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This fall, the Co-Curricular Record (CCR) will celebrate its 10-year anniversary. The CCR provides a database of activities that allows students to search for opportunities beyond the classroom and keep track of their accomplishments. The CCR aims to prioritize the importance of co-curricular involvement at U of T, to recognize, celebrate and make sense of […]

The Bay View Alliance is hosting a community conversation on Flexible Learning: Assessing Where We Are and Thinking Forward to Next Steps. This conversation will be hosted Thursday November 18, 2021 from 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET via Zoom (link below). Flexible Learning is a broad term with differing interpretations depending on institutional context.  In […]

The OVPIUE is pleased to announce that the University of Toronto has recently been accepted as a member of the Bay View Alliance (BVA), a network of Canadian and American research universities working to address the challenges of building a culture that supports more effective teaching and enhanced student learning at institutional, divisional and department levels.  The BVA is guided by three key principles:  Significant […]

The 2021 Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards are now accepting applications until October 3rd.  These awards welcome application from faculty in the categories of outstanding research, employability outcomes, and internationalization. The Reimagine Education Awards are designed to offer universities a chance to shine a light upon their outstanding teaching initiatives.

The University’s current contract with Turnitin ends in 2021, and an RFP was required for any new contract for a plagiarism detection tool (PDT). While that process is ongoing, a revision has been made to the syllabus language required with the use of the University’s PDT. For several years Turnitin has been integrated into Quercus […]

The 2022 Instructional Technology Innovation Fund (ITIF) is now open for applications.  Deadline for applications is November 8, 2022. About ITIF:ITIF has two funding streams.ITIF’s two-tiered system is intended to provide opportunities for technology-mediated teaching and learning projects that explore and implement promising practices at different stages of their development and implementation, and creates a […]

In early 2021, eCampusOntario announced funding to support the Government of Ontario’s Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS). The VLS provided a $50 million investment by the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) intended to drive growth and advancement in virtual learning across the province’s post-secondary institutions both in response to COVID-19 as well as to […]

The Office of the Vice-Provost, Innovation in Undergraduate Education is pleased to announce that the Learning Education & Advancement Fund (LEAF) is now open for the 2021/2022 academic year.  The focus of the LEAF program is to enrich the learning experience of undergraduate students in first-entry Divisions across the University by supporting projects that anticipate, leverage, […]