Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series

2013 - 2014 Workshops

Electronic Health Records in Classroom: Effects on Health Informatics Competency Development
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Elizabeth Borycki, Health Information Science
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the impact of providing hands-on exposure to an electronic health record (EHR) upon health informatics student competency development.
Participants: Students in the third year of the School of Health Information Science who were enrolled in the "Electronic Records and Decision Support Systems" course in the third year of their health informatics studies.
Procedure: A quasi-experimental study was undertaken (i.e. a pre-test, post-test design). Students were provided with an opportunity to engage in hands-on work with an EHR as part of the laboratory component of the study. Students completed a demographic and learning styles questionnaire at the beginning of the course. Students were also asked to complete a case study and self-rate their health informatics competencies both before and after hands-on exposure to the EHR in the course.
Authors: E. Borycki, J. Griffith, P. Reid, A. Kushniruk, A. Kuo
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2012 - 2013 Workshops

Learning Without Borders (LWB) Curricular Development Fund ~ Information Session [Curriculum Design Institute (CDI) Follow-up Lens] [CDI Series]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Facilitators: Jim Anglin, Director of International Affairs and Teresa Dawson, Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre
Are you planning to apply for one of the new Learning Without Boarders curriculum development grants funded by the Provost’s office in order to internationalize some aspect of your curriculum? Grant guidelines and application forms can be found at the link below. The goal of these sessions is to support you in the application process. Please join us and we will answer any questions you might have.

The amount available per grant is $7,500. Deadline date for submission of these grant applications is Monday, October 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM.
Please note: The LWB Information Session offered on September 13, 2012 is exactly the same session as this one.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE IS AN IDENTICAL ONE BELOW.
Link to LWB Information and Application Form
CDI Series Information

Learning Without Borders (LWB) Curricular Development Fund ~ Information Session [Curriculum Design Institute (CDI) Follow-up Lens] [CDI Series]
Thursday, September 13, 2012
1:00 PM ~ 2:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Jim Anglin, Director of International Affairs and Teresa Dawson, Director of the Learning and Teaching Centre
Are you planning to apply for one of the new Learning Without Boarders curriculum development grants funded by the Provost’s office in order to internationalize some aspect of your curriculum? Grant guidelines and application forms can be found at the link below. The goal of these sessions is to support you in the application process. Please join us and we will answer any questions you might have.

The amount available per grant is $7,500. Deadline date for submission of these grant applications is Monday, October 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM.
Please note: This LWB Information Session is exactly the same session as the one offered on September 12, 2012.
Link to LWB Information and Application Form
CDI Series Information

Understanding and Accommodating Privacy in the Online Classroom from the Instructor's Perspective
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Lynne Siemens and Catherine Althaus, School of Public Administration
The rapid increase in online education in a university setting has inspired myriad inquiries into its impact on learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and the interpersonal interactions that are central to the classroom experience. While pedagogical and technological scholars have studied many elements of online learning, the relationship between online learning and privacy has received little attention.  In particular, there is little understanding of instructors' understanding and expectations for privacy in this virtual classroom and the ways in which they respond to students' concerns.  This paper will explore these understandings and expectations in the UVic setting within the Human and Social Development faculty with recommendations and lessons for UVic on ways to accommodate privacy while ensuring engagement with course material.

Connecting the Local with the Global: Experiential Learning, Community Based Research, and International Development
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Laura Parisi, Department of Political Science & Department of Women's Studies; and Lynn Thornton, Executive Director of VIDEA
This presentation will discuss the results of a colloborative project between WS 316 (Gender and International Development) and the Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA) on student learning outcomes around the connections between local iniatives and global issues, such as international development. We will discuss a grant writing project that students participated in with VIDEA partner organizations in Africa.

Researching Your Own Teaching and Assessment Practice: An Introduction to Pedagogical Action Research [Guest Speaker Series]
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
1:30 PM ~ 3:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Lin Norton, Emeritus Professor of Pedagogical Research, Liverpool Hope University, England
Lin is a UK National Teaching Fellow and, until her retirement in 2010, was Dean of Learning and Teaching at Liverpool Hope. Lin has been a champion of action research in a university context over many years. Her practical approach is described in her book: Norton, L.S. (2009) Action Research in Teaching and Learning. A Practical Guide to Conducting Pedagogical Research in Universities. Abingdon: Routledge

