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Reflection on five years of The Skills Agenda
Faculty innovation is key to advancing student career preparation in the years ahead.
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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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Embracing development, sustainably
Universities are turning to the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals as a blueprint for achieving a better and more prosperous world.
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Leveraging and enhancing your teaching experience in a pandemic
Whether you are an academic-in-waiting or seeking a non-academic career, it is important to reflect on and show off the breadth of your teaching experience.
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Teaching during the pandemic: an open letter to my students
I know you’re stressed, but so am I. We all need to show a little understanding, patience and co-operation.
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SFU’s Semester in Dialogue, the COVID edition
How could we provide an intense, cohort-based experiential learning course online? Don’t even try, some said, but we’re glad we did.
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Re-imagining experiential learning during the pandemic
The goals of what we’re doing haven’t changed, but the how of what we’re doing certainly has.
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Learning management systems are more important than ever
The pandemic has accelerated universities’ reliance on these critical online systems.
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Integrating career skills training into your teaching
Introducing The Skills Agenda.
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Is online learning at a tipping point?
Maybe – but the key question for colleges and universities is not the balance between online and face-to-face teaching, but survival.
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Profs teaching online need to focus on increasing their compassion toward students
What the rapid shift to remote delivery has shown us about the value of compassion.
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What teaching yoga has taught me about being a professor
Whether I am in a studio or lecture hall, in-person or online, what matters most is that I teach clearly and precisely so that students can incorporate the benefits of the class material for themselves.
