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Guide to Teaching, Learning and Assessment
In this guide for teaching, learning and assessment, organized by Wilfrid Laurier University educational developers on the Teaching Excellence and Innovation team for colleagues and instructors in higher education, instructors will find everything they need to consider when planning, building and teaching a course.
This guide allows instructors to lay an intentional, empathetic and outcomes-driven foundation upon which to build and maintain a highly effective course experience for instructors and students. Laurier faculty and staff can find more from the TEI team, including current workshops and events, on Connect.
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Laurier's Guide to Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The information found within the three core sections of the guide will help instructors plan, build, and teach across a variety of modes including reflective questions, strategies, best practices and research to help students thrive.
Topics Include:
- Navigating the course Design Process
- Defining Meaningful Course Learning Outcomes
- Aligning Assessment to Learning Outcomes
- Considering Universal Design Principles in Your Course Build
- Choosing the Appropriate Assessment Methods
- Strategies for Student Engagement and Motivation
- Reflecting on Your Teaching
Considering Assessment Strategies
We've collected the assessment resources in the Guide to provide a pathway to guide instructors in exploreing, refining or rethinking their assessment strategies. Find new assessment strategies and ideas to incorporate into existing assessemnts.
Topics Include:
- Approaching Assessment Design
- Aligning Assessments with Learning Outcomes
- Choosing Assessment Strategies
- Examples of Authentic Assessments
- Considering Assessment with Generative AI tools
- Explore our Assessmen-themed Teaching Together bulletins
Teaching Together Bulletin Archive
This archive collects select editions of the TEI team's weekly bulletins that cover a wide range of teaching topics and share information and strategies at key points throughout the term. Explore the archive chronologically or by theme:
Themes Include:
Inclusive Teaching and Building Belonging
Find ways to bring learners together and explore how building belonging in the classroom builds lasting skills learning experiences for all students.
Topics Include:
Climate Pedagogy and Action
Dive into resources to help instructors and students increase their climate knowledge, mitigate eco-anxiety, and take action on climate change through teaching.
Topics Include:
- Climate Science in Arts Classes
- Understanding and Addressing Eco-Anxiety
- Understanding Laurier’s Role in Climate Change Education
- Incorporating Climate Pedagogy
- Minding the Gaps in Climate Change Education
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
These resources are meant as a beginning to conversations about Generative AI's rapidly evolving impacts on higher education.
Topics Include:
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Plan, Build, Teach: A Guide for Effective Teaching, Learning and Assessment by Teaching Excellence and Innovation at Wilfrid Laurier University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.