Funded LITE Grant Projects: Professional Development for Instructors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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