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Click on each event for more information and a link to register.
PLEASE NOTE: This page is under construction and will be updated frequently during the month of August, so please check back for new events and registration links!
PLEASE NOTE: This page is under construction and will be updated frequently during the month of August, so please check back for new events and registration links!
AUGUST 2026
AUGUST 2026
Assessment Redesign Workshops
Assessment Redesign Workshops
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 12, and 13, 2026, 9:00 -12:00 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
This three half-day workshop presented by the Teaching and Learning Centre will enable instructors to redesign an assessment so that it is aligned, authentic, inclusive, AI‑aware, and sustainable. We will pay particular attention to the ways assessment design constraints and choices, such as format, instructions, grading processes/criteria, may affect students and instructors. We will also focus on managing workload (of students, instructors, TAs), consistency, and transparency during the workshop.
For colleagues with larger classes, we’ll have a side session to discuss aspects of sustainability, scalability, and student engagement at scale.
Each participant will leave with:
A student‑friendly explanation of their assessment
A scalable assessment design
A clear AI‑use statement
A rubric/marking guide that is aligned with objectives and learning activities that is suitable for TA use
A feedback strategy that works at scale
A practical implementation plan
The workshop begins Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - Thursday, August 13, 2026 in the Teaching and Learning Centre (Robertson Library Annex, Room 228), with sessions running from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
To register and receive a calendar invitation for:
Tuesday August 11 - CLICK HERE
Wednesday August 12 - CLICK HERE
Thursday August 13 - CLICK HERE
TLC L&L: Small Active Learning Strategies for ANY Lecture
TLC L&L: Small Active Learning Strategies for ANY Lecture
Date: Wednesday August 26, 2026, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Location: Atlantic Veterinary College 286A/287 (The McCain Foundation Learning Commons)
Looking for simple ways to increase student engagement without redesigning your course? Join the UPEI Teaching and Learning Centre for a practical Lunch and Learn on incorporating brief, evidence-informed active learning strategies into lectures. Explore techniques that help students think, discuss, retrieve, and apply what they are learning—all with minimal preparation. Participants will leave with practical strategies they can implement immediately in their own teaching.
NO RSVP needed
Faculty Academy
Faculty Academy
Date: Monday, August 31, 2026, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Online Synchronous
The Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) is offering a one-hour onboarding session for new and newer sessional instructors and faculty. This session is an opportunity to learn about the resources, services, and teaching supports available to you at UPEI, including:
Instructional design support and professional development opportunities offered through the TLC
A brief introduction to Moodle, UPEI’s Learning Management System
The principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and their application in post-secondary teaching
Key elements of an effective and learner-centred course syllabus
Whether you're new to teaching at UPEI or simply looking to reconnect with available supports, this session will provide helpful information and practical resources to support your teaching. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at TLC@upei.ca. We look forward to welcoming you.
TLC L&L: Teaching with MS Teams
TLC L&L: Teaching with MS Teams
Date: TBD
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
SEPTEMBER 2026
SEPTEMBER 2026
Let's Talk Teaching
Let's Talk Teaching
Rethinking Teaching Expertise: Toward a More Wholistic Framework for Conceptualizing, Assessing, and Developing Teaching Expertise in Higher Education
Rethinking Teaching Expertise: Toward a More Wholistic Framework for Conceptualizing, Assessing, and Developing Teaching Expertise in Higher Education
Date: Thursday Sept. 17, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Location: MCDH 242
The campus community is invited to an engaging keynote by Dr. Natasha Kenny, from the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary, that challenges traditional views of teaching excellence, expertise and assessment. Drawing on her widely recognized Developmental Framework for Teaching Expertise, Dr. Kenny will explore teaching expertise as a multifaceted, career-long journey that integrates teaching, professional learning, mentorship, scholarship, and educational leadership. Students, staff, faculty, and administrators are invited to join us to hear about new perspectives and practical ideas for fostering a more holistic and meaningful approach to recognizing, assessing, and supporting teaching excellence across the university. This interactive keynote will inform the work and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Senate Committee on Teaching Evaluation.
Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope in the Academy
Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope in the Academy
Date: Tuesday Sept. 22, 2026
Location: TBA
Research Security Training session
Research Security Training session
Presented by: Public Safety Canada’s Atlantic Regional Advisor
Presented by: Public Safety Canada’s Atlantic Regional Advisor
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026, 2:00-3:00 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex 228
Register here: Research Security Training session – Fill out form
Hybrid synchronous options available, no recording or slides will be provided
Free
Open to Faculty, Research Scientists, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students
As a result of Canada’s research community's commitment to open science and international collaboration, Canada is a leader in innovation, research, and development. However, this commitment has the potential to be exploited, leading to loss of expertise and trade secrets, damage to the integrity of Canadian academic and research institutions, and the loss of publication and patent opportunities. These implications have national and economic security impacts – particularly if the knowledge is sensitive or has potential military applications.
The Government of Canada recognizes the immense short and long-term value of the research conducted in Canada and endeavours to keep it as open as possible while still ensuring security measures are in place. To raise awareness of research security issues and threats within Canada’s academic communities, Public Safety Canada’s Atlantic Regional Advisor will be speaking on September 23rd at 2pm in the Teaching and Learning Centre, Robertson Library Annex room 228.
The primary objective of this event is to explain the potential for misuse of dual-use research, technology, and materials, including risk factors and research security considerations for disciplines outside of the STEM fields. This discussion will also include a conversation regarding risk indicators and mitigation tools to protect Canadian research assets.
