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I’ve written previously about the Policy Analysis Unessay assignment in my Social Welfare in Canada course and how it has morphed and changed over time. This year I…
This year I taught the course Introduction to Family Relationships for the first time. I introduced this assignment, which is one of the first assignments that the students…
This winter I taught SSW 122 Social Welfare in Canada using a Team-Based Learning format. There were four modules and each module included an in-class assignment. The topic…
As part of my spring professional development I read Linda B. Nilson’s book Creating Self-Regulated Learners. The use of the word “self-regulated” intrigued me. In Social Work we…
This past January I took a BC Campus FLO Microcourse with Jason Toal called “Please Share with the Class: Creating Online Gallery and Portfolio Spaces”. The course was…
I found reading this book to be like drifting down a big beautiful mountain river, not unlike the cover image. The vistas are huge! The hillsides are covered…
This winter I have spent a lot of time thinking, writing, and talking about GenAI in post-secondary education. As a faculty developer I designed and co-facilitated a workshop…
I have been reading and thinking about Learning Outcomes, Alignment and Backward Design as I work away on a module for an upcoming course for instructors offered by…
This month I read Maryellen Weimer’s Learner-centered teaching; Five key changes to practice (2013). This book is one of the foundational texts in teaching and learning and came…
Yesterday I met with the Director at the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation and my mentor Liesel Knaack for my mid-year review as a Faculty Developer on…