Funded LITE Grant Projects: Full Grant

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

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

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

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

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

Creating and assessing teamwork training workshops for engineering students

Creation of a clinical exam for Doctor of Optometry candidates

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

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

Developing and assessing software applications to measure student engagement

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

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

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