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Announcements for graduate students, and their PIs that support them!
Our friends at OTL (Office of Teaching and Learning) are offering a series of upcoming
workshops for graduate students:
- International Teaching Assistant Workshop: Thursday, February 8, 2:30 – 4:30pm: Register
- Inclusive teaching workshop: Tuesday, March 5, 3:00 – 5:30pm
- Hybrid teaching strategies workshop: Friday, March 22, 10:00am – 12:00
- Teaching philosophies and dossiers workshop: Wednesday, April 10, 2:00- 4:00pm
Are you a graduate student involved in research on teaching and learning?
(ex. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, SoTL; Discipline-Based Education Research, DBER)
Consider applying for the COESP Graduate Student BioEd Research Award, applications due Feb 23. Our award recipient will give a talk in April highlighting their research, watch for further information. Come out to support your fellow graduate students and gain exposure to education research!
Thank you to all of our graduate students and their fundamental role in undergraduate education
in CBS and across the UoG campus!
02Feb2024
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) conferences offer dynamic environments to learn and share about education research and practice, including topics specific to post-secondary biology
Conferences are coming up, and they are very close to home!
SABER (Society for the Advancement of Biology Education and Research)
SABER is a scientific community whose members develop theory and generate evidence with the goal of improving post-secondary biology education. SABER fosters Biology Education Research (BER) and its dissemination.
SABER: East Coast Regional Conference
May 29-31, 2024
Rochester, NY, just a 3 hour drive away!
Registration opening Feb 1
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education strives to be the preeminent Canadian voice, and a world leader, for enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. It also supports increased awareness, research, dissemination, and application of scholarly approaches to teaching and learning.
June 11-14, 2024
Niagara Falls, just a 1.5 hour drive away!
Registration opening soon
UoG Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL)
35th Teaching and Learning Innovations (TLI) Conference
Fostering Transformative Learning: Challenging Assumptions, Reflecting Critically, Learning Together, and Taking Action. Come together to explore the theme of transformative learning as it weaves through the learning experiences of students, faculty, and staff.
May 8-9, 2024
University of Guelph, just a walk across campus!
Registration: Early April
As always, COESP offers travel awards for conferences centered on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER)
Look forward to seeing you at these upcoming conferences exploring teaching and learning research!
25Jan2024
Reminder! COESP Funding: Apply by December 1, Feb 1, or April 1
Course Improvement
BioEd Research
Student-led SEED Grants
Graduate Student Research in Teaching and Learning
Travel Grants for Conferences focusing on Teaching and Learning
and more!
30Nov2023
Learn about Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) occurring right here in CBS!
This term we shine the Spotlight on Julia Mellary, MSc student with Dr. Dan Grunspan. Read in our attached Spotlight Series about Julia’s research that earned her the Bill Wood Graduate Student Talk Award at the recent Society for the Advancement of Biology Education (SABER) conference.
Julia traveled to SABER on a COESP Travel Grant! Start thinking now about conference season and plan to apply for a COESP Travel Grant for conferences with an emphasis on DBER and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)
23Nov2023
Think about teaching and generative AI (ex. chatGPT)
How do you feel?
Terrified
Excited
Intrigued
Hear from your colleagues in CBS about how they are using AI in their courses:
- Marissa Dahari (Undergraduate Course Coordinator/Lab Demonstrator, MCB)
- Timothy Bartley (Assistant Professor, IB)
Tuesday Nov 21, Noon-1:00pm
Organized by The Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI) and the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL)
If you get inspired to incorporate AI into your course, apply for a COESP Grant to implement your idea!
Apply by Dec 1, or next round by April 1
17Nov2023