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Grants and awards
Grants
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Investigators: Katherine Lithgow (Principal Applicant), Kyle Scholz (Co-applicant), and Crystal Tse (Co-applicant), Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed Grant,University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Project title: Unifying experiences: Learner and instructor approaches and reactions to ePortfolio usage in higher education
Grant duration: September 2014-August 2015
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Investigators: Jill Tomasson Goodwin (Principal Applicant), Department of Drama and Speech Communication, Katherine Lithgow (Co-applicant), Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed Grant,University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Project title: ePortfolios for Career, Reflection, and Competency Integration
Grant duration: October 2014-March 2016
Awards
- Scholz, K.W. Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Faculty of Arts. Awarded March 24, 2015.
Courses developed or taught
Courses
- Marcie Chaudet. Biology 10: Scientific Communication. University of Waterloo. Fall 2015.
- Trevor Holmes. Women’s Studies 101. University of Waterloo. Fall 2015.
- Tommy Mayberry. FINE 205/6: Transgender Visual Culture. University of Waterloo. Fall 2015.
- Dylon McChesney. PHIL 324: Social and Political Philosophy (Online) and PHIL 384: History of Modern Philosophy (Online). University of Waterloo. Spring 2015.
- Samar Mohamed. Electro-mechanics and Power Processing. Electrical and Computer Engineering. Fall 2015.
- Svitlana Taraban-Gordon. Intercultural Skills. WatPD Program. University of Waterloo. Fall 2015.
- Svitlana Taraban-Gordon, Monika Soczewinski. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (an online course developed jointly with the teaching and learning centres at Queen’s University and Western University). Fall 2015.
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Crystal Tse. Introductory Psychology. Renison University College. Fall 2015.
Publications and Presentations
Peer-reviewed publications
- Ellis, D.E. (2015). What discourages students from engaging with innovative instructional methods: Creating a barrier framework. Innovative Higher Education, 40 (2), 111-125. DOI 10.1007/s10755-014-9304-5
- Holmes, T.M. & Sutherland, K.A., (2015). Deconstructive Misalignment: Archives, Events, and Humanities Approaches in Academic Development. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6 (2), Article 11.
- Kustra, E., Doci, F., Gillard, K., Dishke Hondzel, C., Goff, L., Gabay, D., Meadows, K., Borin, P., Wolf, P., Ellis, D., Eiliat, H., Grose, J., Dawson., D., & Hughes, S. (2015). Teaching culture perception: Documenting and transforming institutional teaching cultures. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 8, 231-244.
- Timmermans, J., &Ellis, D.(2015, Spring). Further explorations of institutional culture. Commentary on “Preaching What We Practice: How Institutional Culture Supports Quality Teaching” by J. Riddell and C. Haigh, Journal of Eastern Townships Studies/Revue d’études des Cantons-de-l’Est, (JETS/RECE), 44, 35-39. Sherbrooke, QC: Eastern Townships Resource Centre.
Invited presentations and workshops
- Barnett, J., Robson, J., Anderson, S., &Brown, V. (2015, June). Waterloo Centre for Taxation in a Global Economy Tax Educator Conference. Toronto, ON.
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Bishop, W., Mohamed, S., Trivett, A., Grove, J., Baleshta, J., Hurst, A., Mantin, B., Rennick, C., Hulls, C., Robinson, M., & Bedi, S. The Engineering Ideas Clinic Experience. CEEA Conference, May 2015.
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Brown, V. (2015, April). Active learning in large classes: Behind the scenes. Presented at Opportunities and New Directions, Waterloo, ON.
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Ellis, D.E., & Holmes, T. (2015, April). Assessing educational development work. Presented at the Educational Developers’ Caucus Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
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Holmes, T. (2015, November). Learning Outcomes Assessment at the Program Level. Webinar for King Saud University Deanship of Skills Development.
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Maki, P., Atkinson, J., Brown, V. & MacFarlane, A. (2015, September 24). Making the culture shift: Faculty engagement in learning outcomes assessment [webinar]. In Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) Webinar Series. https://youtu.be/G4GDldlfw18.
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Munk, D., Ellis, D.E., Jackson, K., Longstreet, C.S. (2015, November 7). Crafting Successful SOTL Grant Proposals: Suggestions from Veteran Writers. Presented at the Professional and Organizational Development Network Conference, San Francisco, CA.
