The Teaching & Learning Centre
Get straight to professional development...
The Teaching & Learning Centre supports:
- Excellence in instruction, course development and delivery, authentic evaluation, variety and relevance of teaching strategies, levelling and ladering of outcomes.
- Increasing the effective use of educational technologies, especially in the transition to online and blended learning.
- Incorporating specific pedagogies, e.g., work integrated learning, Indigenization and internationalization, equity, diversity and inclusion, and academic integrity.
- Collaborating with school districts, literacy groups, public libraries, government, businesses and other non-profit groups concerned with education building a learning region.
- Participating in student recruitment, engagement and retention initiatives through activities that optimize student learning.
Professional Development
2022/23 Teacher Talk Series Coming Soon!
2022 Teaching & Learning Conference: Watch the Workshops
Delivery of Instruction Workshop: August 15–October 31
Take a fun and challenging instructional skills course and develop, deliver and get feedback on lesson plans. You will leave with a written summary of your teaching philosophy, motivational strategies to better engage your students and tips on handling difficult situations in a respectful, professional manner.
The Teaching & Learning Centre
The centre is run by Department Head Theresa Southam, Educational Developer Aanyta Fahrenbruch, and Learning Management System (LMS) Instructional Designer Justin Ible. The LMS Instructional Assistant is Victoria Prokhorova and the 2022/23 faculty release is Chantal Lortie. In 2022/23, Tyler Ballam will support new instructors, school learning facilitators and the Learning Region initiative. Pablo Pastor continues as the educational developer for academic integrity and universal design for learning. Adam Thomas will continue as the educational media developer. Chris Hillary will join us as an educational developer for a special project on virtual work integrated learning (virtual WIL).
In the News
- BC Campus Award for Excellence
- Recipient of four virtual WIL projects
- Recipient of the 2020 BC Open Education Grant (with College of the Rockies)
- BC Campus Research Fellowship
- Textbook Inventory Guidelines shared provincially
Learn more about the Teaching & Learning Centre by following its Facebook and Twitter feeds...
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.