Teachers' Development

Welcome to Teaching Development in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Teaching development is an important part of your career in higher education. New and innovative practices for the enhancement of teaching and learning in higher education are continually being developed. The Faculty Teaching and Learning Network (TLN) is dedicated to helping you keep abreast of the latest developments, and to making them accessible to you. From here you can link to any of the several orientations, programs, workshops and seminars that the Faculty offers for teaching development.

Sessional Teacher Orientation

(Undergraduate and PG Coursework). Basic, initial information for the starting tutor and master's seminar teacher.

Teacher Development Program

(Open to all staff in the Faculty). An articulated development program that couples with Sessional Teacher Orientations and the Institute for Teaching and Learning {ITL) Principles and Practices Program (or the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education). This program develops techniques for face to face teaching, lesson planning, assessment and marking, and review of teaching practices. The TDP includes an optional eLearning extension, which includes exploration of the possibilities eLearning offers for students as well as the role of teaching staff in elearning.

TLN workshops and seminars

TLN offers regular workshops and seminars in such areas as: building your teaching portfolio, preparing a teaching case for promotion, applying for a Faculty teaching award, engaging in a peer observation exercise, developing assessment practices, designing blended learning in your Unit of Study (UoS), developing a UoS outline, developing a student-focussed approach to teaching and learning. Check this site regularly for information about the workshops and seminars on offer.