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Learning-centric programming: strategies to support meaningful engagement
Some practical strategies to design an experience with a clear purpose woven with meaningful engagement.
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Planning for effective, skills-building group projects
Group projects don’t necessarily build teamwork skills. Instructors need to teach and support skill development.
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The benefits of a ‘teaching hospital’ approach to education
How bringing real-world practice to campus helped produce highly sought after grad students with transferable skills.
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Practical strategies to end your courses on a high note
Nine active learning ideas to consider as you end the semester.
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The ebb of Canada’s past
Are regional, class, gender and ethnic history programs shattering Canada’s collective sense of national identity?
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The serious benefits of fun
Two professors have developed a new teaching and learning philosophy that encourages more fun in higher education.
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The hidden curriculum and its impacts on students and educators
We need to reimagine our teaching practices.
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Why you should start using open educational resources in your teaching
These learning materials can be freely shared and usually allow for the ability to adapt them to meet student needs.
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Designing courses that promote academic integrity
Use your concerns about ChatGPT and academic misconduct to redesign your courses to build academic integrity skills.
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ChatGPT? We need to talk about LLMs
Large language models are here to stay, but they also present ethics and equity questions about their design, operationalization, and legacy that universities must consider.
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From ChatGPT bans to task forces, universities are rethinking their approach to academic misconduct
Postsecondary institutions are playing catch up as generative AI and other emerging technologies make their way into student coursework.
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StatCan report reveals impending shifts at highest levels of professoriate
Canada’s professoriate has become more diverse in terms of age, gender and race, but new data suggests those gains aren’t reaching the highest ranks.
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Teaching students how to work with and understand the limits of data
Our students will work in a data-driven world. How can instructors ensure they have the skills they need to work with data responsibly?
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Did COVID kill creativity?
The pandemic became a rare chance for academic creatives to witness the power of imagination and why it matters.
