The Learning and Teaching Consultants assist with course building and effective pedagogical use of the LSA instructional environment. Consultants work to support faculty while new activities or tools are deployed in practice, and help instructors rework their activities when necessary.
Faculty can meet with our consultants one-on-one to connect their learning objectives with available tools to achieve those objectives. We are also available to meet with instructors to discuss:
- How to integrate pedagogical techniques like active learning and flipped classrooms
- Effective use of online learning platforms, including Canvas, social learning tools, and communication tools, for your activities and assessments
- Best pedagogical approaches to using student engagement tools such as iClicker, Catchbox, and chat tools
- How to use course blogs and websites for course activities
- Grant opportunities and funding
- Support for innovative student projects and assessments, including multimedia projects
- Implementing new learning technology to meet your course learning goals
- How to take advantage of LSA’s new classrooms and innovative teaching and learning facilities
LTC also offers pre-term workshops in August and January, designed to help instructors get ready for the new term, learn any new tools that may be available, and address any new circumstances or requirements of the LSA learning and teaching landscape. You can find our workshops on the TTC website, under Upcoming Sessions. LTC also sends out announcements and reminders on our Events mailing list.
During Fall and Winter, LTC also sends a brief Teaching Tip of the Week. The Tips range from how-tos for LSA teaching tools, to recommendations for particular teaching approaches, to overviews of recent pedagogical debates. You can browse through our archive of teaching tips, and subscribe to the mailing list.
