Description Ontario’s coal phase-out and its new climate change plan have transformed our province into a leading renewable energy destination in North America. Ontario is also home to a new community-oriented renewable energy approach located in Oxford County. The proposed project will create a signature one-week event titled the International Renewable Energy Academy (IREA). IREA […]
Description This project aims to investigate the challenges of curricular integration of first-year experience programming by building on a successful pilot initiative in which students were invited to complete a variety of modules designed to help them reflect on their academic skills and set goals for successful completion of their first year and beyond. This […]
Description This project plans to increase student success and retention among first-year economics majors through elearning technologies. In 2020-2021, this project will embed the ALEKS Placement, Preparation and Learning (PPL) System – an adaptive online learning environment – in the first-year Mathematics for Economists course, ECON1530. Using ALEKS, students write an initial formative assessment during […]
Description Implementing Generic Skills for Student Success in the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design, co-led by Associate Professor Judith Schwarz (Visual Art & Art History) and Assistant Professor Bridget Cauthery (Dance), supports the development of a blended course focused on improving the generic skills of AMPD’s undergraduate students. PANF 1900 “Skills for Success in […]
Description The AIF project “Medical History and Humanities in Transnational Context” will develop a new, pan-Faculty undergraduate certificate in Medical History and Humanities. Medical History and Humanities (MHH) is a well-established field of scholarship. A range of allied health professions – including nursing, medicine, physiotherapy and dietetics – view MHH as a vehicle through which […]
Description This program is to develop and enhance faculty and students’ capacities to work within the Open Educational Resources model (OER). Students engage in new forms of inverse pedagogies (e.g. hackathons, prototyping workshops and transnational working groups) acquiring a global mindset in civic and social stewardship. By creating OER, students are exposed to inquiry-based learning […]
Description This project is based on an assessment on 967 LA&PS students' generic critical skills (i.e., writing, textual analysis, test writing, time and group management, research giving presentations, and numeracy) conducted in October 2017 (Grayson & Kenedy 2018). In light of the findings the students reported critical skills deficiencies, we propose the development of a […]
Description This project is using a large-format scanner, a sustainable workflow, and immersive learning opportunities for undergraduate students to digitize a selection of printed maps held by the Map Library and Archives and Special Collections at York University. The digitized maps will be catalogued and discoverable online for York students and faculty, and can be […]
Description This pan-university project aims to build on the momentum of two former AIF projects that the co-leads have developed and sustained: “First Year Transition Course Supported by Experiential Learning and eLearning: a 3 pronged approach to enhancing the First Year Experience.” This 3 credit General Education course is made up of experiential seminars in which […]
Description This transition course takes an integrated approach to promoting first-year student success by developing their fundamental skills, academic skills, personal/intrapersonal skills, and team-work/interpersonal skills. The course will contribute to the development of York’s three identified priority areas: First Year Experience, Experiential Learning and eLearning. Project Lead(s) Rosanna Furgiuele Faculty Glendon College Funding Priority Student […]