The fundamental purpose of pedagogical action research is to systematically investigate one's own teaching/learning facilitation practice with the dual aim of modifying practice and contributing to theoretical knowledge. In this interactive presentation and workshop, Lin will offer a candid appraisal of action research including its strengths and weaknesses and how it can relate to SoTL and reflective practice. Participants will be invited to try out a simple action research process and take the first steps in designing a study for themselves.
Guest Speaker Series

Living in a Material World: Learning About Textile Production in Ice Age Europe
Thursday, November 8, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: April Nowell, Department of Anthropology
Professors of archaeology, geology, astronomy and evolutionary biology are united in their desire to help their students connect with an impossibly remote past. The question is: how can we effectively teach about a world that our students can no longer directly observe and experience?  In this presentation, I discuss the development of a hands-on lab that allowed my students to explore Ice Age textile production and dying as a vehicle for addressing issues of larger anthropological and evolutionary significance in a way not possible through traditional instructional means.

Powerful Learning Environments: Switching the Focus from Teaching to Learning [Guest Speaker Series] and [Student Learning Series]
Thursday, November 8, 2012
1:30 PM ~ -3:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Lin Norton, Emeritus professor of pedagogical research, Liverpool Hope University, England
Lin is a UK National Teaching Fellow and, until her retirement in 2010, was Dean of Learning and Teaching at Hope. She describes herself as a ‘practitioner’ researcher’ and has always been interested in applying understandings from both the SoTL literature and her own research to improve the student learning experience.

In this workshop, Lin will introduce the concept of a powerful learning environment (PLE) and consider in a general discussion whether it has value in switching our focus from what we teach to how students learn. Participants will then be invited to try out one of a selection of pedagogical tools designed to put some of the PLE characteristics into practice and report back their reactions.
Guest Speaker Series Information
Student Learning Series Information

A Profile of Students in Calculus I at UVic
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Lorraine Dame and Gary MacGillivray, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Undergraduate first-year calculus is required by most science and engineering programs.  In this presentation, we will use data gathered between 2008 and 2011 to paint a picture of the students in Calculus I (Math 100) by addressing the following questions: What proportion of students are eligible to take Calculus I immediately after high school? What are the high school grades for the population of students who complete Calculus I? How prepared are these students according to our diagnostic test, and how does preparation relate to success? How can we identify students that are at risk of failure?  How do students needing review get it? What are the study habits of students in Calculus I? How often do they engage with departmental supports? What is student achievement in the various Calculus I course components? How satisfied are students with the support offered, and with their own performance?  What can educators do to address these issues?

Teaching Community Partnership and Engagement in Graduate Research Courses
Thursday, January 17, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Dr. Anne Marshall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies & Centre for Youth & Society; and Tricia Roche, Centre for Youth & Society
This presentation summarizes the results of an interdisciplinary study focusing on what knowledge and skills are needed in order to both understand and successfully engage in campus-community research partnerships. In-depth interviews with faculty and community members yielded several key themes that were then incorporated into a graduate student online survey. There was strong support for the importance of acquiring knowledge and skills in community-engaged research (CER) and numerous suggestions regarding how learning in this area could be enhanced.

A Three-Pillar Project: the Graduate Student, the Subject Librarian and the Professor
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 PM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Marie Vautier, Department of French
Funding allowed me to hire a graduate student from the French Department during 2009 to help do research on contemporary articles in MacPherson Library and on-line, particularly on articles on religion and Canadian/Québécois literature and culture. I wanted the student to help put together a bibliography for me, working in conjunction with the subject librarian for French, English and Religious Studies.  This bibliography would serve a new graduate course in French on “Religion and the Quebec Novel” (for January 2010); in English, an undergrad course on Religion and the Quebec/Canadian (English language) novel; and for Religious Studies, a “target course.”   This talk will discuss the challenges the project faced, the pitfalls that could have been avoided, and the happy results of the project.

Integrating L2 (Foreign Language)Typing in the Russian Language Classroom
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Dorotka Lockyer and Julia Rochtchina, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
Technologies such as laptops, iPads and iPhones allow the increasingly ‘technologically-oriented’ beginner and intermediate L2 language student to communicate in and engage with the target language through diverse typing activities, including email correspondence with the instructor or TA and participating in online chat forums. Thus, typing skills on the foreign language keyboard are becoming increasingly more important to teach students in earlier stages of language acquisition. This presentation looks at the preliminary results of integrating L2 typing in SLAV 101 and 201 classes.

