Funded LITE Grant Projects

Assessing the impact of incorporating a Twitter assignment into a Public Health and Nutrition course

Developing a fully online, open access course space for modern German cultural studies

Developing a problem-solving course for hands on learning in geomatics and assessing its’ efficacy

Using a more interactive and data-driven approach to an introductory knowledge integration course to facilitate deep learning

Implementing and assessing the inclusion of online modules

Implementing a picture book design project in an undergraduate math course

Reworking a high enrollment online business course to improve engagement by incorporating a business simulation

Piloting a community of practice to discuss the different ways active learning is incorporated in a variety of disciplines

Developing a decolonized framework for developing courses based on the Indigenous Seven Laws 

Assessing social implications of discrimination in computing fields, assessing online versus in-person learning

Evaluating the effectiveness of balanced case studies in enhancing students’ competencies in sustainability management

Investigating the benefits of incorporating the MLSQ for first year students

Developing case studies for business forecasting

Developing a rubric for written reflections on the characteristics of lifelong learning (curiosity, initiative, transfer, resilience, and reflection)

Developing a framework for the observation and evaluation of student behaviours during in-class active learning activities.

Assessing the efficacy of engineering “Design Days”

Examining the effect of SLICC models for the public health capstone course

Investigating the impacts of reading with a partner on reading anxiety and text comprehension

Using artistic story books to correct math misconceptions in undergraduate studies

Evaluation of the efficacy of wellness checks in a demanding program like pharmacy

Piloting an undergraduate mental health literacy course and assessing its efficacy in information retention, stigma, and resilience

Pilot a for-credit academic skills course for students who are not enrolled in a Foundation Term

Creating a multi-media arts-based workshop that focuses on social analysis and change

Assessment of Quality and Impact of Student Peer Review in Progress Update Meetings in Management Engineering Capstone Design Courses

Creating an automatic assessment tool for feedback on programming assignments

Assessing the effect of feedback and response durations on learning

This exploratory study investigates potential grading methods for capstone design courses which are oriented toward holistic competencies.

Foregrounding disability-inclusive approaches in spatial design through workshops and the development of a microcredit course

Measuring the impact of online modules for biomechanics course

Creating a student-led conference to discuss the potential and barriers to interdisciplinary problem solving

Increasing the sample size and variation of a past study on career and competency ePortfolio efficacy

Implementing workshops for writing and using case studies for instructors who wish to use them

Creation of a community of practice for collaborative skills as well as well as create a resource set for students and instructors

Examining student and instructor perceptions of Integrated Curriculum Design in collaboration with a Kazakhstan university

Assessing the impact of group work on connectedness as well as study and metacognition skills

Investigating malleable mindsets in overcoming conflict and the effect of culturally valuing independence on student success

Examines the effect on students of participating in an academic course centred around the experiential learning and practice of mindfulness.

Revising the guidelines for faculty of health instructors for remote course delivery following the pandemic

Developing case studies for social marketing

Examining student awareness of identity markers and postcolonial theory

Implementing CivE days where students can completely immerse themselves in a simulated bridge design project

Piloting a campus wide course on collaboration and assessing the efficacy

Reshaping Architecture education by applying participatory action research methodologies to promote empowered learning and student ownership of knowledge

Evaluating the potential of using co-op student performance evaluation data as a source of external stakeholder input for graduation outcomes and improvements

Investigating the characteristics of regional CoPs and their effect on students, preceptors, and clinical coordinators

Assessing the impact of having community service learners in the classroom

Comparing the effectiveness of in-person clinical training to simulated experiences using AI in a virtual anticoagulation clinic to enhance student learning and refine teaching methods

Assessing how GenAI is used by students, instructors, and health-related employees to develop instructional recommendations for better preparing students for the workforce

Developing materials for instructors to use in collaborative group work that supports EDI goals

Using Integrated Curriculum Design to create improved Tourism Development curriculum and give students experience problem solving

