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This blog provides news, information and stories for and about the teaching and learning community at Simon Fraser University. It is maintained by the Teaching and Learning Centre. Check it regularly to find out what’s happening inside and outside the classroom.
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Photo gallery: SFU gathers at the 17th Symposium on Teaching and Learning
June 12, 2019On May 14, 15 and 16, 2019, faculty members and instructional staff from SFU and beyond flung open... read more
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Learning by doing: Students gained a deeper understanding when this prof brought her research into the classroom
June 11, 2019Students in Aude-Claire Fourot’s French-language POL 497 course don’t just read about research on... read more
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How in-class group activities transformed a course
June 10, 2019The first two weeks of Jason Brown’s Environmental Ethics 320W course in Fall 2018 were... read more
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The TAWG report: Better ways to assess, reward and celebrate teaching
May 15, 2019On April 30, 2019, SFU’s Teaching Assessment Working Group (TAWG) released a draft version of its... read more
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Teaching practice and student experience
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Learning by doing: Students gained a deeper understanding when this prof brought her research into the classroom June 11, 2019
Students in Aude-Claire Fourot’s French-language POL 497 course don’t just read about research on... -
How in-class group activities transformed a course June 10, 2019
The first two weeks of Jason Brown’s Environmental Ethics 320W course in Fall 2018 were...
Resources, events and programs
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Photo gallery: SFU gathers at the 17th Symposium on Teaching and Learning June 12, 2019
On May 14, 15 and 16, 2019, faculty members and instructional staff from SFU and beyond flung open... -
Photo gallery: Rethinking Course Design is a community effort May 14, 2019
How can courses be reimagined to improve student learning and experience? That was the question...
Awards, grants and achievements
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Call for expressions of interest: The new DI Grant Program November 16, 2018
In Spring 2019, the Teaching and Learning Centre will launch the Decolonizing and Indigenizing (DI)... -
2017 Teaching Excellence award recipients recall their influences March 15, 2018
On February 27, 2018, the university announced the winners of its 2017 SFU Excellence in Teaching...
VPA and institutional initiatives
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The TAWG report: Better ways to assess, reward and celebrate teaching May 15, 2019
On April 30, 2019, SFU’s Teaching Assessment Working Group (TAWG) released a draft version of its... -
What 340 SFU faculty members think about teaching and evaluation of teaching April 23, 2019
How do SFU faculty members reflect on their teaching? What evidence do they feel would be useful in...