Customizing Cogniti: Aligning for Different Learning Goals

Facilitators: Derek Hunt, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI  Once your Cogniti tutor is up and running, the real work begins: aligning it to what you want students to learn and how you want them to engage. Different learning goals call for different tutor designs, […]

Making Course Improvement Visible: Student Feedback & Documenting Instructor Growth

Facilitator: Haley Zubyk, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology Program End-of-term course evaluations are valuable, but they often arrive too late to support the students currently in your classroom, and they rarely provide the kind of specific, actionable insight that helps you refine course design in real time. In large classes, especially, it can be […]

Introduction to Cogniti: U of T’s AI Tool to Support Student Learning

Facilitator: Jordan Holmes, Senior Manager, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Research shows that generative AI tool design matters for learning. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 finds that AI tools with clear educational guardrails may support learning outcomes, while unstructured use of AI risks becoming a shortcut that may hamper genuine learning gains. Through Cogniti, U of […]

GenAI Reading Group: “Epistemic Agency and Knowledge-Building AI”

Join us for our monthly reading group exploring generative AI in teaching and learning contexts. This is an informal discussion space for faculty, staff, and educational developers to engage with current research on GenAI in higher education. This event is hosted on the CTSI GenAI in Teaching and Learning Commons Teams Channel. This Month's Reading: […]

Universal Design for Learning and Educational Technology for Engagement (Online)

This workshop is designed to equip Teaching Assistants with effective strategies for creating inclusive and engaging online learning environments using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and educational technology. Participants will delve into the core UDL principles, including providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression, and explore their application in virtual settings. The session […]

UDL Express: MOVE into Accessibility: Organization

Looking for simple, high-impact ways to make your course materials more accessible and welcoming? Join us for UDL Express: MOVE into Accessibility, a hands-on summer webinar series designed to support small, meaningful improvements in digital course content. This four-part series introduces the MOVE framework—Meaning, Organization, Versatility, and Engagement—as a set of purpose-first design checks that […]

Introduction to Cogniti: U of T’s AI Tool to Support Student Learning

Facilitator: Jordan Holmes, Senior Manager, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Research shows that generative AI tool design matters for learning. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 finds that AI tools with clear educational guardrails may support learning outcomes, while unstructured use of AI risks becoming a shortcut that may hamper genuine learning gains. Through Cogniti, U of […]

Understanding Student Stressors: A Workshop for Teaching Assistants and new faculty (In-Person)

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

This summer TATP along with Health & Wellness will be running a hybrid version of the Mental Health Foundations Certificate . The certificate was designed to help students develop their mental health literacy so that they can support themselves and others. This hybrid offering gives Teaching Assistants the added opportunity to learn about the stressors your students face as […]

Cogniti Onboarding: Setting Up Your AI Tool for Student Use

Facilitators:  Derek Hunt, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI  Cogniti is U of T's platform for building course-specific AI tutors: grounded in your content, aligned with your pedagogy, and deployed directly in Quercus. In this session, we will walk you through everything you need to […]

Customizing Cogniti: Aligning for Different Learning Goals

Facilitators:  Derek Hunt, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI Victoria Sheldon, Educational Developer, Teaching, Learning, and Technology, CTSI  Once your Cogniti tutor is up and running, the real work begins: aligning it to what you want students to learn and how you want them to engage. Different learning goals call for different tutor designs, […]

UDL Express: MOVE into Accessibility: Versatility

Looking for simple, high-impact ways to make your course materials more accessible and welcoming? Join us for UDL Express: MOVE into Accessibility, a hands-on summer webinar series designed to support small, meaningful improvements in digital course content. This four-part series introduces the MOVE framework—Meaning, Organization, Versatility, and Engagement—as a set of purpose-first design checks that […]