Building a foundation for a Community of Practice regarding contemplative pedagogy

Investigating experiential learning opportunities for a course on diversity in leisure

Creating a ‘how-to’ toolkit for instructors integrating SLICC frameworks into their courses

Enhancing student support and the development of adaptive expertise among pharmacy students, examining the role of anxiety and its links to the curriculum

Piloting a workshop to address cultural implicit biases surrounding healthcare and health studies

Design co-teaching strategies and materials for two weeks of both GSJ 3xx and 101

Piloting, developing, and disseminating guidelines for introductory language courses

Piloting, developing, and disseminating guidelines for introductory language courses

Creating comics to support learning in computer science courses

Preventing procrastination in computer science projects via early feedback

Creation of an online learning resource that uses VR for engineering lab courses

Creating and assessing teamwork training workshops for engineering students

Creation and assessment of an Intellectual Property training workshop for 4th year engineering students

Investigating the impact of project-based laboratories on the learning in chemical engineering

Developing and testing an augmented reality app that displays and manipulates molecular structures

Creation of a clinical exam for Doctor of Optometry candidates

Creating a common rubric for oral communication to improve student learning and professional preparation across the Engineering curriculum

Identifying digital and media resources for a new philosophy course about quantum physics, scientific literacy, and technological literacy

Examining student’s experiences and successes in Tourism courses

Creating a new series of geography labs using a menu driven app for climate modelling

Investigating the effectiveness of implementing competency-based assessment and learning in a first-year core course for four engineering programs.

Creating a collaborative case study for 5 students from each department to process and develop problem solving strategies for social issues

Developing a “tool kit” on trauma-informed feminist pedagogy (TIFP).

Creating scaffolding for safe and collaborative learning

Certifying a lecturer in Disciplined Creativity for application in Entrepreneurship courses and Foursight assessments

Improving the Environment and business program instructors’ knowledge base of the 2+2 program offerings

Integrating game-based learning in computer science and assessing efficacy

Studying the effects of second language writing consultations on student self-assessment

Creation of a teamwork training program to demonstrate the value of such teaching

Creating a non-credit course for studying best practices for English Language Competencies, specifically discipline related extracurricular activities

Assessing ways to provide feedback and address core needs of students to improve their writing skills and piloting workshops based on instructor needs

Examining the efficacy of ePortfolio feedback in student’s ability to articulate and retain their learning

Developing a game for students to learn how to identify social, cultural, and ethical implications of their research

Developing and testing a cost-effective haptic knee manikin to enhance hands-on training for kinesiology students

This project seeks to investigate the potential SLICCs hold within the University of Waterloo (UW) context by adapting, piloting and evaluating the framework within three work-integrated learning (WIL) focused courses, and exploring its potential for use in other UW learning contexts.

Assessing the efficacy of the Ontario Pharmacy Patient Care Assessment tool

Efficacy assessment and reach enhancement of the Canadian design workshop, which is a UW conference for engineering design educators and researchers

Research has shown that comics are beneficial to various aspects of student learning; however, there is little scholarship focusing specifically on university mathematics courses. This project aims to narrow this research gap and to introduce the use of an innovative pedagogical tool designed to augment students’ learning experience.

Assessing the impact of sci-fi themed gamification for calculus in the sciences

Assessing the benefits various of dissertation boot camp types have on writing behaviors, confidence, and anxiety

Measuring the impact of an online feedback module set rooted in behavioral science

Assessing how integrating AI-driven Virtual Standardized Patients can improve pharmacy students’ clinical skills, diagnostic proficiency, and communication abilities

Investigating the impact of peer reviewing teaching in the school of pharmacy

Examining the effects of good writing habits on apprehension, self-efficacy, and self-assessment surrounding a writing assignment in an introductory health writing course

Explores the use of virtual reality (VR) in a 4th-year design course, focusing on practical challenges, opportunities, and the impact on student creativity and collaboration

Developing a process plant design case study

Examining the effects of mindfulness practices in a health studies writing course