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Popovic, C., & Ellis, D.E. (2015, April). What is institutional change? Presented at the Educational Developers’ Caucus Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
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Power, M.E. (2015, October 26). Introduction to the Flipped Classroom. Beijing Jaiotong University, Beijing, China
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Power, M.E. (2015, October 29). Blended Learning Course Design. Beijing Jaiotong University, Beijing, China
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Power, M.E. (2015, October 30). Principles of Blended Learning and Student Motivation. Beijing Jaiotong University, Beijing, China
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Scholz, K.W. (2015, June). Digital game-based language learning. The past, the present, the future. Invited talk at York University.
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Timmermans, J.A. (2015, September). Facilitator of the week-long Course Design and Teaching Workshop. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Timmermans, J.A. (2015, September). Teaching troublesome and transformational concepts. Osaka, University, Osaka, Japan.
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Timmermans, J.A. (2015, October). Designing learning with threshold concepts. Presented at the University of Windsor, Odette School of Business. Windsor, Ontario.
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Tse, C.T. (2015, November). Women in STEM: A social psychological approach. Invited talk at the Conference on Diversity in Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario.
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Vesely, M.J.(2015, June). Process Facilitator at the ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) Facilitator Spring Institute. Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
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Vesely, M.J. (2015, June). Teaching Squares, ISW and Reflective Practice. Invited talk at the ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) Facilitator Spring Institute. Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
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Vesely, M.J. (2015, December). Facilitator for the Instructional Skills Workshop at University of Manitoba.
Peer-reviewed conference presentations and posters
- Bishop, W., Trivett, A., Grove, J., Hurst, A., Mantin, B., Baleshta, J., Mohamed, S., Hulls, C., Rennick, C., Bristow, M., Robinson, M., Bedi, S., & Rathlin, R. (2015, April). Experiential learning activities: The Engineering Ideas Clinic experience. Presented at the Opportunities and New Directions Conference, Waterloo, ON.
- Brown, V., Brua, C., Godert, A., Hood, L., & Pappas, R. (2015, November). New transitions, planning your path as a faculty developer. Presented at the annual POD Network conference, San Francisco, CA.
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Ellis, D.E., & Brown, V., (2015, November). Looking back to move forward: Collaborative strategies for center assessment. Presented at the annual POD Network conference, San Francisco, CA.
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Ellis, D.E., & Holmes, T. (2015, June). Assessing educational development work. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education conference, Vancouver, BC. (half-day workshop)
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Ellis, D.E., & Stubley, G. (2015, April). Are our strategies for promoting student motivation sufficient? Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Engelhardt, H., Lee, E., Damphouse, K., Fritz, M. & Power, M. (2015, April). Making learning more visible: Reflections on the launch of the Supported Learning Groups (SLG) at UWaterloo. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Direction conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Hoekstra, K., Goll, J., Power, M., & Forsey, S. (2015, April). Replacing listening with learning – The assessment of a “flipped” organic Chemistry course. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Direction conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Hoekstra, K., Goll, J., Power, M., & Forsey, S. (2015, July). We “flipped” but did it work? Presented at The Western Conference on Science Education, London, ON.
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Holbrook, J., Power, M., Dupont, C. & Joordens, S. (2015, April). Enhancing learning through testing. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Kustra, E., Doci, F., Meadows, K., Dawson, D., Wolf, P., Ellis, D., Grose, J., Borin, P., Goff, L., & Hughes, S. (2015, June). Institutional teaching cultures: Tuning our attention to process metrics in an era of assessment and accountability. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education conference, Vancouver, BC.
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Lithgow, K.,Tse, C., & Scholz, K. (2015, July). A Ten Year Journey: Can We Unify Instructor Approaches and Learner Reactions to ePortfolios in Higher Education? Presented at The Association for Authentic Experiential and Evidenced-Based Learning (AAEEBL), Boston, MA, USA.
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Marquis, B.,Holmes, T., Apostolou, K., Centea, D., Cockgroft, R., Karamanis, T., Knorr, K., Maclachlan, J. & Monteiro, S. (June 2015). Creating Interdisciplinary Harmony in Teaching and Learning Research: SoTL Research Fellows and the Intentional Development of Community. STLHE, Vancouver, BC.
