2024 University of Toronto Teaching & Learning Symposium

6.1

Developing students’ ability to modulate register to different audiences

2022-05-02T15:24:18-04:00

A part of 6.1 Lightning Talk session Nathalie Moon, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Statistical Sciences, FAS Liza Bolton, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Statistical Sciences, Rebecca Christensen, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, PhD Candidate Michael Moon, Department of Statistical Sciences, PhD Candidate Marija Pejcinovska, Department of Statistical Sciences, PhD Candidate One of the learning outcomes for statistics students in the Specialists – Methods and Practice program is to achieve proficiency in communicating statistical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences. For a practicing statistician, it is not enough to know how to implement and interpret various statistical techniques, [...]

Developing students’ ability to modulate register to different audiences2022-05-02T15:24:18-04:00

Creating Caring Communities Using Alumni Insights: a Graduate-level Informational Interview and Presentation Assignment

2022-05-02T15:19:25-04:00

A part of 6.1 Lightning Talk session Lydia Wilkinson, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) Alison McGuigan, Professor, Chemical Engineering, FASE The alumni interview and presentation assignment gives graduate students in our “Research Methods and Project Execution” course an opportunity to connect with an alumnus to learn about their key graduate school experiences and the skills that enabled their success as graduate students and during their transition into a professional career. As such, it is an important vehicle to help our students learn about the valuable skills they are developing [...]

Creating Caring Communities Using Alumni Insights: a Graduate-level Informational Interview and Presentation Assignment2022-05-02T15:19:25-04:00

Communicating Complex Information with Infographics

2022-05-02T15:12:55-04:00

A part of 6.1 Lightning Talk session Ashley Waggoner Denton, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Psychology, FAS Infographics present large amounts of information in a compact and easy to understand way, using texts, symbols, colours, and graphic visuals. The creation of an effective infographic requires students to draw on a wide range of skills, including information literacy, communication, and critical and creative thinking skills. In this session I will describe how I have used infographics in two different courses to meet specific course learning outcomes. In one course, students select a data set from the Government of Canada open [...]

Communicating Complex Information with Infographics2022-05-02T15:12:55-04:00
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