TEACHING RESOURCES

Academic Integrity Office (AIO) is here to assist both students and faculty with questions and issues surrounding academic integrity. Resources below range from University Policy, student checklists, best practices for faculty, to comprehensive guides on academic integrity. 

• Resources from the AIO

• Contact the AIO

The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching uses a collaborative approach to foster a community dedicated to big thinking about curriculum, pedagogy, and creative ways to develop inclusive teaching practices that enrich the student learning experience.  Please direct any questions or requests for CELT support to the TRSM Faculty Liaison at teachingcentre@torontomu.ca. The centre offers many resources on its website, including the following:

• Teaching Resources Repository

• Learning and Teaching Grants

• Active Learning Classroom

• Recordings and resources from previous workshops

• Centring Equity and Inclusion Video Series

Curriculum Quality Assurance (CQA) Curriculum Quality is here to assist with innovative, evidence-driven curriculum initiatives that are student-focused, career-relevant, and inclusive. Resources you will find from CQA can assist Faculty in their roles assisting Periodic Program Review and Curriculum mapping. 

• Resources from CQA

• Contact CQA

• Course Outline

• Senate Guide to Course Outlines

• F2024/W2025 Course Outline Template 

• General Course Design

  1. CELT Best Practices in Course Design

• Guide for Travel Courses

1. The Digital Learning (DL) team supports development, integration, research and evaluation of digital learning practices in undergraduate and graduate curricula. The team can help you consider ways to incorporate technology into your classroom, whether through technology-enhanced teaching, blended learning, or fully-online course design.

2. Tech for Teaching is a page of curated resources to support technological implementation in the classroom. It also includes information regarding the Tech for Teaching Studio, and small but flexible space that faculty and instructors can book in to produce multimedia materials for their classes, with the help of the studio team. 

The Digital Media Projects (DMP) is the Computing and Communications Services (CCS) unit that sits within CELT.  It provides faculty and staff with technical support in the use of institutionally-supported educational technology. Resources you will find here include but are not limited to:

• • A comprehensive guide to D2L Brightspace for Instructors

  • Toolbox - Teaching Tools at TMU

  • Knowledge Hub centralizes key information on Brightspace shell management, online teaching tech, best practices, data ownership, copyright, the evolution of digital tools and information on using third party tools that have not been vetted by CCS.

Experiential Learning serves as a hub for knowledge and resources for those interested in creating experience-based course delivery. EL's Community of Practice provides a forum for staff and faculty involved in experiential learning to discuss questions and issues surrounding experiential learning. 

1. • Experiential Learning Hub - The EL hub is designed to support faculty and staff in the planning and delivery of EL activities.  

   • Contact EL

1. Internal Teaching Grants

   • Learning and Teaching Grants (LTG) 

   • Teaching Fellows Program 

2. External Teaching Grants

   • 3M National Teaching Fellowships

   • SSHRC Insight Development Grants 

   • SSHRC Insight Grants

The following resources have been made available through the CELT Office and Academic Integrity Office to provide faculty with guidance on GAI as we navigate GAI in educational settings. 

1. Artificial Intelligence FAQs

2. CELT's guidance on AI 

3. ChatGPT/Generative AI resources 

4. Podcast: Confronting What AI Means for Higher Education with Dr. Bonnie Stewart

1. Excellence in Teaching Program 

2. Online Self-Paced Modules from Queen's Continuing Teacher Education

3. Teaching Development (TD) is a primary resource within the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Through a collaborative approach, the Centre fosters a community dedicated to big thinking about curriculum, pedagogy and creative ways of developing inclusive teaching practices that enrich the student learning experience.

   • Resources from TD

   • Increasing Faculty/Student Engagement

   • Contact TD

1. Live Actor Simulation (LAS)

2. Contact EL

1. Developing Assessments

   • Best Practices in Creating Effective Assessments  

   • Best Practices in Alternative Assessments

2. Grading Assessments - See also Toolbox - Teaching Tools at TMU 

   • Akindi

   • Crowdmark

   • DMP Toolbox

   • Marking Essays and Short Answer Questions

3. Cases

   • A Framework for a Case Analysis and Presentation

   • Guidelines for Business Case Analysis

   • Writing Case Studies: A Manual

   • McMaster Business Case Template

   • How to Write a Good Teaching Case

4. Peer Evaluations

   • Student Peer Evaluation for Group Work

   • Peer Evaluation Using CATME Software

   • Peer Assessment

5. Rubric Design 

   • Teamwork Rubric

   • VALUE Rubrics

   • About: Holistic vs. Analytic Rubrics

1. Writing Skills

   • Improving Student Writing Skills through Repetition and Feedback

2. Ethics

   • Learning Modules

   • LAW122 Ethics Module PowerPoint

   • LAW122 Ethics Module Video Presentation

   • The Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics

   • The Ethical Leadership Case Study Collection

3. Additional Resources

   • O'Reilly for Higher Education 

   • Digital Media Experience Lab 

1. TMU Teaching and Education Awards 

2. Alan Blizzard Award

3. D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning

4. OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards

5. Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Awards 

1. Teaching Fellows

2. Excellence in Teaching Program

3. Best Practices 

4. TRSM Tenure & Treats: Developing a Teaching Philosophy