Technology-Enabled Early Intervention in a Large First Year Course
Thursday, February 14, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Martin Smith, Department of Psychology
Technologies such as clickers and online quizzes allow instructors to engage and provide feedback regarding student learning much earlier in a term than was previously possible. These technologies also facilitate the early identification of students who are struggling with the course requirements, making it possible to provide timely interventions such as notifications, suggestions, consultation, tutoring and special workshops to such "targeted" students. This presentation looks at the preliminary results of such an "academic intervention" project designed to identify and provide assistance to first year students in PSYC 100 classes.

Designing and Assessing Learning Outcomes
pt. 1: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10:00 AM ~ 11:30 AM, HHB 120
pt. 2: Monday, February 25, 2013, 10:00 AM ~ 11:30 AM, HHB 128
pt. 3: Thursday, February 28, 2015, 10:00 AM ~ 11:30 AM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Joe Parsons, Learning and Teaching Centre
This interactive, three-part workshop introduces principles to guide effective learning outcome design and assessment. Participants will apply these principles by designing learning outcomes for their own courses. The workshop involves three, 80-min sessions (and a wee bit of between-session homework). Each session builds upon the prior session. Overall workshop learning outcomes include: "Expect-to-see" participants will compose a set of six or more useable learning outcomes applicable to their courses; "Like-to-see" participants will apply the principles of learning outcome design to their selection of instructional and assessment strategies.

Can Labs be Used to Augment Undergraduate Psychology Classes?
Thursday, February 28, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Reuven Sussman, Amanda McIntyre & Robert Gifford, Department of Psychology
The usefulness of labs in undergraduate psychology classes was evaluated in a two-year quasi-experimental study. This discussion will focus on the results of our study as they pertain to student learning, social outcomes, TA experience, professors’ evaluations and the overall costs of implementation.

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Thursday, March 7, 2013
1:00 PM ~ 2:00 PM, HHB 128
Presenter: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre
Do you have a question about how your students are learning in your class that you would like the opportunity to investigate? Is there a teaching and learning idea in your discipline that you have always wanted to explore? Come and find out how you can apply for a grant to assist you in achieving your pedagogical goals. We promise that it is a straightforward process!
Please note: The amount available per grant is $7,500 maximum.
Deadline date for email submission of these grant applications is May 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM.
Open to all those interested in applying for Learning and Teaching Grants in 2013.
Link to LTDG Information and Application Form

They Aren't Ready for First Year Math: Attempting to Fix the Problem
Monday, March 11, 2013 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Margaret Wyeth, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
First-year Calculus and Precalculus are high-failure-rate courses. A large part of the problem is that students come in without the requisite knowledge of high-school Algebra. I discuss some attempts to remedy this in Math 102 and Math 120, in particular trying to get students to do the necessary review for themselves. Implications for similar issues in other disciplines and courses will be raised.

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Thursday, April 4, 2013
10:00 AM ~ 11:00 AM, HHB 128
Presenter: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre
Do you have a question about how your students are learning in your class that you would like the opportunity to investigate? Is there a teaching and learning idea in your discipline that you have always wanted to explore? Come and find out how you can apply for a grant to assist you in achieving your pedagogical goals. We promise it is a straightforward process!
Please note: The amount available per grant is $7,500 maximum.
Deadline date for email submission of these grant applications is May 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM.
Open to all those interested in applying for Learning and Teaching Grants in 2013.
Link to LTDG Information and Application Form

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
9:30 AM ~ 10:30 AM, HHB 128
Presenter: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre
Do you have a question about how your students are learning in your class that you would like the opportunity to investigate? Is there a teaching and learning idea in your discipline that you have always wanted to explore? Come and find out how you can apply for a grant to assist you in achieving your pedagogical goals. We promise it is a straightforward process!
Please note: The amount available per grant is $7,500 maximum.
Deadline date for email submission of these grant applications is May 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM.
Open to all those interested in applying for Learning and Teaching Grants in 2013.
Link to LTDG Information and Application Form

2011-2012 Workshops

Teaching Problem Solving in Chemistry [Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series]
Thursday, November 3, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 12:45 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Scott McIndoe, Department of Chemistry
And…
Micro blogging (e.g. Twitter) in the Classroom: What are my Students Saying?
Thursday, November 3, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:45 PM ~ 1:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Mary Sanseverino, Department of Computer Science

Developing Institutional SoTL Leadership Within and Across the Disciplines
Monday, November 14, 2011 [Light lunch provided]
12:00 PM ~ 1:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Harry Hubball, PhD, Senior Advisor, UBC Teaching & Learning, and Academic Director for the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, pro-tem

