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Teaching experience in the academic job market
“Evidence of teaching effectiveness” adds to the ever-growing demands on graduate students.
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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.
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Co-designing the curriculum
In the Students as Partners approach, instructors collaborate with students to develop a university course.
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Not all online learners are lonely (and we can’t give up on those who are)
Rather than dismissing the loneliness of online learning as inevitable, we need to work collectively across academia to continually improve student experiences for everyone.
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Collaborating to enhance undergraduate math education
Mathematics and statistics instructors from across Canada have come together to launch a grassroots faculty initiative to improve student learning.
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Why should academics make a podcast?
For me, podcasting is a way to continue the conversation with my students and bring my research to unexpected new audiences.
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How to bring students into the feedback loop
Small steps can make a big difference to engaging students in their own assessment.
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5 steps to help you become a successful teaching professor
Once a hotly debated position in academe, the teaching-only stream is become more commonplace on campus.
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A novel approach to teaching nursing students about opioids
Professors created a graphic novel and simulations to prepare students for treating opioid overdoses.
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The precarious practice of cluster hiring
Clusters are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration, but that comes with its own unique set of challenges.
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Reflections from this year’s 3M National Teaching Fellows
Seven of this year’s cohort recount impromptu situations with their students that led them to reflect deeply on what they do.
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Student vets start rotations in Tsuut’ina and Siksika First Nations
“Typically in vet practice, the routine is to … check the boxes. I realized very quickly that that was not the way to go about it – it was about establishing a relationship first.”
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Major international survey will shine a spotlight on the academic profession
Canadian researchers offered a sneak peek of some of the results at Congress in Vancouver.
