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10 ways to boost memory
Try these classroom activities to help your students retain what they learn.
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Arts graduate programs have an opportunity and a need to focus on talent development
Students are not being properly prepared for future careers. This needs to change.
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Leading with care: emotional labour and academic leadership
Academic leaders conduct and oversee considerable emotional labour within Canada’s universities. Care ethics approaches can inform this work.
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The skills of care: navigating emotional labour in academia
Applying care ethics to our academic work.
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Meet Marie-Eve Sylvestre, the new University of Ottawa president who sees a world of possibilities
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How universities and employers can both address Canada’s human skills shortages
The economy needs more human skills. There is opportunity for both universities and employers to take steps to address this.
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Rethinking student transcripts to include skill development
Consider UBC dept. of political science’s rich transcripts project.
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How universities can support student professional development by supporting instructors
Considering York University’s Envision YU initiative model.
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Can technology help advance writing skills instruction?
Universities must plan how and when to use AI for training.
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Why faculty need to talk about microcredentials
There is reason to believe that shorter, competency-based programs will play an important role in the university landscape in the coming years.
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How to get students to read your syllabus
Use the first class of the term to show students how to use the syllabus and create a plan to direct them back to the syllabus over the semester.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 5: finishing touches
In the final stages of syllabus design, don’t forget to include your course policies.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 4: create the schedule
Creating a workable course schedule for you and your students.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 3: from learning outcomes to assignments
How to design assignments that meet your learning outcomes needs while paying attention to student workloads as well as your own.
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Syllabus design boot camp, day 2: course learning materials
How to select course learning materials, including reading lists, that meet your learning outcomes needs while paying attention to student workloads and diversity.
