Recently Funded Projects
Congratulations to these LITE Seed Grant recipients! These projects began in September 2019.
- Building Capacity to Teach Collaborative Skills at the University of Waterloo, Kathryn Plaisance, Knowledge Integration; Scott Anderson, Centre for Teaching Excellence
- Building Global Learning Communities: Developing a Tool Kit for International Course Alignment, Elena Neiterman, School of Public Health and Health Systems; Karla Boluk, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Raushan Alibekova, Nazarbayev University
- Contemplative Pedagogy for Student Well-Being: Building a Community of Practice at the University of Waterloo, Christopher Bennett, Political Science; Christopher Taylor, History; Caitlin Scott, George Brown College; Allison Elgie, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
- Decolonizing Health Studies: A Workshop Aimed at Promoting Cultural Safety and Mitigating Bias Among UW Faculty, Colleen McMillan, School of Social Work; Elaine Lillie, School of Pharmacy; Jenna Bright, School of Optometry and Vision Science; Lisa Christian, School of Optometry and Vision Science; Alice Schmidt Hanbidge, School of Social Work; Rhona Hanning, School of Public Health and Health Systems; Rosemary Killeen, School of Pharmacy; Ken Manson, School of Pharmacy; Andre Stanberry, School of Optometry and Vision Science; Sandra Juutilainen, Ryerson University
- The Sommer Fonds: A Transcultural Experiential Learning Component, Grit Liebscher, Germanic & Slavic Studies; Jessica Blackwell, Dana Porter Library
- Urban Design Days: Promoting Interdisciplinary Design and Communication Through Experiential Learning, Nadine Ibrahim, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Rania Al-Hammoud, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Jeffrey Casello, School of Planning
Impact of LITE Grants
We interviewed two LITE Grant recipients to learn about the impact of their projects on their teaching. Click on the links below to learn more:
Current & Completed Projects
Below, we have organized both current and completed projects by topic. Click on a topic to find related projects.
Intercultural/language learning
Professional development for instructors
Assessment
- Assessing Lifelong Learning in Work-Integrated Learning Reflections and Student Self-Assessments, Judene Pretti, Bob Sproule, and David Drewery
- Assessing Student Problem-Solving Skills: A Comprehensive Study of Engineering Design Days, Ada Hurst, Chris Rennick, Carol Hulls, Sanjeev Bedi, and Samar Mohamed
- Assessment of Quality and Impact of Student Peer Review in Progress Update Meetings in Management Engineering capstone design courses, Ada Hurst and Oscar Nespoli
- Automated Assessment and Feedback of Computer Programming Assignments, William Bishop and George Freeman
- Better Learning through Testing, Dan Smilek and Colin MacLeod
- Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Summative Clinical Competency Examination for the Doctor of Optometry Program, Patricia Hrynchak, Stan Woo, Jenna Bright, and Andre Stanberry
- Evaluating a Standard Assessment Tool Collaboratively Developed Amongst Ontario’s Pharmacy Training Programs Andrew Tolmie, Henry Halapy, Annie Lee, and Diana Spizzirri
- Flexible Assessment and Metacognition in an Entry-Level Statistics Course, Michael Wallace and Henry So
- Life Stories of Older Adults: Learning Aging through Research and Reflection, Elena Neiterman and Christine Sheppard
- Not all rubrics are created equal: Impacts of student-centered rubrics on students’ deep learning, Gregory Andres, Chao Yang, and Emiko Yoshida
- Optimizing Student Engagement: Developing a Suite of Tools to Monitor Engagement During University Lectures, Daniel Smilek, and Jeffrey Wammes [Full Grant]
- Supported Learning Groups: Deepening Student Learning and Improving Academic Success, Katie Damphouse, Mary Lynn Benninger, Joseph De Juan, Heidi Engelhardt, Mary Power, and Melissa McNown-Smith
Blended learning
- A Flipped Classroom Model in Large Engineering Classes, Rania Al-Hammoud
- Blended Learning: Development and Evaluation of E-modules to Enhance Undergraduate Learning in Biomechanics, Andrew Laing, Justin Yates, Christine Zaza, and Kelly Anthony
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Learner-content interaction as a key to the effectiveness of a blended-learning model incorporating open access online modules Eline Boghaert, Jason Grove, Marios Ioannidis, Felicia Pantazi, and Mary Power
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Measuring the value of including experiential opportunities as part of a blended learning continuing professional development program for prospective providers of anticoagulation services, Jeff Nagge, Sherilyn Houle, Rosemary Killeen, Cynthia L. Richard, and Marie Lippens