Explores how engaging experts from outside the university fosters student growth in the applied, creative classroom

Instituting a pairing system for Canadian and international students to facilitate deep learning

Examining the efficacy of virtual clinical instructions on need finding abilities in co-op work terms

Evaluating a newly developed reflective model for Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) to support impactful reflection and lifelong learning among students and advisors

Studying flexible assessment and decision making in an introductory statistics course

Redesigning an intermediate German course to better foster transcultural competence

Development of a podcast discussing geographic principles and current research

Developing and evaluating a virtual communication module to improve optometry students’ communication skills with patients

Enhancing student learning of Professional Planning competencies through work-integrated learning (WIL) by identifying best practices, examining professional competence in ethics, exploring student experiences, and developing recommendations for improvement

Creating a pedagogical approach to online learning that incorporates themes of care and social presence

This project aims to research the design and implementation of a game-based course design framework.

Comparing three German courses across online and on campus

Exploring how graduate supervisors navigate the use of generative AI tools in research and writing, to develop resources and guidelines for both supervisors and students

Enhancing second-year international development students’ applied research skills and career development through targeted grant writing training

Introducing experiential learning into a laser pointer reverse engineering and fabricating learning activity

Redesigning how faculty teaches difficult (bottleneck) concepts in tax courses

Investigating the extent and efficacy of active learning strategies in AHS classrooms

Interviewing and surveying instructors and students about their teamwork skills and attitudes

Conducting a fully online computer science graduate seminar and assessing quality

Creation and assessment of a data literacy online learning platform for environment students

Integration of history-based roleplaying games for student-centric learning in history courses

Investigating the potential for enhancing online learning at UW through Interpolated testing

Examining the efficacy of implementing a 3-hour flood resilience challenge to demonstrate flood challenges to engineering students

Piloting and assessing the SKAATR module for graduate students

Implementing a teaching system based on Indigenous Learning Circle methodology to enhance student learning, critical thinking, and community building in STEM courses

Development of collaborative relationships with Indigenous Knowledge keepers to produce STEM resources acceptable to Indigenous communities

Redesigning Mobile Information Literacy modules for increased learning and student literacy skills

Creation of video and modelling software resources for learning anatomy

Assessing the impact of studying abroad on German and Canadian studies

Examining the effect of experiential learning on critical thinking

Working with Indigenous and Western knowledge relations in building just and sustainable futures.

A two-phase research study with undergraduates enrolled in a Psychology course, taken by students from a variety of faculties, that explores how they encounter GenAI

Investigating the efficacy of blended learning

Designing an approach to separate entrepreneurship skills and success

Examining the learning outcomes of Indigenous teaching lenses on non-indigenous students

Initiating the relationship between UW and the W2B program, which allows incarcerated individuals to take courses alongside university students by funding W2B instructor training and piloting a W2B workshop for raising awareness

Assessing the efficacy of the Student Success Offices’ Skills tutorials on improved grades, answer clarity, and impact variation based on past success or lack thereof

Studying assessment and personal reflection on interviews of older adults

Piloting a film course within the school of environment, resources, and sustainability to investigate the efficacy of using films to teach in online settings

Measuring the impact of weekly group modules on group discussion and study habits

Examining the effects of student learning groups on the success and perceptions surrounding their efficacy

Designing a web framework for group projects in large classes and studying its impact on learning

Creation of a multi-media resource that illustrates the historical mapping and documentation of treaty making in Canada

Investigating the value of practical experience with a Management of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy program

Developing two modules to provide TAs with resources to support both students’ mental health and their own

“Mycroft” aims to enhance the AI-based Virtual Teaching Assistant (VTA) by adding conversational memory and prompts to improve accessibility, engagement, and support for students and staff in the classroom

Creating seminars which promote experiential and place-based learning within otherwise online courses

Instituting and evaluating the effect of giving students flexible assignment options

Intervening on a capstone project design that was going poorly within engineering due to a lack of needs identification

