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Anna Corrigal-Flaminio
View full story: Anna Corrigal-FlaminioAnna Corrigal-Flaminio, Associate Professor Course: CR 8103 – Graduate Special Topics Seminar Strategy: Active Learning, Indigenous Pedagogies Anna Corrigal-Flaminio was first drawn…
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Dirk de Waal
View full story: Dirk de WaalDirk de Waal, Assistant Professor Courses: FFC 750, FCD 817, FCD 827, FDL 640 (Fashion) Strategy: Active learning, student collaboration For…
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Learning & Teaching Grant: Children’s Thinking and Learning Pressbook
View full story: Learning & Teaching Grant: Children’s Thinking and Learning PressbookKathleen Peets, Associate Professor Course: CLD 307 – Children’s Thinking and Learning Strategy: Open Educational Resources (OER), inclusive teaching practices When…
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Learning & Teaching Grant: Enactus Sales Competition
View full story: Learning & Teaching Grant: Enactus Sales CompetitionSean Wise, Professor Course: ENT 500 – New Venture Startup Strategy: Experiential Learning Dr. Sean Wise, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the…
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Academic Assistants Awards: Daryll Wilson
View full story: Academic Assistants Awards: Daryll WilsonDaryll Wilson Course ACS401: Introduction to Research and Statistics Program: Psychological Sciences To help the students in his lab feel comfortable,…
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Academic Assistants Awards: Frincess Arbour
View full story: Academic Assistants Awards: Frincess ArbourBefore beginning her position, Frincess took time to study the course outline in order to identify opportunities to enhance her…
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Academic Assistants Awards: Ali A. Nazari
View full story: Academic Assistants Awards: Ali A. NazariAli A. Nazari Course: MEC709: Control Systems Program: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering A dedicated graduate teaching assistant, Ali finds great…
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Kateryna Metersky
View full story: Kateryna MeterskyKateryna Metersky Assistant Professor, Nursing Courses: PPN 201 – Living with Chronic Illness; PPN 202 – Acute and Life-Threatening Illness…
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Learning & Teaching Grant: Supporting Indigenous Midwifery Students
View full story: Learning & Teaching Grant: Supporting Indigenous Midwifery StudentsKarline Wilson-Mitchell, Director Denise Mcleod, Aboriginal Student Coordinator Midwifery Education Program Karline Wilson-Mitchell, director of the Midwifery Education Program (MEP),…
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Learning & Teaching Grant: Freestyle Socials
View full story: Learning & Teaching Grant: Freestyle SocialsBryan Koivisto, Professor Anthony Morgan, Science Educator and PhD Candidate Organic Chemistry Bryan Koivisto, who teaches organic chemistry at Toronto…
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Rachel Dodds
View full story: Rachel DoddsA couple of years ago, Rachel Dodds realized not only were students getting bored of doing the same written, structured…
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Bryan Koivisto
View full story: Bryan KoivistoBryan Koivisto introduced Rye Sci Match in 2014. The non-credit course was created for Science students to explore career paths…
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Kevin Leung
View full story: Kevin LeungKevin Leung mixed peer activities, debriefs, interactive readings and low-stakes testing each week in his class, during and outside class…
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Kiana Basiri
View full story: Kiana BasiriThis method turned out to be so successful that Kiana plans on applying it to in person classes…
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Rai Reece
View full story: Rai ReeceRai Reece is an educator who feels most at home in a physical classroom where she can feed off the…
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Stefan Grambart
View full story: Stefan GrambartIn 2020, Stefan Grambart was juggling two different roles. He was a graduate student in the Digital Media program at…
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Diana Varma
View full story: Diana VarmaDiana Varma knew that Zoom fatigue and an abundance of assigned readings in many courses would tire her students. So…
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Alan Kaplan
View full story: Alan KaplanAlan Kaplan is passionate about offering students an opportunity to practice their presentation skills. When his class moved online, he…
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David Naylor
View full story: David NaylorDavid Naylor didn’t want his students to fall behind in the remote classroom. So, instead of depending on a midterm…
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Steve Gedeon
View full story: Steve GedeonSteve Gedeon spent his summer producing a video series from home for his students, complete with theme music and graphics.…
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Cheryl Thompson
View full story: Cheryl ThompsonIt’s a moment many instructors fear — that moment when a question is posed to a class, and not a…
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Jenn McArthur
View full story: Jenn McArthurThere’s only so much our brains can take in before we need a break or change in focus. In Jenn…
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Janie Goldstein
View full story: Janie GoldsteinJanie Goldstein’s approach to remote learning was to make live classes as engaging and interactive as possible. Each week, she…
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Martin Habekost
View full story: Martin HabekostIn Martin Haberkost’s lecture, every class starts with 10 minutes of music and lively conversation in the Zoom chat. For…
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Michael Raby
View full story: Michael RabyMichael Raby started teaching in the Department of English at TMU during the COVID-19 pandemic. As he prepared to teach…
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Vincent Hui
View full story: Vincent HuiProviding students with the tools they needed to complete architectural assignments from home during the pandemic was a challenge. However,…
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Louis-Etienne Dubois
View full story: Louis-Etienne DuboisAmidst the flurry of frantic redesign and crash courses in using educational technology at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Dana Osborne
View full story: Dana OsborneAt the core of Dana’s introductory Anthropology course is the study of human connection. Teaching in a remote environment forced…
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Janice Rudkowski
View full story: Janice RudkowskiJanice Rudkowski always looked forward to greeting her students in person at the beginning of the semester. With the new…
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Danielle Lamb
View full story: Danielle LambDanielle and her teaching colleague wanted to find a way to ensure all students could receive participation marks, even if…
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Beverlee Buzon
View full story: Beverlee BuzonIn Beverlee Buzon’s fourth-year human genetics class, the students had rarely met each other before stepping into the classroom …
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Michael Dick
View full story: Michael DickMichael and the teaching team recognized that the need for students to have contact with each other and with faculty…
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Hossein Noyan
View full story: Hossein NoyanHossein provided clear expectations in a way that was understandable to every type of student…
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Medhat Shehata
View full story: Medhat ShehataMedhat arranged to record virtual lab sessions at TMU that included missteps and less-than ideal procedures…
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Judith Bernhard
View full story: Judith BernhardJudith made a deliberate effort to check in with the students by conducting the Student Check-in survey provided by the…
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Damien Lee
View full story: Damien LeeIn person, Damien’s classes focused on exchanging ideas through discussion. His challenge when transitioning to remote delivery was how to…
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Andrea Moraes
View full story: Andrea MoraesThere are over 100 students in Introduction to Food Systems. For Andrea Moraes, it is important to include the perspectives…
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Ian Young
View full story: Ian YoungAs part of the Blended Learning Lab, Ian developed two weeks of asynchronous modules using a combination of video tutorials…
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Natalie Alvarez
View full story: Natalie AlvarezAfter some research, she decided to try Specifications Grading, an approach which provides students with a choice.
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Noel George
View full story: Noel GeorgeIt took multiple strategies to make General Chemistry 1 work for 800 first-year students attending classes remotely. First, Noel George…