TLC L&L: Revisiting Multiple-choice Approaches to Student Assessment: Its Potential, and the Psychometric Dos and Don’ts
TLC L&L: Revisiting Multiple-choice Approaches to Student Assessment: Its Potential, and the Psychometric Dos and Don’ts
Date: Thursday Sept. 24, 2026, 1:30 -2:30 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
Multiple-choice questions provide an efficient means of assessing a broad range of knowledge. Still, mistaken assumptions persist (such as multiple-choice tests being limited to only assessing recognition of basic facts, rather than the effective application of principles).
In this session, Drs. Scott Cassidy and Blake Jelley (both of whom have used psychometrics in high-stakes testing contexts), will discuss how multiple-choice testing can be effectively deployed within course assessments – with a specific focus on promoting psychometric effectiveness. The session, which will use examples from in-class tests, will include a general discussion regarding the construction, quality assurance, and refinement of multiple-choice questions; as well as a demonstration of how statistical information available through the Remark® software in ITSS can be used to evaluate and refine such assessments.
Book Club
Book Club
Radical Hope by Kevin Gannon
Radical Hope by Kevin Gannon
Date: TENTATIVE -- Friday Sept. 25, 2026, 2:00 -3:00 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
About Radical Hope
From the publisher: Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in college teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an ambitious response to this state of affairs, at once political and practical—the work of an activist, teacher, and public intellectual grappling with some of the most pressing topics at the intersection of higher education and social justice.
Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done effectively, teaching is by definition emancipatory and hopeful. Considering individual pedagogical practice, the students who are the primary audience and beneficiaries of teaching, and the institutions and systems within which teaching occurs, Radical Hope surveys the field, tackling everything from impostor syndrome to cell phones in class to allegations of a campus “free speech crisis.” Throughout, Gannon translates ideals into tangible strategies and practices (including key takeaways at the conclusion of each chapter), with the goal of reclaiming teachers’ essential role in the discourse of higher education.
OCTOBER 2026
OCTOBER 2026
TLC L&L: Gamification Pedagogy Part 1
TLC L&L: Gamification Pedagogy Part 1
Date: October 8, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
TLC L&L: Please Submit Your Cardboard Machine by Sunday:
TLC L&L: Please Submit Your Cardboard Machine by Sunday:
What 2,000+ student-crafted artifacts taught me about multimodal inquiry, assessment, and AI
What 2,000+ student-crafted artifacts taught me about multimodal inquiry, assessment, and AI
Date: November 25, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
How do we design assignments that keep students engaged across a term while also making their thinking visible as it develops? ARTS-1050 AI & Society pursued both through critical making. Over six weeks this summer, first-year students in a large asynchronous course produced a series of multimodal artifacts: maps of the algorithms shaping their digital lives, cardboard machines filmed on residence-room floors, physicalizations of recommendation systems, nutrition-style labels for language models, and more. Each was paired with a two-minute, unedited voice memo reflecting on the process. The result was a collection of more than 2,000 artifacts documenting how students made sense of AI and the systems around them. Join Ryan Drew for a session that looks at what students made, how process and final products were assessed together, what these different modes revealed about student thinking, and what he would build differently next time.
NOVEMBER 2026
NOVEMBER 2026
DECEMBER 2026
DECEMBER 2026
JANUARY 2027
JANUARY 2027
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Writing YOUR Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Writing YOUR Statement of Teaching Philosophy
Date: Thursday January 7, 2027, 1:30 -3:30 pm (SNOW DATE - Jan. 14)
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
A statement of teaching philosophy (STP) is an essential opening for most teaching dossiers, and it signals the central beliefs and practices to be found in your teaching dossier. Shannon Murray will take participants through a variety of strategies for crafting an effective statement, looking at examples from across disciplines. Participants will leave with a sound basic structure for their STP.
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Teaching Dossiers for Tenure/Permanency or Promotion
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Teaching Dossiers for Tenure/Permanency or Promotion
Date: Thursday January 28, 2027, 1:30 - 3:30 pm (SNOW DATE - Feb. 4)
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
Join Kathy Gottschall-Pass to learn what needs to be included in your dossier under our current collective agreement. The session will look at the requirements and the options for documenting your teaching practice. Join us in the Teaching and Learning Centre.
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Developing a Professional/Clinical Service Dossier for Tenure and Promotion
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Developing a Professional/Clinical Service Dossier for Tenure and Promotion
Date: Tuesday January 19, 2027, 12:30 - 1:30 pm (SNOW DATE - Jan. 26)
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
FEBRUARY 2027
FEBRUARY 2027
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Articulating your research and scholary work - COMING SOON
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Articulating your research and scholary work - COMING SOON
MARCH 2027
MARCH 2027
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Putting it all together panel
Tenure/Permanency and Promotion file - Workshop Series: Putting it all together panel
Date: Thursday March 4, 2027, 2:00 - 3:30 pm (SNOW DATE - Mar. 11)
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre - Robertson Library Annex - Room 228
Join Sharon Meyers, William Whelan and John VanLeeuwen for a panel and Q & A session on Preparing for Tenure / Permanency and Promotion where they will talk about Putting it All Together. They will share observations from their experiences serving on review committees at the department and university level. Bring your questions about preparing your file to the Teaching and Learning Centre RL 228.
APRIL 2027
APRIL 2027
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