EdTech Related Events Calendar

This calendar collects EdTech related events from around the Faculty and the University. You'll also see important deadlines for EdTech related funding. If you have any questions about this calendar, please contact the EdTech Office at fase.edtech@utoronto.ca.

For additional Teaching and Learning Events (that aren't related specifically to technology), please check CTSI's U of T Teaching and Learning Calendar.

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Making Learning Visible in the GenAI Era

Facilitator: Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI  With AI tools now widely available to students, traditional assignment designs that focus only on final products may miss opportunities to understand and support student learning. Grounded in the University of Toronto AI Task Force's principles, this session takes a pedagogy-driven approach to assessment design that […]

Data and Pedagogy in the Classroom: Collecting and Applying Evidence with Equity and Integrity (Online)

TAs work with student data all the time: grades, participation records, Quercus analytics, midterm feedback, and course evaluation comments. These data often inform how TAs grade, who they reach out to, and how they adjust tutorials, labs, or office hours. Yet the ways this information is collected, represented, and interpreted are never neutral. This workshop […]

Bolstering active learning in the classroom: Strategies to design effective questions

Facilitator:  Alexandra MacKay, Professor, Teaching Stream, Finance, Rotman School of Management  Lecturing can be an efficient way to convey course content to the student audience, particularly since the lecturer is an expert in the subject matter. However, passive listening, without interaction is less likely to engage students in deep learning (Chi & Wylie, 2014). Student […]

Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff

The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation's Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff is a monthly professional learning series that offers a reflective and supportive space for faculty and staff who wish to engage more meaningfully with reconciliation in their teaching, research, service, and daily practices. Each month, participants are introduced to a […]

EdTech and UDL: Designing Flexible, Accessible Learning Experiences (Online)

This workshop explores how educational technologies can meaningfully support Universal Design for Learning (UDL) while strengthening the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework’s teaching, social, and cognitive presence. Participants will examine practical ways to use digital tools to reduce barriers, offer flexible learning pathways, and promote deeper engagement. Through short activities and scenario based discussions, we […]

Getting started with Generative AI Tools at U of T

Join us for an interactive virtual drop-in session designed for University of Toronto instructors and staff. We will provide an overview of the approved generative AI tools at the University and give demonstrations which will provide you with the opportunity to get hands-on experience with the suite of approved tools. Focus:
Our primary goal is to […]

Microteaching (Online)

Each Microteaching session will involve 5 graduate student participants and 2 TATP facilitators. Participants will take turns acting as instructors by taking their students (i.e., other participants and TATP facilitators) through a 10 (ten) minute lesson over Zoom. Following their lesson and a brief reflection, each instructor will provide a brief, verbal self-assessment, stating what they thought […]

UDL Conversation with Adriana Grimaldi

Adriana Grimaldi, Acting Senior Educational Developer, RGASC, Sessional Lecturer, Italian Studies and Education Studies, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework that leverages the values of accessibility and inclusion in designing accessible, inclusive, and usable methods, materials, and environments that reduce learning barriers and welcome learner variability. The UDL Conversations Series highlights practices […]

Teaching Tkaronto: Local and Land-Based Classroom Teaching

Blackburn Room (4th Floor, Robarts Library) 130 St. George St., Toronto, ON, Canada

One block west to us is Spadina Road, which comes from the Ojibwe word “ishpadinaa” meaning “a place on a hill”. If we look a bit to the north we find “Gete-Onigaming” (Ge-de-oh-ni-guh-ming) or “old portage” or “Davenport” which references the trail between the Don and Humber Rivers which we sit between today. As Sara […]

CTL Celebration of Teaching Showcase 2026

Kina Wiiya Enadong Building 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, Canada

Overview CTL's Celebration of Teaching Showcase highlights teaching excellence at UTSC. Each spring, educators from across campus join CTL faculty and staff to celebrate teaching and learning, share instructional knowledge and expertise, and connect with faculty in other disciplines. The event includes: a plenary speaker educator talks a poster session an afternoon reception morning and […]

BCcampus Reads: A Pedagogy of Kindness by Catherine J. Denial

About the Series In a time marked by polarization, uncertainty, and rapid change, kindness may be one of the most important guidelines for navigating our work as educators. This April, join our Learning and Teaching team for a four-week book club exploring A Pedagogy of Kindness by Catherine J. Denial. Denial defines a pedagogy of kindness as, “about […]

GenAI Dialogue with Nirusha Thavarajah: GenAI Approaches in Lab-Based Courses

Presenter: Nirusha Thavarajah, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, UTSC GenAI Dialogues are informal, 30-minute online sessions where U of T instructors and staff share how they are navigating generative AI in their teaching and learning contexts. Building on discussions from the GenAI Reading Group, each session features a colleague sharing their […]