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Resources designed to support your practice as an educator.

Grounded in the Framework for Effective Teaching, these strategies provide valuable guidelines to elevate the quality of your educational practice.

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Teaching and Learning at the U of A collects practical guidance, institutional expectations, professional learning, and support you can access from across the University.

Expertise, Content, and Outcomes

Focus on what students need to learn, what knowledge and perspectives shape the course, and how the course connects to the broader curriculum.

Identify key disciplinary knowledge, perspectives, and ways of knowing
Connect course learning with program and curricular goals
Examine what and whose knowledge is represented

Course Design

Make intentional choices about how a course is structured so that learning outcomes, learning experiences, assessment, and feedback work together.

Plan with learners, context, and intended learning in mind
Design assessments and experiential learning
Develop approaches to feedback, grading, deadlines, and accessibility

Instructional Practices: Enhancing Student Engagement

Use teaching approaches that help students participate, engage with ideas, and build their understanding over time.

Use active, collaborative, and experiential learning approaches
Support participation, reflection, and classroom community
Strengthen access, interaction, and student engagement

Instructional Practices: Maximizing Technology

Use learning technologies where they can strengthen teaching, inquiry, interaction, and student learning.

Use AI and other emerging technologies in teaching
Design technology-supported inquiry and active learning
Choose digital tools that fit the learning purpose

Learning Environments

Work within the physical, digital, and institutional systems that support teaching and learning.

Use institutional platforms such as Canvas and Simple Syllabus
Navigate accessibility supports and accommodations
Plan for digital and operational requirements in teaching and assessment

Reflection, Growth, and Leadership

Use evidence from your teaching to reflect on your practice, document your work, and contribute to teaching and learning more broadly.

Gather and interpret student, peer, and other evidence about teaching
Reflect on and document your teaching practice
Develop educational leadership, scholarship, and professional growth

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