungrading” in a large class: Why, How, and What to Consider
  
• Collaborative Reflections on Specs Grading in Communication Courses
•  Cognitive control applied to a real-life experience (external link, opens in new window) 

Location: DCC 350

C3. Teaching with Technology and Navigating the New Normal

• Live Actor Simulation: Low-Tech Solutions for a High-Tech World
  
•  Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) (external link, opens in new window) 
  
•  Omni, the future is collaborative: an introduction to TMU Libraries new Academic Search Tool (external link, opens in new window) 

Location: DCC 352

This session explores the intersection of Indigenous Science and experiential learning through immersion in a hide tanning. Participants will have the opportunity to assist with tanning activities while gaining insight into its cultural significance and practical applications. In an accompanying talk, we will discuss the integration of Indigenous Knowledges into our teaching practices, highlighting the resilience and innovation inherent in Indigenous Knowledge systems. We will also explore how Indigenous pedagogies challenge conventional educational paradigms and provide a framework for re-centering Indigenous education.

Location: TMU Quad, Northeast corner 

This interactive session will be facilitated by the Generative AI Teaching Partners program subgroup from the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. 

Location: DCC 208

• Poster Session
• Service Spotlight
• Drinks, music, and more!

This event is sponsored by the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education

Location: 2nd Floor, DCC