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Policy Analysis Unessay Exemplars

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…

Illustrated Family Diagram

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…

In-class Assignment: Policy Proposals

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…

Nilson’s “Creating Self-Regulated Learners”

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…

What is SPLOT??

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…

Parker Palmer’s “The Courage to Teach”

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…

GenAI in teaching and learning; it’s not about the AI

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…

Writing effective learning outcomes

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…

Maryellen Weimer’s “Learner-Centered Teaching”

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…

Mid-Year Review

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…