This course is an introduction to teaching and learning for instructors new to a post-secondary, adult education context. Learners are discipline specific experts who are or will be transitioning to an instructional role. This course extends themes and topics introduced in the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW, GEN0042); i.e. lesson planning, participatory learning, giving and receiving ... Read more

This course is a practical exploration of techniques, systems, challenges, and benefits associated with online learning for adult educators. It focuses on preparing instructors to design and facilitate online learning courses. Learners will explore the use of relevant technology and appropriate instructional design to establish collaborative learning environment in an online course. Specifically, consideration will ... Read more

Course Planning and Assessment is a course about how to plan courses and assess learning outcomes, particularly for adults. It is concerned with designing learning systematically by considering learners, content, intended learning outcomes, learning tasks, pacing, appropriate expectations, instructional strategies, and assessment. Course Planning and Assessment will be useful for people who want to plan ... Read more

This course introduces learners to the main theories of adult learning and development and explores ways to implement theory into practice. Module I examines formal and informal contexts for adult learning and reviews a number of adult education movements in order to illustrate how context influences learning. Learners will also be introduced to global adult ... Read more

This course focuses on current topics in education including, but not limited to, EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion), UDL (universal design for learning), decolonization, and Indigenization. Learners will examine how the concepts can be applied in the context of their own teaching practice and identify strategies to be responsive to the needs of their learners. ... Read more