Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning opens at U of C to much fanfare
University of Calgary officials are promising it will change the field of education with a new facility where students can investigate new avenues of learning.
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning opened on Monday, where technology is a focal point.
President Elizabeth Cannon told 660 NEWS, it’s a game-changer.
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”We want to ensure that our faculty have the tools, use technology to have both curriculum and ways of teaching that’s going to reflect how students want to learn, and I think it’s going to demonstrate results,” said Cannon.
The facility was made possible by a $40-million donation by local philanthropist Don Taylor.
Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt is hopeful people like the Taylors will continue to support post-secondary schools in this economic downturn.
”That’s when we need education the most. This is when people are losing their jobs and they’re going back to school to either re-train or enhance their skills so that when the economy picks up, they can re-enter the workforce, start a new job,” said Schmidt.
