Fall 2016 TA Training Day - Saturday, September 17th, 2016 2nd Floor Tory Building Concurrent Workshops #1: 10:00 11:30am – Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit Martha Attridge All FASS “Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: 204 TB Bufton, MacOdrum Yes & FPA TAs Engaging Students in Research” Library the Go: Lakin Dagg, Centre for “In the Know and on 206 TB Identifying Academic Support Student Academic All TAs No Support Services for Students” Student Engagement Ehsan Ghias-Begloo, All FS & “Fostering 215 TB Yes in Problem Analysis Dept. of Electronics FED TAs Sessions” Ryan Coulling (TA in the Mentor), Samantha “Personalities Classroom: Strategies for McAleese, & Matthew 217 TB All TAs Yes Teaching and Meeting with Sanscartier, Dept. of Sociology & Different Characters” Anthropology Anita Grace (TA in All FASS “Incorporating Activities 219 TB Mentor), Dept. of Law Yes & FPA TAs Discussion Groups” & Legal Studies Teaching Talk #1—Keynote Speaker Series: 11:45am 12:45pm – Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit Claudia Buttera, Dept. All FS & 360 TB Yes “What Makes a Great TA?” of Biology FED TAs Teaching Talk #2—Keynote Speaker Series: 1:15 2:15pm – Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit and Rodney Nelson, Centre All FASS “Understanding Diversity 360 TB Building Understanding through for Initiatives in & FPA Yes Education TAs Relationality” 4:00pm Special “Bell Ringer” Session: 2:30 – Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit University David Lafferty, Faculty Centre Student Services “Bell Ringer” of Graduate & All TAs No Galleria (4th Session Postdoctoral Affairs floor) Concurrent Workshops #2: 2:30 4:00pm – Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit and Effective Feedback: Evan Jones, Dept. of All FASS “Simple 204 TB Yes A How-To History & FPA TAs Guide” for Christine Polihronis, “Active Learning 206 TB All TAs Yes Undergraduate Dept. of Psychology Students” a Sprint: The Stuart MacKay, Dept. “A Marathon, Not 217 TB All TAs Yes Life-Cycle of a of History TA”
Fall 2016 TA Training Day - Saturday, September 17th, 2016 2nd Floor Tory Building Concurrent Workshops #1: 10:00 – 11:30am Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit 204 TB “Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks: Engaging Students in Research” Martha Attridge Bufton, MacOdrum Library All FASS & FPA TAs Yes 206 TB “In the Know and on the Go: Identifying Academic Support Services for Students” Lakin Dagg, Centre for Student Academic Support All TAs No 215 TB “Fostering Student Engagement in Problem Analysis Sessions” Ehsan Ghias-Begloo, Dept. of Electronics All FS & FED TAs Yes 217 TB “Personalities in the Classroom: Strategies for Teaching and Meeting with Different Characters” Ryan Coulling (TA Mentor), Samantha McAleese, & Matthew Sanscartier, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology All TAs Yes 219 TB “Incorporating Activities in Discussion Groups” Anita Grace (TA Mentor), Dept. of Law & Legal Studies All FASS & FPA TAs Yes Teaching Talk #1—Keynote Speaker Series: 11:45am – 12:45pm Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit 360 TB “What Makes a Great TA?” Claudia Buttera, Dept. of Biology All FS & FED TAs Yes Teaching Talk #2—Keynote Speaker Series: 1:15 – 2:15pm Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit 360 TB “Understanding Diversity and Building Understanding through Relationality” Rodney Nelson, Centre for Initiatives in Education All FASS & FPA TAs Yes Special “Bell Ringer” Session: 2:30 – 4:00pm Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit University Centre Galleria (4th floor) Student Services “Bell Ringer” Session David Lafferty, Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs All TAs No Concurrent Workshops #2: 2:30 – 4:00pm Room Title Presenter Audience EDC Credit 204 TB “Simple and Effective Feedback: A How-To Guide” Evan Jones, Dept. of History All FASS & FPA TAs Yes 206 TB “Active Learning for Undergraduate Students” Christine Polihronis, Dept. of Psychology All TAs Yes 217 TB “A Marathon, Not a Sprint: The Life-Cycle of a TA” Stuart MacKay, Dept. of History All TAs Yes
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