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Each class and group of learners brings unique dynamics, with challenges that can sometimes be anticipated and other times emerge unexpectedly. How can you create an inclusive, engaging, and well-managed learning environment while navigating difficult situations?

This workshop will explore practical strategies for fostering student engagement, promoting inclusivity, and managing classroom challenges effectively. You will examine real-world scenarios, identify potential causes of common disruptions, and develop techniques to create a respectful and productive learning space for all students.

Through participation in this learning space, you will be able to:

• Identify strategies for fostering student engagement, inclusivity, and responsibility in the classroom
• Apply classroom management techniques to address challenging situations while maintaining a supportive environment
• Develop a personalized toolkit of strategies that align with your teaching style and learning goals

Videos can be used within an educational context to introduce new concepts, demonstrate new skills or complement classroom activities. We will provide an introduction to the video technologies and multimedia support available to you at UPEI and show examples of how videos can be used in your course. The final part of this workshop will be creating a practice video. 

Through participation in this learning space, you will be able to:

• Evaluate various types of educational videos and determine which form may best engage students and support the intended learning targets.
• Identify and utilize available technologies and evaluate those technologies based on your set-up and design goals.
• Explore the process of video creation and create a simple teaching and learning video.

This course is part of the Learning Spaces & Digital Technology Domain

This course is part of the Instructional Practice Domain.

The Engineering Success Centre exists to support engineering students achieve academic success in their courses, particularly in the first-year, with the help of the Student Success Associates (fellow engineering students). Located on the first floor of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering Building, the center is available to:

• provide peer tutoring for individuals or groups,
• host workshops to develop professional skills,
• offer resources on healthy study habits,
• improve students’ CAD, writing, and analytical abilities, and
• connect students to existing resources on UPEI’s campus.

Essentially, the center seeks to supplement any gaps in student knowledge between what students know and what instructors think students know. This center works with instructors and students to identify the gaps in knowledge. If there is a specific topic of interest, please reach out to us through email: EngSuccess@upei.ca

This course is part of the Learner-Centredness Domain.

Learning is a lifelong adventure and yet the experience of learning is not a straightforward process for everyone. Understanding how we learn is one of the foundational skills for developing effective teaching and successful learning. In this course, you will be exposed to five different theories of learning, the debate between the differences in child learning versus adult learning and, of course, a series of definitions of the concept of learning. This information is then conveyed to you as implications for maximizing your instruction. 

Through participation in this learning space, you will:

• Explore the major concepts and central debates of early and contemporary theories of learning.
• Appreciate how cognitive, social-emotional, physical and cultural factors influence learning
• Reflect on your assumptions, understandings, and questions about how we learn and the nature of instruction
• Discover instructional strategies and methods that align with these theories and topics
• Connect these theories and topics to your own instruction (or future instruction).

This course is part of the Learner-Centredness Domain.