A 2018 article from Inside Higher Ed summarizes the findings of academic perception of online teaching modalities and technologies. It was recently featured in Tomorrow’s Professor. The key message in the article was that despite growing acceptance, wide-spread use, and perceived efficacy by early adopters much of the academic discipline still distrusts the use of
Technologies for Student Engagement By Melanie Greene At this past weekend’s Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, hosted by the Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Mount Royal University, there was a lot of talk about the use of technology for boosting student engagement and promoting active learning pedagogies. Here is a snippet of technological
Professional Development – Technologies adaptation – Technology literacy – Blog By Mauricio Rivera Quijano The Educause Horizon Report 2019 presents a list of Significant Challenges Impeding Technology Adoption in Higher education. In the report we find that we in Canada can relate to almost the same challenges that all US universities and colleges are facing
This club is the opportunity to explore and discuss about the issues regarding Technology innovations and Pedagogy. Participants are invited to proposed articles or topics and become co-facilitators on this new monthly meeting. SciLIFT will propose this article for the first “Technology & Pedagogy Reading Club” to explore the examples proposed by the article
The Science Education & Learning Innovation Team (SciLIFT) is organizing a monthly get together for faculty and instructional staff to discuss articles on effective teaching and learning practices from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), Higher Education, and Science literature. Please join us for these discussions! There will be one 1 hour session held each month on
We visited the brand new Digital Scholarship Centre at the 2nd floor of the Cameron Library. These facilities have many features and technologies that can be utilized in teaching. Currently faculty, student and staff have free access to several 3D printers, laser cutter, high performance computing, collaborative spaces with technology, seminar rooms with conference connections,
by Anna Rissanen While collecting evidence and reading about high impact practices in teaching and learning in higher education it has become clear to me that there is more than enough information available. How do you know which teaching approaches are going to give you the most return of investment of your precious time
Introduction If you were to ask a classroom of students at a Canadian University why they are working toward a bachelor’s degree, you would hear several responses. “A better job” or “better future” might be common, since a university education is an effective method for social mobility. [1][2][3][4][5]. Other students may say “I am interested
Interview validation of the Physics Lab Inventory of Critical Thinking K. N. Quinn, C. Wieman, and N. G. Holmes Stanford University https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.02424.pdf Recent work in physics undergraduate education examines the benefits of various teaching styles. In order to do this, there must be a measurable effect on student outcomes. Performing well on a course test
Virtual Reality as a Teaching Tool for Moon Phases and Beyond J.H. Madden, A. S. Won, J. P. Schuldt, B. Kim, S. Pandita, Y. Sun, T. J. Stone, and N. G. Holmes Cornell University https://arxiv.org/pdf/1807.11179.pdf Virtual reality (VR) experiences are increasingly being used not only for casual gaming, but also training and rehabilitation, particularly in