2011 Staff Research and Service

Certina Ho (Principal Investigator) School of Pharmacy
Olla Wasfi, Mary Power, Brett Morphy, Saurabh Patel, Calvin Poon and Boris Tong (Co-Investigators).

Learning of evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal in undergraduate pharmacy students. Phase 1 – effectiveness of voluntary student-driven journal clubs.

Simmons, N. (Ed.) (2011). Opportunities and new directions: Canadian scholarship of teaching and learning, Volume 2. Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo.

Simmons, N., & Lee, J. (2011). Coop placements, work term reports, and the development of undergraduate research skills: Seeking integration. Opportunities and new directions: Canadian scholarship of teaching and learning. Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo.

Schönwetter, D.J. & Ellis, D.E. (2011). Taking Stock: Contemplating North American graduate student professional development programs and developers. In J. Miller & J. Groccia (Eds.) To Improve the Academy.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Holmes, T. (2011, June 12). [Review of the book The dynamic classroom: Engaging students in higher education, by C. Black and the book Win them over: Dynamic techniques for college adjuncts and new faculty, by P. Linehan]. Educational Developers Caucus Resource. Retrieved from http://edcresourcereview.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-dynamic-classroom-and-win-them.html

Simmons, N. (accepted for publication). Exemplary dissemination: Sowing seed in the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (IJ-SoTL).

Ellis, D.E., Bissonnette, C., Furino, S., Hall, S., Kenyon, T., McCarville, R., Stubley, G. & Woudsma, C. (June 2011). The task force on innovative teaching practices to promote deep learning at the University of Waterloo: Final report. Available online.

Ellis, D.E. (2011, October). Key principles for effective learning in lectures. Invited talk at the 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, ON.

Morton, M. (2011, May). Workshop Facilitator at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Brown, V. and Ellis, D.E. & (2011, October). Starting conversations: Faculty retreats for curriculum design and renewal. Pre-conference workshop presented at the annual Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, Atlanta, GA.

Anthony, K., Pavlov, D., van Draanen, J., and Lithgow, K. (2011, June). Offering community service learning opportunity as an option within a course. Presented at the University of Windsor and University Oakland Fifth Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning – “Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Engaging Students Through Experience!”, Windsor, ON.

Edginton, A., Holbrook, J., Power, M., and Stark, A. (2011, July). Assessing student engagement in a multi-media teaching tool in Pharmacy. Presented at the Western Conference on Science Education, London, ON.

Ellis, D.E. (2011, October). Innovation and academic disciplines: Does one size fit all? Presented at the annual Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, Atlanta, GA.

Ellis, D.E. (2011, February). NIMBY: Students’ responses to learning-centred instruction. Presented at the annual Educational Developers Caucus conference, Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Holbrook, J. (2011, April). What drives students’ preferences for face to face, online or blended courses? Poster presented at the Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.

Holbrook, J., Power, M., and Mohamed, S. (2011, October). A common principle for course delivery, a diversity of interactions: Stories from the trenches. Presented at the Cohere Blended Learning conference, Guelph, ON.

Holmes, T. (2011, June). Repurposing a quiz tool as a journal for critical reflection in a large first year course. Presented at the University of Saskatchewan Teaching and Learning to the Power of Technology conference, Saskatoon, SK.

Jakobsh, D., Lithgow, K., Applebee, S., Boulton, A., Khamisa, Z.,and Spier, D. (2011, April). Eportfolios, reflections and meaning making: learning from reflecting on experience.  Poster presented at the Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON. 

Lithgow, K., Este, E., Pavlov, D., and van Draanen, J. (2011, June). Student voices: Making connections between learning inside the classroom with learning outside the classroom. Presented at the University of Windsor and University of Oakland Fifth Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning – “Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Engaging Students Through Experience!” Windsor, ON.

Mohamed, S., Holbrook, J., Noroozi, R., and Moghaddam, S.S. (2011, April). Blended course design and development - an Engineering teaching team’s experience. Presented at Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.

Morton, M. (2011, April). Leveraging What They're Using: UW's 2011 Student Technology Survey. Presented at Opportunities and New Directions: A Research Conference on Teaching and Learning, Waterloo, ON.

Morton, M. (2011, April). Productivity Tools: Diigo, Toodledo, PhraseExpress, and More. Presented at the 2011 Waterloo Staff Conference, Waterloo, ON.

Morton, M. (2011, April). Panelist on the “Innovators in Action” Series. Sponsored by Social Innovation Generation (SiG@Waterloo), Waterloo, ON.

Murphy, P., and Lithgow, K. (2011, May). Global experience certificate – Recognizing internationalization initiatives/ ePortfolios: Reflection and meaning making. Presented at the Ontario Association for International Educators (OAIE) 2011 conference, Waterloo, ON.

Noël, T., Brown, V., and Schafer, K. (2011, April). Unique challenges of online group work. Presented at the annual Opportunities and New Directions conference, Waterloo, ON.

Simmons, N., Armstrong-Salari, K., Barnard, M., Fennema, W., McGeachy, C., Henrie, K., Stewart, N., & VanderKaay, S. (2011, March). Navigating beyond the classroom walls: Participatory pedagogy as a compass for development. Accepted for presentation at the Navigating your Path conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Simmons, N. (2011, February). Getting out of the way: Does specificity in learning outcomes encourage deep learning, and if not, what’s the alternative? Presented at the annual Educational Developers’ Caucus conference, Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Simmons, N. (2011, February). Exploring the depths: Constructing identity as an educational development leader. Presented at the annual Educational Developers’ Caucus conference, Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Taraban-Gordon, S. (2011, October). Supporting our faculty in navigating the internationalized university. Presented at the annual Professional and Organizational Development Network conference, Atlanta, GA.

Donna Ellis

2011 Chair, Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD Award Committee (Professional and Organizational Development Network)

Trevor Holmes

2011 Past Chair, Council of Educational Developers

Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) staff members served as proposal/manuscript reviewers for:

Educational Developers' Caucus (EDC) Conference, International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD), POD Network Conference, and Studies in Graduate and Professional Student Development.

Trevor Holmes

2011 - Associate Editor, International Journal for Academic Development (IJAD).

Mark Morton

1996 - Present Advisory Editor, Early Modern Literary Studies.