Open Mic sessions at TLS offer a short, informal way for several presenters to each share one focused teaching strategy, activity, or example. These sessions focus on high-impact practices that cut through the noise and help students tune in to what matters most. Presenters share clear, effective strategies and assignments that have worked in their own teaching and can be easily adapted for other settings. See the Call for Proposals for details.

If you have any questions about the Teaching and Learning Symposium, please contact tls@utoronto.ca.

Call for Proposals closes on February 13, 2026

Open Mic -- 15 minutes

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Each presenter has a total of 15 minutes to summarize their strategy/assessment and highlight its impact (10 minutes) and to facilitate a brief question-and-answer discussion (5 minutes). There will be three Open Mic presentations per hour-long session.

Present/Main Contact Information

Main Contact (please note: all communications from the TLS planning committee will be directed only to the Main Contact. If you are submitting a proposal as a team, it will be the Main Contact's responsibility to disseminate Symposium information to their presentation team):
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For now, names are helpful for us to understand the size of the presentation team. If this proposal is accepted, we'll follow up for full co-presenter details. Note: Due to time constraints, there is a limit of two presenters per team for Open Mic Talks.

Session Information

Please select the Symposium Stream that your session most aligns with:(Required)
For information on the Symposium Streams, please see the CFP at Call for Proposals
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