Archives: Blog

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Blog: Experiential Learning at the Book Arts Lab

By Jody Mason, Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature I wrote this blog following my participation in the Book Arts Lab’s recent virtual event, Learning with Our Hands: Tour the Book Arts Lab. The event was organized by Patti Harper, Head of Research Support Services at MacOdrum Library, and was co-sponsored by... More

Friday, May 27, 2022

Blog: Three Tips for Integrating ASL Interpreters into Your Zoom Meetings

By Katie Hartwick, Educational Technology Assistant, Teaching and Learning Services With Zoom becoming a common tool for courses, webinars and meetings, you might be asking how to make meetings more accessible. Specifically, how can you successfully host a Zoom meeting that will include an ASL interpreter? Here we share our top three tips to... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Blog: Extrapolating Neuropharmacological Ideas to BIPOC Communities with the Students as Partners Program (Faculty Perspective)

Instructor Zachary Patterson (Department of Neuroscience) partnered with third-year student, Nathalie Mensah, through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) last fall to design learning materials that would contextualize neuropharmacological ideas and challenge students’ biases regarding substance use and addiction in BIPOC communities. The... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Blog: Extrapolating Neuropharmacological Ideas to BIPOC Communities with the Students as Partners Program (Student Perspective)

Instructor Zachary Patterson (Department of Neuroscience), partnered with third-year student, Nathalie Mensah, through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) last fall to design learning materials that would contextualize neuropharmacological ideas and challenge students’ biases regarding substance use and addiction in BIPOC communities. The... More

Monday, March 28, 2022

Blog: Adapting a Course for the Summer Term with the Students as Partners Program

This winter, Stefania Maggi, an instructor in the Department of Psychology, joined forces with fourth-year student Jessica Gagliano through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) with the goal of adapting a 12-week Childhood and Youth Studies course to fit the format of a six-week summer term. The following interview shares Jessica’s... More

Thursday, March 10, 2022

TA Blog: Pandemic Persistence, Online Learning and Social Isolation: The Importance of Connecting Students to Extracurricular Activities

By Andrew Crosby, Teaching Assistant for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology The COVID-19 pandemic is painstakingly persistent and has created cycles of disruption for in-person learning on Ontario’s university campuses (and beyond). Now in the fourth wave with a prolific omicron variant, the prior confidence levels of university... More

Friday, January 7, 2022

Blog: The Diary of an Overzealous Instructor

By Lindsay Richardson, Instructor, Department of Psychology & e-Learning Designer, TLS Dear future self, That feeling you’re experiencing – it’s extremely dangerous. You’re sitting there thinking of all the wonderful ways you could measure learning outcomes in your upcoming course: in-class activities, authentic evaluations,... More

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Blog: Behind a Classroom Door – Trust, Compassion and Playfulness

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning Services What takes place in many of our classrooms happens behind closed doors – we don’t often get a chance to see the relationships and connections that instructors make with students. Yet, on occasion we can prop open the door and peek inside… Up until March 2020,... More

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Blog: Students as Partners Program Helps Bridge the Gap in Communication and Media Studies

This summer, Emily Hiltz, an instructor in the School of Journalism and Communication, teamed up with third-year student Roop Bajwa through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) with the goal of bridging the gap between two core courses in Communication and Media Studies. Recognizing the need for more hands-on training using the software SPSS,... More

Friday, June 18, 2021

Blog: Do you know SAMR?

Written by Sarah Langridge, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Services Have you been asking yourself what technologies you could or should use to deliver your online courses? Maybe you’re looking for some guidance  on what to use, and when. Teaching online challenges us to try a lot of new things, but we... More

Friday, June 11, 2021

Blog: Imposter Syndrome? Locating Academic (In)security

Written by Maria Dabboussy (doctoral student, DGES) and Sophie Tamas (Associate Professor, DGES & SICS) Research conducted by Maria, Sophie, and Brittany Amell (doctoral student, SLALS) In the fall of 2019, we began studying imposter syndrome as a public feeling that circulates in and structures experiences of academic spaces and practices at... More

Monday, May 31, 2021

Blog: Reflections on co-teaching a field course online in Brightspace

By Stephan Gruber and Derek Smith, co-instructors, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies ENST3900/GEOG3000 is a third-year field course that normally includes several days off campus, in person, with exciting fieldwork outside and campfires in the evening. In the Winter 2021 term, we co-taught the course for students in our Geography,... More

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