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What motivates today’s students—and how can we design learning experiences and courses that meet their desire for clarity, purpose, flexibility, and connection? Join us for an energizing and practical session focused on Generation Z... 

Designing a university course is a complex task involving the interplay of many essential elements. Starting with a basic outline, every piece must be assembled in a coherent, rigorous, and creative manner to result in a course that is relevant and engaging for students...

This webinar will guide instructors through the core principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL 3.0), effective teaching strategies, and a new webpage featuring tips and resources related to UDL.

Learn about the New Content Experience in Brightspace during this informative webinar. We will present the main differences from the classic interface, the advantages for course creation and organization, and tips for a smooth transition...

In this collaborative session, you will work individually or in small groups to design an AI use policy for a specific assessment. Using examples and best practices, you will identify sensitive areas, choose a permission level, and draft a clear policy of AI use, that will offer greater transparency and less ambiguity for your students...

Generative AI is increasingly being used in courses, from generating ideas and summarizing information to revising and completing coursework. Although this shift may feel destabilizing at times, it also creates an opportunity to look at how we design our assessments...

Cultivating connection and engagement in the classroom makes teaching more enjoyable and enhances students’ ability to grasp the material. It can also help instructors prevent and address disrespectful or disruptive behaviour...

Being a Teaching Assistant (TA) requires personal skills, attributes and training to contribute to an effective partnership with professors and better understand their role when interacting with students...

Learn about the New Content Experience in Brightspace during this informative webinar. We will present the main differences from the classic interface, the advantages for course creation and organization, and tips for a smooth transition...

Are you teaching at the University of Ottawa for the first time?
Join us for 30 minutes, and we will provide practical tips, resources and simple strategies for preparing your courses for the next term...

How can we promote academic integrity during online assessments? How can we restrict access to unauthorized resources during an online exam? What tools can help create fairer and more secure assessment conditions for all students?

Would you like to make the most of the technologies available in your classroom (podium features, Zoom or MS Teams connection, lecture recording, etc.)?
Come and test the equipment or simply talk to our specialists, who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

Would you like to make the most of the technologies available in your classroom (podium features, Zoom or MS Teams connection, lecture recording, etc.)?
Come and test the equipment or simply talk to our specialists, who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

Would you like to make the most of the technologies available in your classroom (podium features, Zoom or MS Teams connection, lecture recording, etc.)?
Come and test the equipment or simply talk to our specialists, who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

The Teaching with AI Micro-Credential provides postsecondary educators with essential concepts and best practices to explore, evaluate, and experiment with AI in today's rapidly evolving landscape. This program covers key topics such as the use of AI in postsecondary education, prompt engineering, guidelines and policies, as well as ethics and academic integrity...

Whether you are a faculty member, instructor, staff, or even graduate student, this course can help you build foundational knowledge to engage with open educational resources (OER) and help you expand your pedagogy through engaging with open publishing tools and open education concepts. This course provides insights into open licensing, sourcing quality OER, and using tools like Pressbooks and H5P to create engaging, accessible content...

Facilitating Engaging, Positive & Successful Sessions
Presenting to students can be one of your roles as a teaching assistant.  How to make it an engaging, positive and successful one? In this workshop, you will first reflect on your comfort level in the classroom...

Diversity, communication, and disruptive behaviours
For many, the classroom is increasingly a minefield of obstacles and risks: should I broach such and such a subject? How do I go about it? What happens if the audience is offended, reacts negatively, disrespects me, questions my integrity, damages my reputation, etc.? How can I prevent this from happening?