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Reimagining the Three-hour Synchronous Online Class: Welcome to Kym Stewart’s Three-Hour Circuit
Kym’s innovative approach to teaching her course includes having four groups composed of 7-9 students participate in four alternating class components, which are each 25 minutes in length. Students all join the beginning of the class and all come back together at the...
Spotlight on Faculty: Jane Raycraft
By Bettina Boyle, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Spotlight on faculty: Andrea Actis
By Bettina Boyle, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Helping Students Develop Foundational Knowledge
Bloom and Knowledge as Foundational Do you ever feel that the interpretation of Bloom’s taxonomy in the form of a pyramid favours higher order thinking skills like critical thinking or creation of new knowledge over helping students learn and remember facts and...
The Paper Bag Exam – A Celebration of Learning
It’s exam period and the air on campus is intense with last minute studying and test anxiety. Except perhaps for one classroom in Cedar…
Spotlight on Faculty: Fiacre O’Duinn
A conversation with Fiacre O'Duinn on the intersection of arts and sciences, and the library as gateway to possibilities. Did you ever feel you needed a neutral space to just be yourself, to explore possibilities and intersections and to reimagine the future of...
OER with Blake Rowsell
Blake Rowsell Outdoor Recreation Program Convenor and Instructor Schools of Tourism Management & Outdoor Recreation Why OER? The number one complaint that I hear from students is the high cost of text books. I’ve been using OERs for...
Active Learning Online
How can my eLearn course site become part of an active learning experience for my students? As an experienced instructor in the face-to-face classroom, you may be wondering about the value of incorporating online learning into your course(s). Is this just extra work...
Screencasts for Teaching & Learning
Screencasts: What is it, why use it? Screencasts are short narrated video recordings of your computer screen. When thoughtfully planned, edited and aligned with learning objectives, a screencast can be a student-centered and engaging learning experience, and provide a...
SPOTLIGHT ON FACULTY: NADJA NEUBAUER
A CONVERSATION WITH Nadja Neubauer: ON Experiential and Accessible Learning for everyone BY BETTINA BOYLE Experiential Learning with Virtual Reality Nadja comes into my office beaming with energy and excitement! Why? She just taught the first class of the...
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