Program-Level Curriculum Events
Curriculum sessions are designed for curriculum committee chairs, committee members, and academic staff involved in reviewing, renewing, or developing academic degree programs.
Upcoming Curriculum Collaboratory Gatherings
The Curriculum Collaboratory brings colleagues together to tackle common challenges in program-level education. Each gathering focuses on a timely theme chosen by participants, offering a space to explore emergent issues and define topics for future meetings. Together, we test ideas, gather evidence, and co-create practical frameworks and guidance tools that academic units across the University of Alberta can adapt for their programs.
Curriculum Collaboratory: Asking the Right Questions to Guide Program-Level Curriculum Work
Tuesday, Nov. 3
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.
In-person | North Campus (details to be confirmed via email)
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When working on curriculum, what questions can best guide the critical issues, priorities, and areas of inquiry that a program team wishes to investigate? This session considers the questions to best help define what matters most and the evidence needed to guide effective curriculum reviews, renewals, and new program development.
Your participation in this collaborative session gives you an important opportunity to shape the guiding questions that the University of Alberta offers to program teams. Ahead of the session, you will be provided with a draft document with potential questions and prompts to think on in relation to your discipline and curriculum work. Our time together will be focused on identifying gaps and refining the questions.
Structured Workshops to Support Curriculum Work
CTL hosts step-by-step workshops that offer clear, structured pathways through curriculum review, renewal, and development. Designed in partnership with key institutional offices, these sessions provide committee chairs and members with expert guidance, practical tools, and collegial support to build high-quality, learner-centered programs that reflect the university’s strategic goals.
Curriculum Mapping 1: Foundations – Building Cohesive Pathways for Student Success
Tuesday, Nov. 17
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
In-person | North Campus (details to be confirmed via email)
Facilitator/s:
- Christopher Laursen Senior Consultant, Curriculum Innovation - CTL
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Does your degree program offer a seamless progression, or are students encountering hidden learning gaps and unexpected course overlaps? Curriculum mapping provides a clear visual lens to ensure individual courses connect meaningfully across a full credential.
In this practical workshop, you will explore flexible mapping frameworks tailored to your field’s unique structure. You will learn how to audit core pathways, identify key learning benchmarks, and gather actionable tools to lead constructive mapping conversations with your department’s faculty and instructors.
What to Bring: Existing course lists, program learning outcomes, or current curriculum maps from your department.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Select mapping frameworks and scales (for example, Intro/Develop/Advanced models or inquiry-based scales) that best reflect your discipline’s teaching structure.
- Analyze how program learning outcomes are scaffolded across courses to ensure balanced, intentional learning progression for students.
- Apply practical, collaborative strategies to lead constructive curriculum mapping discussions with departmental colleagues.
Program Learning Outcomes 2: Refinement – Fine-Tuning Outcomes for Impact and Alignment
Thursday, Nov. 26
11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
In-person | North Campus (details to be confirmed via email)
Facilitator/s:
- Christopher Laursen Senior Consultant, Curriculum Innovation - CTL
See session description / details
Ready to take your draft outcomes from rough concept to final polish? Translating initial ideas into precise, publishable Program Learning Outcomes requires dedicated focus, fresh perspectives, and constructive critique.
This feedback studio offers a collaborative space to refine your draft PLOs alongside CTL specialists and cross-disciplinary peers. Working in structured feedback triads, you will test outcome language for clarity, integrate university strategic priorities such as Indigenous perspectives and GenAI considerations, and ensure your final outcomes meet institutional quality assurance standards.
What to Bring: Draft Program Learning Outcomes.
Note: Attending Program Learning Outcomes 1: Foundations on Oct. 15 is helpful but not required.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Refine draft PLOs through structured peer feedback triads to ensure language is precise, measurable, and tailored to your discipline.
- Integrate institutional strategic priorities such as Indigenous knowledges, student experience, and GenAI considerations directly into core learning goals.
- Align outcomes with quality standards to establish a solid foundation for course mapping and departmental implementation.