March 27, 2024 Facilitator Notes for the Academic Team Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest co-authored post from Instructional Designer Amber West, Online Learning Centre, on the benefits and practice of using facilitator notes. Categories Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching
March 27, 2024 Controlled, Semi-Controlled, and Free Practice Reading Time: 3 minutes This post describes how controlled, semi-controlled, and free practice activities can support and develop student knowledge, skills, and confidence throughout your classroom lesson. Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning
March 20, 2024 Engage ALL Students with the Questions You Ask Reading Time: 6 minutes As teachers, we all have one thing in common: we like to ask our students questions. The questions might ask to recall some important information... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Collaboration/Communicating With Students
March 15, 2024 Active Learning with AI Reading Time: 10 minutes Active learning ideas and tips for use using generative AI chatbots like Copilot Categories Active Learning and Engagement/AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Teaching
March 12, 2024 Support Teaching Activities with AI Reading Time: 3 minutes A concise introduction to integrating this technology into our pedagogy by using it to develop lessons, professor-guided active learning, and supportive practice activities. Categories AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Teaching
March 12, 2024 Leveraging your slide deck, Part 2: Engaging students in the classroom Reading Time: 5 minutes A slide deck can be the focus point of a lesson, presenting key information related to the week’s learning outcomes. A slide deck, however, is... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
March 7, 2024 Exploring the Complex Ideas of Teachers and Teaching in South Asian Academic Culture Reading Time: 4 minutes By Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Consultant, Teaching and Learning South Asia has a collectivist society, which is a fascinating tapestry of interconnectedness where individual threads weave... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Communicating With Students/Diversity/Intercultural Awareness/Teaching International Students
March 6, 2024 Rethinking Academic Integrity in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence Reading Time: 4 minutes As professors, our responsibility to uphold academic integrity becomes increasingly complex with the integration of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in the learning environment, prompting a... Categories Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment
March 6, 2024 Describe and Document AI Use Reading Time: 7 minutes 4 ways students can provide transparency and demonstrate academic integrity in their collaboration with generative AI Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Resource Creation
February 26, 2024 An Early Story of Managing AI Use in a Writing Course Reading Time: 4 minutes Three consultants and professors describe how they anticipated and responded to unauthorized AI use in a writing course. Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Resource Creation
