October 10, 2024 Is it time to refresh my rubric? A checklist when your rubric needs a tune-up Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have a rubric that you’ve been seeing a lot of lately? Perhaps there’s one rubric you’ve been using to grade multiple submissions this... Categories Teaching
October 9, 2024 Understanding your Students’ Conceptions of Assessment for a Better Learning Experience Reading Time: 7 minutes Have you ever noticed that some students approach assessments with excitement and curiosity, while others seem overwhelmed with anxiety or disengaged? The way students perceive... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Challenges/Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment
October 8, 2024 Mental Health: The Bigger Picture. Reading Time: 6 minutes The United Nations has declared Oct 10th World Mental Health Day. Throughout the month of October each year, the UN encourages industries and organizations across... Categories Accessible Learning/Communicating With Students/Teaching/Theory and Practice
October 1, 2024 Smart Solutions: Authentic Assessment for GenAI-Era Academic Integrity Reading Time: 4 minutes The rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) in education has brought significant benefits, but it sometimes poses challenges to academic integrity. Traditional assessments are increasingly... Categories Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment
September 26, 2024 STEM, AI, and You Reading Time: 5 minutes Where are you in your journey to bring the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your STEM-related teaching? And how will AI impact your teaching... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Artificial Intelligence/Teaching
September 24, 2024 Beyond Assumptions: Leveraging SoTL Research and Quality Improvement Feedback for Evidence of Student Learning Reading Time: 4 minutes Photo by fauxels Have you ever found yourself wondering if your students are truly understanding and learning what you’re teaching? While assessments can be reliable... Categories Teaching
September 4, 2024 Faculty Ideas for Teaching with the GenAI Toolkit Reading Time: 6 minutes Get some ideas for using the Generative AI Toolkit for Students in active learning ideas, suggested by faculty. Categories AI and Teaching
September 3, 2024 Student Reference Requests Reading Time: 8 minutes Have you ever been approached by a student requesting that you serve as a professional or academic reference for them? If so, you may... Categories Teaching
August 29, 2024 Giving Student Feedback Using an Inquiry Approach Reading Time: 4 minutes Students rely on feedback – whether qualitative, quantitative, or both; from peers, from you, or both – to understand how they performed on an assessment... Categories Assessing Learning/Giving Feedback/Student Focused Assessment
August 27, 2024 Introduction to Planning Courses Reading Time: 3 minutes The Teaching and Learning 5-part learning series on planning and developing courses, developed in collaboration with Curriculum Planning & Operations and the Online Learning Centre, will be offered again in Fall 2024. Categories Lesson and Course Planning