Are you hoping to try something new in your classroom? Check out these three new handout series from the Teaching Commons By Katharina Pabst, Andrew Molas, and Robert Winkler As educators, we are constantly looking for new ways to engage and support our students in the classroom. Just in time for the new semester, the […]
Faculty of Science launches new teaching & learning website By Ashley Nahornick The Faculty of Science at York recently launched a new teaching and learning website designed to provide support for instructors, students, and staff related teaching & learning topics. We have been working on creating this website for over six months behind the scenes. […]
Take-aways from the Reading for Teaching Program By Lisa Endersby and Scott McLaren In this week's post, Lisa Endersby and Scott McLaren reflect on the main take-aways from this semester's Reading for Teaching Program. A collaborative program co-facilitated by the Teaching Commons and York University Libraries, Reading for Teaching is an informal, collegial opportunity to engage […]
Why I started ungrading and how you can, too! By Morgan Anderson In 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to student learning, universities across Canada adopted a “compassionate grading policy.” This meant that students could “choose to be evaluated with a pass or fail rather than letter grades” (Friesen). Here at York, we […]
Meet the TC Team: Interview with Postdoctoral Visitor Dr. Andrew Molas By Katharina Pabst In our second instalment of the "Meet the TC Team" series, we talked to Postdoctoral Visitor Dr. Andrew Molas about the research project he is pursuing at the Teaching Commons and how he first became interested in educational development. Tell us […]
Meet the TC Team: Interview with Educational Developer Dr. Yelin Su By Katharina Pabst As in-person activity at York University continues to pick up, we at the Teaching Commons thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to (re-)introduce our team. Over the next few months, we will release a series of interviews in semi-regular intervals […]
Fifty Shades of Ungrading By Valérie Florentin In November 2021 (blog187), I talked to you about my first experiences with ungrading, a form of self-assessment where each student decides on their own sessional grade. Since then, I’ve been ungrading in 6 courses at 3 universities, mostly at the undergraduate level but also with a class […]
Curious about Open Educational Practices? Learn more with the Libraries’ Infographic, Guide & Mini-Course By Stephanie Quail You may have heard the terms open education (OE) and open educational resources (OER) over the last few years. This global movement has changed the way instructors use educational resources in the classroom. OER are free teaching and […]
Lessons in Course Design to Help with Issues of Academic Integrity By Ashley Nahornick This blog post focuses on classroom strategies that aid with issues of academic integrity. From August 29- September 1, 2022, the Faculty of Science hosted our Second Annual Faculty of Science Academic Integrity Awareness Week. This included a deeply engaging Keynote […]
Student Project Assignments Just Got More Accessible! By Carolyn Steele As a professor teaching in the humanities, I am always looking for engaging forms of assessment beyond essay writing and exams which are traditional in my discipline. I have found course projects to be a terrific way for to amp up the quality of experiential […]