Spotlight on Teaching Faculty

Would you like to create opportunities and activities for students to work together online, but are struggling to envision just how that might work? 

Teaching in the Fall of 2020 has been very isolating for faculty. Many of us are missing the interaction and feedback from “live” students in the classroom and from our colleagues in the hallways, offices, cafeteria, library… it has been a struggle. But, amongst this struggle, many of us have come up with innovative and interesting ways to engage students, to transform face-to-face activities into activities that work online, and to adopt original ways of holding class and lecturing.

In this panel session, three VIU instructors share stories about their experiences working with international students, highlighting the strategies they find most effective in setting students up for success.

It might start out as a niggling feeling that something isn’t quite right in your course. But when that niggling feeling doesn’t go away, and you investigate a little deeper, you may discover a disconnect between how you’ve been marking and what you actually want your students to experience and achieve. In this session, four VIU instructors discuss how their own niggling feelings led them to alter their teaching and their grading methods.

This semester, the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning will be hosting sessions that bring faculty, staff and students together to talk about teaching and learning, informally and with refreshments. We are inviting instructors to share their stories, their strategies, their challenges, and their successes. It’s an opportunity to hear about what others are doing, get some new ideas, and share your thoughts with colleagues you might not usually connect with. Please think about joining us if you’d like to participate, as a speaker or a participant.

This semester, the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning will be hosting sessions that bring faculty, staff and students together to talk about teaching and learning, informally and with refreshments. We are inviting instructors to share their stories, their strategies, their challenges, and their successes. It’s an opportunity to hear about what others are doing, get some new ideas, and share your thoughts with colleagues you might not usually connect with. Please think about joining us if you’d like to participate, as a speaker or a participant.

Presented by: Charlene Stewart, Instructor, Academic and Career Preparation and Students in Foundations for Success (FNFS 105)