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Arts & Science Course Redesign Project - Upcoming Workshop for Blended and Online Learning
Blended Learning Across the Disciplines in a New Zealand University
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Date: Monday, 23 April
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre,
B176 Mackintosh Corry Hall
Arts and Science Course Redesign Project - Upcoming Workshop for Online Learning
Course Redesign: Online Learning
Date: Friday 23 March
Time: 9:30 - 11 am
Location: Centre for
Teaching and Learning Lecture Theatre
This session will focus on online activities. Instructors of online and blended courses will demonstrate different online activities and tools, and explain how these help them to realize the learning objectives (offered in partnership with the Centre for Teaching and Learning).
International award recognizes outstanding teaching
John Smol recently received the Ramon Margalef Award for Excellence in Education from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the same organization that recognized his research excellence five years ago.
Click here to read the full story.
Curriculum changes reflect changing trends in student learning
The new Languages, Literatures and Cultures department (LLCU) is making some curriculum changes as part of an annual review of its overall academic program.
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Course Redesign Workshop
Are you interested in learning more about how to redesign your course so that the learning objectives are achieved through active learning? All faculty members are invited to an introductory course redesign workshop led by Sheila Pinchin, Educational Developer in the Faculty of Health Sciences. The workshop is particularly suitable for instructors who are considering submitting a proposal to the Arts and Science Course Redesign Project and those interested in developing online courses.
Date: Tuesday 7 February
Time: 4 - 5:30 pm
New Ontario tuition grant for undergraduates
Ontario government announces a 30% tuition grant for undergrads. Click here for more information.
Queen's expands International offerings with new programs
Queen’s and Blyth Educational Travel will begin offering unique study abroad programs to university students and lifelong learners from around the world this spring.
“Our aim is to provide an unmatched educational experience by combining exceptional instructors who are passionate about teaching with customized field studies in a supportive learning environment,” says Jim Lee, Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Arts and Science, and Academic Director of the Queen’s-Blyth International Studies Program.
Teacher’s Test Produces Stunning Results
By Katrina Heer/For The Whig-Standard
When Queen's University professor Anne Godlewska encountered a large class size last year, her first thought wasn't about how she was going to handle the workload, it was about how she was going to teach her students.
"I thought to myself, 'I don't want to teach huge classes of people I never get to know' … there's just no joy in teaching that way," she said.
Instead, she decided to conduct a study and the early results were remarkable.
FAQs about the Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) Program & Suspension of Admissions to the BFA Program
The Faculty of Arts and Science has recently made the decision to suspend admissions to the Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) program for the academic year 2012–2013. This has prompted a number of questions. Answers to many of the questions most frequently asked are provided in what follows.
If you have a question that is not answered below, please direct your question to deanartsci@queensu.ca.
What is the Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA)?