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Mohamed, S., Griffet, N., & Bedi, S. (May 2015). Constructing a DC Brushless Motor- an Experiential Engineering Clinic Activity for Mechanical Students. Presented at the CEEA Conference. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Mohamed, S., Hurst, A., Grove, J., Robinson, M., Rennick, C. & Hulls, C. (2015, May). Promoting students engagement through Engineering Ideas Clinic activities. Presented at the Integrated and Engaged Learning Conference (IELC), Wilfrid Laurier University Teaching conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Mohamed, S. & Mansour, F. (2015, May). Constructing a DC brushless motor - an experiential engineering clinic activity. Presented at the Integrated and Engaged Learning Conference (IELC), Wilfrid Laurier University Teaching conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Scholz, K., Tse, C. & Lithgow, K. (2015, April). How much is enough? Communicating expectations in ePortfolio usage.Presented at the Opportunities and New Directions (OND) conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Schulze, M., Scholz, K.W., & Marsh, S. (2015, February). Students‘ second language development on-campus and online. Presented at the 4th Annual Second Language Pedagogies conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Schulze, M., Scholz, K.W., & Marsh, S. (2015, March). Students‘ educational trajectories in language courses on-campus and online. Presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference, Toronto, ON.
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Simmons, N., Amundsen, C., Kenny, N., Marquis, B., Miller Young, J., Poole, G.,Timmermans, J., Verwoord, R., Watson, G., Xin, C., & Yeo, M. (2015, June). Creating SoTL concertos for institutional impact. Workshop conducted at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Vancouver, Canada.
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Timmermans, J., Hoessler, C., & Iqbal, I. (2015, June). Setting our sights: Exploring alternative career routes in educational development. Roundtable presentation at the 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Vancouver, Canada.
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Tomasson Goodwin, J. & Lithgow, K. (2015, April). I learned all that and it wasn't even on the exam: Making learning processes visible to ourselves for our students. Presented at the Opportunities and New Directions (OND) conference, Waterloo, ON.
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Vesely, M.J. (2015, December). Teaching Squares: Building Community One Square at a Time. Presented at the Research on Teaching & Learning Conference: Cultivating Communities hosted by the McMaster Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Hamilton, ON
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Witt, J., Bissonnette, C., & Power, M. (2015, July). Student feedback from beginning to end: A new course evaluation model. Presented at The Western Conference on Science Education, London, ON.
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Wuetherick, B., Ellis, D.E., Mighty, J., Miller-Young, J., Wolf, P. (2015, May). Change in higher education teaching and learning. Presented at the annual Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education conference, Ottawa, ON.
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Yoshida, E., Cook, K., & Scholz, K.W. (2015, April). Enhancing deep learning. The benefits of reflection through collaborative work. Presented at the Opportunities and New Directions (OND) conference, Waterloo, ON.
Professional service
Committee membership
- Chair, Awards committee, POD Network (includes serving as a member of all three awards subcommittees)
- Member, International Outreach subcommittee, POD Network
- Member, Governance Committee, POD Network
- Core Committee Member for Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network (2013-2016)
- Reviewer for Professional and Organizational Development Network conference
Jane Holbrook
- Member, LEO (Learning Environment Operations Committee)
- Member, LEO (Learning Environment Operations Committee)
- WatCACE Associate (Waterloo Centre for Advancement of Co-operative Education)
- Member, Engineering IDEAS Clinic Committee, Team Work and Assessments IDEAS Clinic subcommittee
- Member, WCDE "Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering"
- Member, Graduate Professional Skills working group
- Member, EDC (Educational Developers’ Caucus) program accreditation work group
Julie Timmermans
- Program co-chair, Sixth Biennial International Threshold Concepts Conference, Dalhousie University, 2016
- Member, ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) Facilitator Spring Institute Planning Committee (Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia)
- Member, Orientation and Training Community of Practice (University of Waterloo)
- Member, ISW Task Group for International Certificates / Equivalencies (ISW Network)
Editorial, reviewing, and consulting contributions
- Proposal Reviewer, Professional and Organizational Development Network annual conference
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Editorial Review Board, Innovative Higher Education
- Reviewer for Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement Grants, University of Waterloo
- Proposal Reviewer, Professional and Organizational Development Network annual conference
Jane Holbrook
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Reviewer for Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Journal
- Reviewer for FEMS Microbiology Letters Journal
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, STLHE Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, CEEA Conference
- Reviewer, Advances in Physiology Education
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Proposal reviewer, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, Western Conference on Science Education
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
- Reviewer for CALICO Journal
- Reviewer for Computers in Human Behavior
- Reviewer, Journal of International Students
Julie Timmermans
- Reviewer for Teaching and Learning Inquiry (TLI) journal
- EDC Resource Review Coordinator
- Proposal Reviewer, Windsor-Oakland Teaching and Learning Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, McMaster University Research on Teaching and Learning Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, STLHE Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, STLHE Conference
- Proposal Reviewer, Opportunities and New Directions Conference
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