2010 Staff Research and Service

Herteis, E.M., & Simmons, N. (2010). The portfolio process: Green guide no. 10. London, ON: Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Simmons, N. (Ed.) (2010). Opportunities and new directions: Canadian scholarship of teaching and learning. Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo.

Ellis, D.E. & Ortquist-Ahrens, L. (2010). Practical suggestions for programs and activities. In K. Herr Gillespie & D. Reimondo Robertson (Eds.) A guide to faculty development, 2nd ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Simmons, N., Lee, J., Stubley, G., & Opal, A. (2010). Engagement in engineering: An analysis of factors. In N. Simmons (Ed.) Opportunities and new directions: Canadian scholarship of teaching and learning. Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo.

Edginton, A. & Holbrook, J. (2010). A blended learning approach to teaching basic Pharmacokinetics and the significance of face-to-face interaction. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74 (5), 88.  Available online at http://www.ajpe.org/doi/abs/10.5688/aj740588.

Holbrook, J. & Dupont, C. (2010). Making the decision to provide enhanced podcasts to post-secondary science students. Journal of Science Education and Technology, published Online First, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10956-010-9248-1.

Simmons, N. (2010). Canadian educational development websites: More ebb than flow? Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 3.

Simmons, N. (2010). Pathways to the profession of educational development. EDC Review, Winter.

Simmons, N. (2010). 'Learning how to learn': Co-op and research skill development. The Prism, Spring, 3.

Simmons, N. (2010). Database of Canadian educational development centres. Available online at http://www.stlhe.ca/constituencies/educational-developers-caucus/resources/

Ellis, D.E. & Ouellett, M. (2010, November). Beyond words: Using visual models to analyze and communicate. Pre-conference workshop presented at the annual Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, St. Louis, MO.

Gravestock, P., Simmons, N., Greenleaf, E., Meadows, K., Van Melle, E., Fenton, N., Rolheiser, C., & Crealock, M. (2010, June). The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL): The state of the art. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Anderson, S. andLithgow, K., (2010, June). Good practice in mapping the UUDLEs. Presented at the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents (OCAV)/ Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Workshop on Degree Level Expectations – “Implementing the Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Level Expectations: Sharing Successes and Challenges”, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

Anderson, S. and Lithgow, K., (2010, June). Curriculum mapping: Experiences in the Faculty of Environment. Pre-conference Workshop presented at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference – “Creative Teaching and Learning: Exploring. Shaping. Knowing.”, Toronto, ON.

Anderson, S., Power, M. and Mohamed, S., (2010, June). One model for success: Supporting blended learning through faculty liaisons. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Ellis, D.E. (2010, November). Innovation and students: How do they respond? Poster presented at the annual Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, St. Louis, MO.

Ellis, D.E. (2010, June). Student responses to innovation: Feedback on the creative. Poster presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Ellis, D.E.& Schönwetter, D.J. (2010, February). Programming for our future faculty: Teaching what we know. Presented at the annual Educational Developers Caucus conference, Kamloops, BC.

Felten, P. & Ellis, D.E. (2010, June). How should creative teaching be evaluated? Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Toronto, ON.

Herteis, E., & Simmons, N. (2010, June). Student portfolios: Creative and authentic assessments. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Holbrook, J., Power, M. & Edginton, A. (2010, April). Student driven development of a multi-media learning tool. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON. 

Holbrook, J., & Dupont, C. (2010, June). Providing enhanced podcasts – will students make the right decision about attending class? Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Holmes, T., Hamilton, B., Wuetherick, B., Ewert-Bauer, T., and Potter, M.K. (2010, February).Metaphors of nation in the construction of Canadian developer identities. Presented at the annual Educational Developers Caucus conference, Kamloops, BC.

Holmes, T., Basch, C., Barton, L., Blyth, S., Chambers, K., Connerty, A., Cooke, B., Mantha, B., Sloutsky, M. (2010, April). Engaged and motivated: Creative assessments in a large first year interdisciplinary course. Presented at Reaching Potential: Assessment as a Transformative Process conference, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON.

