Innovating and improving teaching and learning practices are the core duties and responsibilities of educators. Check out the resources from how learning works to reflecting and celebrating teaching and learning.
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Enhancing the quality of the learning is a core function of institutions, departments and instructors. This section contains supports and resources on academic quality enhancement.
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Valuing the Challenge: How Desirable Difficulties Enhance Motivation and Learning. Rachel Goodliffe – CTLI Teaching and Learning consultant (HHS) I first encountered the term “desirable difficulties” in Marsha Lovett’s (2023) book  How Learning Works. I was intrigued by this seemingly contradictory statement about teaching and learning. Lovett spoke about …
**Sunday Dec 22nd  – Platform Update and Temporary Outage** Kaltura is scheduled for an important update SUNDAY, December 22, 2024. Our Kaltura instance is being upgraded! Over the past two years, Canadian customers have not received any platform updates. On December 22, 2024, all updates from the last two years …
For Health and Human Services and Trades programs Are you ready to transform your students’ learning experience? How many of your students believe learning myths, such as highlighting is the best way to learn? Or that cramming the night before a test will result in success? Cognitive psychology research suggests …
As artificial intelligence (AI) ramps up and we settle into a new norm of having a personal assistant for everything our lives will slowly change. What knowledge is important and valuable? What knowledge can we let die with this generation? These discussions may become commonplace as the expertise required to …
If you are looking for adding more interactive content to your Brightspace courses, come join the NIC H5P Studio Space! NIC has a space for instructors to quickly build small interactive content items for adding to a Brightspace course. This free space is housed on a WordPress site that NIC …
How many times have your students self-professed their mastery of learning while brandishing an oversized highlighter and showcasing fluorescent, yellow-coated pages of text? When we hear this, our minds respond with thoughts such as “you studied but what did you learn?” According to the online Britannica dictionary (2024), “when you …
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast hosted by Columbia University’s CTL Executive Director, Amanda Irvin. Check out the URL to see all seasons listed, summaries, transcripts and topics! Dead ideas are persistent myths about teaching and learning that instructors believe and use! Check this great podcast series …
Mid-Course (*NEW*) and End-of-Course Versions! Invitation:Â To all NIC instructors to provide students with feedback on their learning experience – except those in Continuing Education and DAL Instructional Programs. This includes all Trades and Technical programs too! *NEW*Â Â A mid-course survey in addition to the existing end-of-course survey. Mid-course surveys allow you …
CTLI wants to encourage all faculty to complete the 2024 Faculty Academic Integrity Matters Tutorial. This is an instructor learning resource designed to address the changing landscape of ethical behaviour in post-secondary education including suggestions for using Gen AI. As students increasingly explore and experiment with artificial intelligence and assistive …
FREE NIC PD OPPORTUNITY – AVAILABLE IN THE DISCOVER AREA OF BRIGHTSPACE Make getting started in Brightspace easier! The NIC Brightspace Basics asynchronous online course provides a flexible professional learning experience specifically focused on mastering the technical intricacies of online course development within Brightspace. It equips instructors with practical insights …
