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Welcome to the University of Regina Faculty Certificate Program!

 * ===The Faculty Certificate Program is a major activity of the Centre for Teaching and Learning and will be held on August 23rd and 24th, 2010. For more information or to register please contact Michelle Zanni at tdc@uregina.ca.===

This program engages participants in thinking about ways to enhance their teaching/learning environments, and, more immediately, to get ready for teaching in the very near future. It offers new instructors a community, set apart for a few days, to focus on teaching and learning, a community within which people can share ideas, collaborate with other new instructors, and develop friendships and collegial relationships that go far beyond the program. == View our FCP Journey 2009 [|FCP 2009.ppt] == ||  || We encourage new faculty to participate as we find that the activities of the program help to overcome anxiety associated with teaching in a new institution, and, for some people, teaching for the very first time. Although the program is only offered once a year, the individual components are reconfigured and offered in different formats throughout the year. If you are a new faculty member and are not able to participate in the program this August (but would have liked to) please check the topics of the program and e-mail Michelle Zanni at tdc@uregina.ca to let her know which topics you are interested in, and keep checking our website for info about upcoming events.

August 24th 9:00 to 12:00 ||< Welcome & Introductions __Special Guest__: //Carrie Bourassa, First Nations University, Special Advisor to the President, bringing greetings from FNUniv and to share "Aboriginal Perspectives on Learning"// Teaching Philosophy Seven Principles of Good Teaching ~ || August 24th 1:00 to 4:00 ||< Learning & Teaching Styles (introduction) Colour Spectrums Workshop ~ || August 25th 9:00 to 12:00 ||< Seven Principles of Good Teaching (continued) Learning & Teaching Styles Teaching Metaphors & Philosophy ~ || August 25th 1:00 to 4:00 ||< __Special Guest__//__s__: Teri Phillips & Laura Hunter from Disabilities Resource Office// //Ian MacAusland-Berg, Co-Ordinator,// [|Harassment, Discrimination Prevention and Conflict Resolution Services] Teaching With Technology (Blogs and Wikis) Work time: [|Build Your Own Wiki] (getting started) and/or Teaching Philosophy ~ || August 26th 9:00 to 12:00 ||< IMPORTANT: Bring whatever material is you need to work on syllabus development Syllabus Writing - discussion, examples and work time (interest-alike group) Instructional Strategies and Assessment Strategies (explore links) Handouts available Wiki creation (for those ready and planning on building syllabus on the wiki)
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11:15 __Special Guest__: //Marnie McMillan//, UofR Education Instructor (F2F and online) Do R-V-L activity Aha Sharing! :) What is a wiki? blog? Sharing how she uses it in both environments. ~ || August 26th 1:00 to 4:00 ||< Part B: Who are our learners? How do we teach? __Special Guest__: //James Daschuk, Faculty of Kinesiology, Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom// Participants to share: Shalini ([|Games] ) Teaching with Technology: Wiki introduction creation time (for those interested) Work time on syllabus writing, teaching philosophy, application of strategies and assessment ~ || August 27th 9:00 to 12:00 ||< __Special Guests__: //Cara Bradley and Charles Phelps, UofR Library, Academic Integrity & Information Literacy// Storytelling as Instructional Strategy - Ed Independent Work Time: Syllabus Writing, Teaching Philosophy (metaphor, photo), Blogs/Wikis creation ~ || August 27th 1:00 to 4:00 || __Special Guest__: Laura Herperger, //UR Courses (Moodle) Workshop - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm// (**Please meet in ED 548 by 1:15 p.m. so the session can begin at 1:30 p.m.)** You may choose to attend the Moodle workshop or meet in CW 113 to work on creating your own wiki and/or blog for your course. ~ || August 28th 9:00 to 12:00 Final Session ||< Connections, Metaphor Sharing Reflections: K-A-D (keep-add-delete) and/or R (rearrange) Planning Next Steps (Group discussions)
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 * View: **Academy of Teaching from Ohio State University created their own YouTube - we think WE can, too!**
 * Our Teaching Metaphors (add to Wiki)
 * Our Teaching Quotes (add to Wiki) - for calendar (show 2008 FCP) with original quotes
 * Participant Suggestions (add to Wiki)
 * Teaching Philosophy (participants who send a copy to Michelle Zanni will receive a FCP certificate)
 * Celebration Lunch at Faculty Club! (All Special Guests Invited) ||