Holmes, T., Manathunga, C., Wuetherick, B., and Hamilton, B. (2010, June). The [im]possibilities of neutrality: Metaphors of nation for academic developer identities. Presented as part of Manathunga et. al. Symposium (op. cit.) at the biennial International Consortium of Educational Developers conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Manathunga, C., Holmes, T., Wuetherick, B., Hamilton, B., Turner, N., Rathbun, G., Green, D. and Little, D. (2010, June). Political geographies of academic development: Neutral, non-neutral, marginal. Symposium at the biennial International Consortium of Educational Development conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Maxwell, A., Morton, M., Maiero, P., Duivesteyn, C. (2010, June). Twitter in the classroom. Thirty-Seventh Annual OBTC Teaching Conference for Management Educators. University of New Mexico, NM.

Meadows, K. N., Bateman, D., Simmons, N., & Pearson, A. (2010, June). Continuing the conversation: The Canadian journal for the scholarship  of teaching and learning. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Morton, M. (2010, December). Students and social networking technologies at uWaterloo. Presented at the annual WatITis conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.

Morton, M., and Taraban-Gordon, S. (2010, April). After the last exam: International students talk about their co-op experiences. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.

Simmons, N. (2010, October). Scholars of teaching and learning: Crafting academic identity. Presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference, Liverpool, UK.

Simmons, N., Ahmad, A., Dawson, T., Gale, R., Poole, G., Randall, N., & Van Melle, E. (2010, October). SoTL across borders: Developing guiding principles. Presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference, Liverpool, UK.

Simmons, N. (2010, June). Imagining possibilities: Self-authorship as a scholar of teaching and learning. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Simmons, N., Armstrong-Salari, K., Barnard, M., Fennema, W., McGeachy, C., Henrie, K., Stewart, N., & VanderKaay, S. (2010, June). Learning without limits: Perspectives on participatory pedagogy. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Simmons, N., & Kompf, M. (2010, May). New adventures with older students: Responding to shifting demographics in higher education. Organized paper session presented at the annual Canadian Society for Studies in Higher Education conference, Montreal, QC.

Simmons, N. (2010, March). Spheres of influence: A renewed model for SoTL initiatives. Accepted for presentation at the annual SoTL Commons conference, Statesboro, GA.

Simmons, N., Cassidy, A., Kustra, E., Macpherson, A., Potter, M., Rodgers, R., Scrimger, A., Wilson, M., & Wolstenholme, J. (2010, February). ED website A, B, C, D: A bridge for cross-cultural dialogue? Presented at the annual Educational Developers’ Caucus conference, Kamloops, BC.

Simmons, N., & Lee, J. (2010, October). Seekingintegration: Co-op work terms and the development of undergraduate research skills. Presented at the annual Council of Undergraduate Research conference, Liverpool, UK.

Simmons, N., & Lee, J. (2010, May). Developing undergraduate research skills through co-op placements. Presented at the Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.

Taraban-Gordon, S., and Patrito Hannon, N. (2010). Introducing graduate students to SoTL: Exploring creative strategies to fill the gaps. Presented at the annual Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference, Toronto, ON.

Taraban-Gordon, S. (2010). What’s working in faculty engagement in internationalization. Presented at the annual Educational Developers Caucus conference, Kamloops, BC.

Nicola Simmons

2009 - Present Editorial Board member, Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

2008 - Present Editorial Board member, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

2005 - Present Editorial Board member, Green Guides, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

CTE staff members served as proposal reviewers for:

Educational Developers' Caucus (EDC) Grants Program, EDC Conference, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, POD Network Conference, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), and the Women's Perspective on Student Development.

CTE staff members reviewed manuscripts for: 

Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Caribbean Teaching Scholar journal, Innovative Higher Education, International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD), and Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT).

Nicola Simmons        

Cheryl Batten, Master's thesis, Brock University. In progress.

Judy Baxter-Foreman, Independent Study, Brock University. In progress.

Michelle Barnard, Independent Study, Brock University. Completed.

Wendy Fennema, Independent Study, Brock University. Completed.

Karen Wright, Master of Education portfolio. Brock University. Completed, second reader.