Pink Time!

Last May 2024 I attended The Grading Conference and heard about a unique and novel assignment called ā€œPink Timeā€. Pink Time is based on the work of Daniel…

State of the – AI – Union

Iā€™m part of a faculty GenAI Exploration group at my institution. To wrap up the semester the facilitator asked us to write a more general post explaining where…

Selfie Videos for Learning and Connecting

One new thing Iā€™ve been working on this year is trying to record more short on- the-go selfie videos. I got this idea from my work on the…

Learning Our Way: Houpsitas Field School

At the end of May I had the privilege of attending a course called Learning Our Way: Houpsitas Field School.Ā Learning Our Way is part of a larger project…

Final Reflection on Team-Based Learning

I want to share this final learning reflection as it does several things. First, it illustrates a lot of what I’m trying to do with Team-Based Learning, which…

Policy Analysis Unessay: Indian Act Sci-Fi Comic

I have been using this Policy Analysis Unessay assignment for a few years now and the work students have submitted has been creative and impressive. But nothing had…

Eyler vs. Ambrose: Epic Rap Battle!

This spring I read How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Norman, Ambrose, DiPietro, Lovett, and Bridges (2023) and How Humans Learn by Joshua Eyler…

One year as a faculty developer: The whole world of mountains

This year from September 2023 to June 2024 Iā€™ve had the chance to leap into the role of a Faculty Developer at my collegeā€™s Centre for Teaching and…

Clamming as PD (Professional Development)

Last month I went clamming in the middle of a work day. I had been wanting do some Indigenous place-based learning as part of my PD and was…

Saying goodbye: End of course sand art activity

This winter I taught a course called Introduction to Group Work Practice. The students were in action all semester designing, participating in, and facilitating groups. The end of…