Studying and improving rubric use for deep learning

Using a student-led discussion and voting platform in a first-year engineering course to direct lecture topics

Analyzing the impact of collaborative online course incorporation to abroad studies on deep learning

Investigating the usage on online collaborative work and their role in reducing inequity in STEM

Creation of online learning activities for an application to engage students learning French as a second language

Developing and assessing software applications to measure student engagement

Partnering first- and third-year seminar students to improve the knowledge integration and sense of identity in these students

Studying self-assessment of students in a team based interdisciplinary setting

Developing exercises and a software platform for experiential learning of game theory

Testing the benefit of addressing students’ interview nervousness as physiological adaptation immediately before a co-op interview

Analyze the quantitative and qualitative data related to inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) that were collected from course learners and instructors.

Identifying threshold concepts in organized sport leadership

Examining the use of concreteness fading to improve CS courses

Creating an online module and in-person workshop on healthcare professionalism and attitudes

Using theatre students to simulate therapy sessions for viewing by psychology students, allowing both fields to gain experiential learning opportunities that may otherwise be lacking

Creation of an auto-grading exercise resource for relational algebra

Examining French pronunciation progress to identify aspects that require more attention due to English-French sound system differences

Creation of a Printmaker's handbook for the instruction and stewardship practices for printmaking

Creating an opportunity for project/systems design students and engineering stakeholders to interact

Piloting a competition of undergraduate video creation on statistical topics from introductory statistics courses

Creating demonstration videos of hands-on activities provided in a civil engineering course that students do not get to experience all otherwise

Investigating the impact of giving students choices in the classroom on their learning and engagement

Assessing student podcasting as a form of project-based learning for scientific communication

Exploring how problem-based learning is received by students

Investigating the impact that a tutor’s background (academia or design practice) has on the learning process

Instituting supported learning groups for historically difficult courses

Documenting current climate pedagogy practices and investigating the supports needed by post-secondary instructors to effectively engage students and foster a sense of agency

Creating a “sustainable design toolkit” for engineering capstone design instructors.

Developing an online module on weight bias in education for the faculty of health

Enhancing the effectiveness of Teaching Assistants by developing best practices and guidelines for using Generative AI to generate insightful feedback on student submissions

Examining student engagement and instructors’ methods during social, political, and cultural issue discussion

Creating multi-perspective negotiation simulations for widespread business education

Creating an online aggregative resource for planning/urban design students’ tools and skills

Creation of a digital “deep” map of the Second Battle of Ypres

Introducing an experiential learning component in a German language course to investigate impacts on student skillset

Exploring how urban arts can be used as a teaching method for increased student engagement and decolonized learning

Forming an equity-competency model for usage in Sustainable Food System Education curriculum

Implementing a “social innovation lab” for problem solving local community issues

Examining the impact of studying abroad on identity development and language learning

Examining the empathy-based pedagogy in the faculty of engineering to enact improvements

Assessing the change in perception of both learners and instructors on using ePortfolios throughout a semester

Developing a 2-day design event for interdisciplinary work in urban planning

Assessing the efficacy of personal technology blocking applications and the distractions present in health sciences

Implementing a case study competition, oral exams, and student feedback and reflection

Evaluating how the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Recreation and Leisure Studies (RLS) courses impacts student success and accessibility.

Assessing the impact of creative or “making” activities and platforms as a “Third Space” used for bridging personal and professional identities on minoritized students’ sense of self and sense of belonging.

Continuing the creation of an open-access intro textbook for Canadian politics though students’ submissions

Evaluating evidence-based practices and implementing instructor training to improve student wellbeing, belonging, and equity

Investigating the use of disability disclosure strategies in co-operative education and the subsequent workplace outcomes

Investigating how race is discussed, understood, and assessed in Gender and Social Justice (GSJ) classrooms, with the goal of enhancing anti-racist teaching practices

Using the creation of a “science identity” to address the underrepresentation of certain demographics in STEM