Professional Development for CECLs
The Chang School is committed to supporting our continuing education contract lecturers (CECLs) in the development and enhancement of their teaching skills, particularly as they relate to continuous and online learning. Under the leadership of our Teaching and Learning Lead and with the input from our CECL Advisory Group and The Chang School Teaching and Learning Committee, The Chang School offers workshops and events on topics that address the needs of our teaching and learning community in addition to events offered by Toronto Metropolitan’s Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
Reminders about professional development opportunities will be sent via email to CECLs throughout each term.
EVENTS FOR 2022-2023
New CECL Orientation
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education New CECL Orientation provides you the opportunity to:
- Meet The Chang School staff
- Listen to peers share their experiences at The Chang School
- Understand course management responsibilities
- Identify Chang School and university support services to assist you in your teaching
- Be introduced to D2L and some of its key features
WHEN: Thursday, April 27, 2023
WHERE: via Zoom (Registered participants will receive a link closer to the date.)
Register for Orientation Spring 2023
TALO - Teaching Adult Learners Online
A 4-week cohort-based professional development course offered in the Winter, Spring, and Fall semesters and facilitated by a fellow CECL.
TALO is designed to support you in your online teaching journey as a CECL. It provides the opportunity to advance skills in assessment design, content design, and facilitation when teaching diverse adult learners online. It was re-designed in 2021 to strengthen the focus on three important aspects of online teaching and learning design – authenticity, inclusion, and care – and how these can be actively embedded in the design and facilitation of an online course.
TALO is a fully online learning experience. You will engage through self-paced content and activities, weekly peer sharing on teaching practices and challenges in the discussion board, and a number of live virtual sessions with the TALO facilitator on various online teaching topics. You will have the opportunity to apply your learning in two practical assignments (an assessment plan and a facilitation action plan for an online course you have taught/currently teach/are planning to teach).
If you participate in TALO and complete the two required assignments, you will receive a Recognition of Completion Award from The Chang School.
Upcoming TALO Offering Dates:
Dates: Spring 2023 - Monday, April 24 - Sunday, May 21, 2023
Fall 2023 - Monday, August 28 - Sunday, September 24, 2023
Duration: 4 weeks
If you have any questions, please contact talo@torontomu.ca.
Modules
TALO consists of four modules (one per week) that you work through sequentially.
• Module 1: The Online Teaching and Learning Experience - Focuses on comparing instructor and student views of online educational experiences and exploring key dimensions of care and inclusion in online learning environments.
• Module 2: Assessment in Online Environments - Focuses on recommended practices for assessment design and building a culture of academic integrity | Submission of Required Assignment #1: Assessment Plan
• Module 3: Designing and Developing Online Learning Content for Engagement - Focuses on the components of optimal online learning, the balancing of live virtual and self-paced learning, and recommended practices for online content design
• Module 4: Facilitating an Effective Online Learning Experience - Focuses on instructor and student perspectives on instructor presence, recommended practices for online facilitation of learning, and a deep dive into discussions, group work, and feedback | Submission of Required Assignment #2: Facilitation Action Plan
Each module features active engagement through Google Jamboards, polls, discussion forum activities, independent reflection and analysis activities, collaborative activities, etc.
Participant Testimonials
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"This course was excellent. I learned a lot. The modules were comprehensive, engaging and full of useful resources…I highly recommend this course."
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“Valuable and easily digestible course. Well worth the time.”
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“Amazing, very hands-on and useful course.”
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“The facilitation was wonderful! I felt engaged completing the modules, and enjoyed receiving feedback throughout the course.”
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“I would say all online instructors should take it.”
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“Take it - you'll be a better instructor for it.”
Do you have a professional development topic that you would like us to feature? Email us at changteach@torontomu.ca.