Enhancing Student Engagement with Flexible Deadlines By Lesley Zannella Our student demographic is incredibly diverse, and the number of students who were at one time considered “non-traditional” (e.g., those who are mature students, working full-time, or have dependants) is increasing. This changing demographic coupled with an increasing rate of students’ mental health difficulties and other […]
What do we mean by accessibility? By Valérie Florentin and Lianne Fisher In a recent blog post, we discussed inclusivity and tried to show that, currently, students with different needs might not feel fully supported in class. In this post, we will delve into a few true and tried practices that could help your groups. […]
Culture and Community: The Importance of Relationship-Rich Education (Reading for Teaching 2024) There can be something inspiring and affirming about sharing a challenge, question, or experience and hearing “Me too!” from a colleague. The Teaching Commons, in collaboration with York University Libraries, facilitates Reading for Teaching program as an opportunity to facilitate these experiences, with […]
Mastering eClass: Insider Tips by Students for Student Success This 2024 eClass blog post was carefully curated by five Student Consultants at the Teaching Commons. Student Consultants work closely with faculty through partnership to share their experience, and to work towards a shared goal of improving education at York University. They have compiled 10 tips […]
In-Person and Online Modes of Learning and Instruction in Tertiary Education For the longest time tertiary or higher education was synonymous with in-person or face-to-face instruction and learning.[1] Students would assemble in a classroom, laboratory, lecture hall, seminar room, gym, or theatre and receive instruction from the professor or other instructors. Typically, the professor would […]
Redesigning with intention: Graduate student and teaching assistant programming at the Teaching Commons (Blog 5 of 5) This is the fifth in a series of blog posts. Read all blogs in the series! Download a copy of the video transcript (.txt) A visualization of the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Access a larger copy of this […]
Integrating Technology in Education This week's blog features a two-part YouTube video. The conversation is really all about the integration of technology in education - how we might consider emergent technologies with intentionality and work to mitigate our fears when it comes to some of the things we might start seeing come out of the […]
Student Consultants at York University’s Teaching Commons Dear Faculty, It is our pleasure to introduce to you our team of Student Consultants on Learning and Teaching at York University's Teaching Commons. At our core, the Student Consultant team is a dynamic, interdisciplinary collective of students dedicated to offering faculty diverse and authentic student perspectives to […]
Redesigning with intention: Graduate student and teaching assistant programming at the Teaching Commons (Blog 4 of 5) This is the fourth in a series of blog posts. Read all blogs in the series! Download the video transcript in PDF format Download the video transcript in Word Docx. format A visualization of the Certificate in Experiencing […]
Redesigning with intention: Graduate student and teaching assistant programming at the Teaching Commons (Blog 3 of 5) This is the third in a series of blog posts. Read all blogs in the series! Download the video transcript in PDF format Download the video transcript in Word Docx. format A visualization of the certificate in teaching […]