Teaching Together

The TEI team's weekly bulletins cover a range of teaching topics and share information and strategies relevant to instructors at key points throughout the term. This archive collects select editions and will be updated as new bulletins are released.

Explore bulletins chronologically or grouped by themes such as assessment, generative AI, inclusive pedagogy and building belonging, climate action and pedagogy, professional teaching development, and Research Notes.  

Each edition is sent weekly to Laurier Faculty and Staff throughout the Fall and Winter terms. While we strive for accuracy, some information and links may be out of date from when the bulletin originally appeared. Some links and resources are only accessible to Laurier faculty.  

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Most Recent Bulletins

Winter 2025

• Starting with Land: Pathways to Transformational Change
• TEI and Professional Teaching Development
• Understanding Laurier’s Role in Climate Change Education (Research Note)
• A, B, C or D? Strategies for Multiple Choice Assessments
• Strategies for Successful Group Work
• Creating a Culture of Care: Engaging Students in Large Classes
• Understanding Residence Student Transition Needs at Laurier (Research Note)
• Understanding Teaching Effectiveness
• Creating Inclusive Pathways Across Modes of Delivery
• Understanding and Addressing Eco-Anxiety
• Creating Productive Research-Teaching Interfaces
• Climate Science in Arts Classes 
• Supporting Graduate Students Professionalization

Fall 2024

• First Day Forward
• Designing a Pathway Through Our Post-Pandemic Teaching Challenges (Research Note)
• Assessing Reflection Assignments with Rubrics
• Generative AI as a Learning Tool in the Sciences
• Getting to Know Laurier Students (Research Note)
• Sustainable Pedagogies of Care
• Course-level Modes of Delivery
• Reflective Teaching Development
• Getting to Know Laurier’s International Students (Research Note) 
• Class-wide Notetaking Approaches
• Instructional Strategies for Intercultural Teaching
• Tips for Managing Difficult Discussions in the Classroom
• Generative AI in the Classroom (Research Note)
• The Value of Authentic Assessments
• Course Design Quick Tips

Winter 2024

• Addressing Common Accommodations with Universal Design for Learning
• Factors Fuelling Academic Dishonesty (Research Note)
• Addressing Digital Distractions in the Classroom
• AI in Activities and Assessments
• Exploring Intercultural Learning
• Understanding the Accessibility Challenge at Laurier (Research Note)
• Ways of Building Belonging in the Classroom
• Designing Impactful Grading Rubrics
• Teaching with Generative AI: A Year in Review
• Incorporating Climate Pedagogy
• Minding the Gaps in Climate Change Education (Research Note)
• Literacy Narrative Assessment Snapshot
• Experiential Learning and the Evolving Classroom (Research Note)

Themes

Research Notes

• Understanding Residence Student Transition Needs at Laurier (March 2025)
• Understanding Laurier’s Role in Climate Change Education (February 2025)
• Getting to Know Laurier’s International Students (October 2024) 
• Getting to Know Laurier Students (September 2024)
• Designing a Pathway Through Our Post-Pandemic Teaching Challenges (August 2024)
• Experiential Learning and the Evolving Classroom (May 2024)
• Minding the Gaps in Climate Change Education (April 2024)
• Understanding the Accessibility Challenge at Laurier (March 2024)
• Factors Fuelling Academic Dishonesty (January 2024) 

Generative AI

• Generative AI in the Classroom (November 2024)
• Generative AI as a Learning Tool in the Sciences (September 2024)
• Teaching with Generative AI: A Year in Review (April 2024)
• AI in Activities and Assessments (February 2024)

Assessment

• A, B, C or D? Strategies for Multiple Choice Assessments (February 2025)
• The Value of Authentic Assessments (November 2024)
• Generative AI as a Learning Tool in the Sciences (September 2024)
• Assessing Reflection Assignments with Rubrics (September 2024)
• Literacy Narrative Assessment Snapshot (May 2024)
• Designing Impactful Grading Rubrics (April 2024)
• AI in Activities and Assessments (February 2024)

Inclusive Pedagogy and Building Belonging in the Classroom

• Creating Inclusive Pathways Across Modes of Delivery (April 2025)
• Creating a Culture of Care: Engaging Students in Large Classes (March 2025)
• Strategies for Successful Group Work (Febraury 2025)
• Tips for Managing Difficult Discussions in the Classroom (November 2024) 
• Instructional Strategies for Intercultural Teaching (November 2024)
• Class-wide Notetaking Approaches (November 2024)
• Sustainable Pedagogies of Care (October 2024)
• Reflective Teaching Development (October 2024)
• First Day Forward (September 2024)
• Designing a Pathway Through Our Post-Pandemic Teaching Challenges (August 2024)
• Ways of Building Belonging in the Classroom (March 2024)
• Addressing Digital Distractions in the Classroom (January 2024)
• Addressing Common Accommodations with Universal Design for Learning (January 2024)

Climate Pedaogy and Action

• Climate Science in Arts Classes (May 2025)
• Understanding and Addressing Eco-Anxiety (April 2025)
• Understanding Laurier’s Role in Climate Change Education (February 2025)
• Incorporating Climate Pedagogy (April 2024)
• Minding the Gaps in Climate Change Education (April 2024)

Professional Teaching Development

• Supporting Graduate Students Professionalization (May 2025)
• Creating Productive Research-Teaching Interfaces (April 2025)
• Understanding Teaching Effectiveness (March 2025)
• TEI and Professional Teaching Development (January 2025)
• Reflective Teaching Development (October 2024)