Happy New Year! As we embark on a new year with new challenges and opportunities, I step back and reflect on 2016.
Category: Academic Innovation Newsletter
2016 Canadian Higher Education Year In Review
Academica published their second annual Canadian Higher Education Year in Review. This piece dives into the ten themes that had the biggest impact on Canadian PSE in 2016. Whether it’s indigenization or study abroad, campus conflict or work-integrated learning, this year’s themes offer insight into how higher ed changed in 2016 and where it might […]
Genesis of a Gerontology Credential
In May, 2016, the Teaching and Curriculum Development Centre and Langara College entered into an agreement with the School of Social Work, University of Calgary, to provide a practicum placement in the area of program development. For the past six months, Harpreet Chahal, a Masters of Social Work Student in U of C’s Leadership in […]
Infographics on International Studies, 2016.
The Canadian Bureau for International Education has produced some great infographics that showcase a number of topics including where international students come from and why international students choose Canada. Click on the links below for more information, including the statistics gathered on Canadian students studying abroad. Canadian Studies Abroad, 2016 International Studies in Canada, 2016
Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Practical Points
In a recent Faculty Focus article, Linda B. Nilson discusses strategies to help students develop critical thinking skills. She lists a number of open-ended questions and teaching methods that instructors can use to encourage students to question, analyze and assess course content and their own arguments and ideas. Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Practical Points
Five Ways to Teach Students to Be Learning Centered, Too
As instructors, we put a lot of time and effort into ensuring our courses, lessons and assignments are learning-centred. But what about our students? How much do they think about and take charge of their own learning? Do they even know how? Carl S. Moore offers 5 suggestions on how to “inspire your students to […]
Six Ways to Improve Your Department’s Teaching Climate
As instructors, teaching is our priority. When instructors want to contribute to the “good teaching” climate within a department, we may not know just how to go about it. Maryellen Weimer offers some actions that can advance the teaching and learning agenda. www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/six-ways-improve-departments-teaching-climate/
Report on the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) Conference March 2016
Theme: Transitions: learning across borders, sectors and silos The HEQCO conference explored the education continuum from kindergarten through higher ed and beyond with new insights on teaching and learning, skills for life, and student success. The conference ran for two days in Toronto, and we attended sessions relevant to post-secondary.
