Teaching and Learning Excellence

TA Training and Professional Development Workshops

The TA training program provides the opportunity for TAs to gain professional development training by attending five hours of workshops (two hours of Intro to TAing workshop and three additional one-hour workshops) and completing a reflection paper. All participants will receive a certificate of completion and a badge that can be uploaded to LinkedIn. The workshops are a worthwhile and fun experience for TAs and faculty. Last year 12 units were represented at the workshops.

New this year - The Office of the Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning Excellence will cover the cost for TAs to attend Intro to TAing with a workshop being offering for each faculty.

Contact program lead, Ashley Parsons, at ashley.parsons@acadiau.ca for more information.

The Virtual Maple League Teaching and Learning Centre (V_MLTLC)

The Maple League universities are uniquely positioned to become leaders in undergraduate teaching and experiential learning in Canada and internationally. Connecting people from different disciplines and backgrounds — to create new communities and strengthen existing ones — is one of the foundational strengths of the Maple League.

The Virtual Maple League Teaching and Learning Centre (V_MLTLC) has been in development since 2018 and continues to curate and create professional development opportunities (e.g. workshops, book clubs, microcertificates, modules, brown bags, templates, quick tips, videos, etc.).

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Acadia's Online Indigenous Learning Series

Acadia community members are encouraged to complete the Online Indigenous Learning Units jointly developed by Dr. Cynthia Alexander and Darlene Peters-Copeland as an offering to our campus to learn more about Mi'kmaw communities, Acadia's relationships within Mi'kma'ki, and to engage with insights shared by Indigenous Elders, youth, community leaders, scholars, and activists.

New Faculty Course Shell

The New Faculty Course Shell in Moodle is the Office of the Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning Excellence's contribution to the new faculty orientation led by Human Resources (HR). The course provides a place for new faculty to access important information throughout their first-year and to connect with other new faculty members through online activities. Faculty members can self-enroll in the course using the available link below.

SharePoint Resource on Student Surveys

The Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning Excellence and LTID have created a Sharepoint resource on student surveys. The site contains templates, how-to videos, links to information on student assessments of teaching effectiveness, and information on how to administer the survey at a departmental level.

Self-Directed Teaching Squares

Teaching Squares are designed to enhance conversations about teaching and learning, foster group discussion and community through reciprocal peer observation, and provide space to engage in a self-reflection practice aimed at achieving personal teaching goals. Teaching Squares address the issue of teaching being a private endeavor by creating opportunities for peer observation, reflection, and discussion. They contribute to a more collaborative teaching culture and elevate the status of teaching in academic contexts.

2024 Association of Atlantic Universities Teaching Showcase

The Association of Atlantic Universities partnered with Acadia University to host the 2024 Annual AAU Teaching Showcase in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mik’maq people and part of the beautiful Annapolis Valley in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The 2024 AAU Teaching Showcase took place in person on Saturday, November 2nd 2024 at Acadia University.

Proposals selected from the call for submissions have been published in the conference proceedings, available here: https://ojs.library.dal.ca/auts/index.

2024 Festival of Teaching and Learning

Tuesday August 27, 2024

The Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning Excellence is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Festival of Teaching and Learning. This year's event will showcase the work of several Acadia faculty members, including the 2023 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Award (TLEA) recipients, as well as offering a series of teaching workshops to help you prepare for the upcoming academic year.

Student Presentation - AI: How it works and how to use it responsibly in university

September 3rd, 2024, KCIC Auditorium and Streaming Live

With Dr. Daniel Lametti, Department of Psychology.