Computational Quiz Generation
Friday, November 25, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Daniel Hoffman, Department of Computer Science
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The ISW: How Effective is this Workshop at Preparing Participants for Teaching?
Friday, November 25, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Jane Gair, Division of Medical Sciences

Developing a New Signature Pedagogy in Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) Through Peer-Assisted Learning
Thursday, December 1, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Helga Thorson and Charlotte Schallie, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
And…
Are You Aware of the Influence of Peer Dynamics on Student Learning Online?
Thursday, December 1, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Marjorie McIntyre, School of Nursing

Involve Me and I Will Understand
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Frederick Grouzet, Department of Psychology
And…
Beyond the Essay
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: James Nahachewsky, Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Enhancing Learning Activity and Experience in a Final-Year Engineering Design Project Course
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Kin Fun Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
And…
What am I Doing (in First-Year Calculus)?
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Lorraine Dame, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; and Breanna Lawrence, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies

Implementing Tutorials in Physics Courses
Thursday, January 26, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Mark Laidlaw, Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Many “Faces” of Collaboration Across Disciplines
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:30 PM ~ 1:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Sue Whitesides, Department of Computer Science
And…
Investigation of UVic Chinese Program: Implications for Curriculum Design
1:15 PM ~ 2:00 PM, HHB 128 [Brown Bag Lunch]
Facilitator: Jun Tian, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies

Is Scholarship Ever NOT Scholarship? [Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series and Guest Speaker Series Special Presentation]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
12:00 PM ~ 2:00 PM, University Centre A180 (Senate Chambers)
Sponsored by: the Office of the Vice President, Academic and Provost, the Office of the Vice President Research, the Faculty of Law, and the Learning and Teaching Centre
Speaker: Neil Gold, Professor of Law and former Vice-President, International, University of Windsor; former Provost and Vice-President, Academic, University of Windsor; former member of the Faculty of Law, 1975-85, University of Victoria; and Founding Director, Learning and Teaching Centre, University of Victoria

Focusing on Student Success and Diversity: Redesign of the CRW
Monday, February 20, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Kathy Sanford, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Grace Wong Sneddon, Provost's Office, and Mary Sanseverino, Department of Computer Science

Assessing Russian Heritage Learners in the Classroom
Thursday, March 1, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Megan Swift, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
And...
Revolutionizing Risky Conversations: Teaching About Violence and Safety in the Classroom
Thursday, March 1, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Catherine Richardson (Kianewesquao), School of Social Work

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
1:00 PM ~ 2:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Monday, March 26, 2012
11:00 AM ~ 12:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre

Applying for Research Ethics Approval for Instructors Studying Teaching and Learning in their Own Classrooms or Courses
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Facilitators: Dr. Mikael Jansson, Department of Sociology, Centre for Addictions Research BC, Chair of the UVic Human Research Ethics Board.
THIS WORKSHOP WAS CANCELLED

How I Learned to be Really Careful about Assumptions
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Gary MacGillivray, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
And...
The Why, What, and How of Fostering Learner Reflection
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Li-Shih Huang, Department of Linquistics

Mindful Experiential Learning: An Online Approach
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
11:30 AM ~ 12:15 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Dr. Frederick Grouzet, Department of Psychology
And...
Giving up lecture time... are you crazy? Peer-Led Team Learning implemented in a large science class
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:15 PM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Fraser Hof, Department of Chemistry

Learning and Teaching Development Grant (LTDG) ~ Information Session
Monday, April 30, 2012
11:00 AM ~ 12:00 PM, HHB 120
Facilitator: Dr. Marty Wall, Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies, and the Learning and Teaching Centre

Role-play as an Effective Learning Strategy for TA Interpersonal Skill Development
Thursday, May 17, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:00 PM ~ 12:45 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Warwick Dobson, Theatre; Cynthia Korpan, Learning and Teaching Centre; and Anne Cirillo, Theatre
And...
Focusing on Student Success and Diversity: Redesign of the CRW
Thursday, May 17, 2012 [Brown Bag Lunch]
12:45 PM ~ 1:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitators: Kathy Sanford, Curriculum and Instruction; Grace Wong Sneddon, Provost's Office; and Mary Sanseverino, Computer Science

Defining and Assessing Learning Outcomes
Monday, June 18, 2012 and Monday, June 25, 2012
9:30 AM ~ 11:30 AM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Joe Parsons, Acting Assistant Director, Learning and Teaching Centre.