- Online Peer Review in the Composition Classroom: A Means to Help Bridge the Gender Gap in Math, Sara Humphreys
- Promoting professionalism among healthcare students using a multi-disciplinary, inter-institutional, blended learning model Elaine Lillie and Margo Mountjoy
Case-based learning
- Assessing Interactive E-Learning Techniques for Teaching Forecasting, Yulia Gel, Jeanette O'Hara-Hines, Vyacheslav Lyubchich
- Building Capacity for Case-Based Learning at uWaterloo, Scott Anderson, Chad Gooyers, Diana De Carvalho, Jack Callaghan, Kelly Anthony, Jennifer Lynes, Patricia Hrynchak, James Barnett, Nancy Vanden Bosch, and Greg Berberich [Full Grant]
- Case Studies in Social Marketing, Jennifer Lynes
- Experiential Learning via Longitudinal Design Cases in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum, Marios Ioannidis, William A. Anderson, Ariel Chan, Jason Grove, Christine Moresoli
- Teaching negotiation: Developing a Canadian negotiation simulation teaching case, Jason Thistlethwaite, Michael Wood, and Angela Carter
- Using Interactive Activities and a Case Study to Promote Deeper Learning in Statistics, Diana Skrzydlo and Nam-Hwui Kim
Curriculum
- An Indigegogical Framework for Curriculum Development, Lori Campbell, Shatitsirótha’ Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre
- Consciously and Pedagogically Aligning a Tourism Program: Employing models of experiential education and integrated curriculum to increase faculty and student engagement, Karla Boluk, Corey Johnson, Bryan Grimwood, and Heather Mair [Full Grant]
- Disrupting Traditional Pedagogy: Integrating Curriculum, Karla Boluk and Corey Johnson
- Identifying and Decoding Bottlenecks in Tax, Jim Barnett and Julie Timmermans
Experiential learning
- A Comparison of Traditional and Experiential Approaches to First-Year Geomatics Instruction, Peter Johnson, Peter Deadman, and Richard Kelly [Full Grant]
- A Simulated Environment for Real Learning: Redesigning a Problematic Business Writing Course, Dorothy Hadfield and Jay Dolmage [Full Grant]
- CivE Days: Enhancing Student Learning by Providing a Failure Risk Free Environment and Experiential Learning Opportunities, Rania Al-Hammoud, Scott Walbridge, Stephen Phillips and Kayleanna Giesinger
- Community Service Learning: Testing the Indirect Effects on an Undergraduate Social Determinants of Health Class, Kelly Anthony, Jenna Van Draanen, Thivaher Paramsothy, and Katherine Lithgow
- Co-op Student Performance Evaluation Data as External Stakeholder Information for Engineering Graduate Attribute and Program Improvement Accreditation Christine Moresoli and Derek Wright
- Creating immersive assignments for deeper learning around diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice in leisure, Corey Johnson and Luc Cousineau
- Development and Assessment of Project-Based Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Mingqian (John) Zhang, Cheryl Newton, Jason Grove, Mark Pritzker, and Marios Ioannidis
- Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Nanotechnology Engineering Curriculum Via Case-Based Teaching and Experiential Learning Activities on Laser Pointer Device Fabrication Ariel Chan, Hany Aziz, Shirley Tang, Dayan Ban, Jenn Coggan, and Christine Moresoli
- Interdisciplinary Critical Experiential Education: Experiential and Transformative Learning through Cross Cultural Approaches to Environmental Knowledge, Dan McCarthy, Kaitlin Kish, Steve Quilley
- Needs Identification for Engineering Capstone Design Projects, Derek Wright, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Chris Rennick, Engineering Ideas Clinic; Ada Hurst, Management Sciences
- Platform for Experiential Learning of Game Theory, Joel Blit
- Strengthening Student Knowledge Through Instructional Videos of Hands-on Activities, Wayne Brodland, Rania Al-Hammoud, and Kayleanna Giesinger [Full Grant]
Innovative teaching practices
- A Data-Driven and Interactive Approach to Enhancing Student Learning about Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Knowledge Production, John McLevey
- Assessing the Learning That Occurs With Arts-Based Pedagogy: Learning About Social Justice, Trish Van Katwyk, Amir Al-Azraki, and Soheila Kolahdouz Asfahani
- Breaking Down Barriers: A Student-Led Conference in Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Kathryn S. Plaisance, Georgia Lamarre, Akanksha Madan, and Shane Morganstein
- Changing Bodies, Changing Minds: Utilizing Speculative Fiction to Teach Intersectional and Postcolonial Theories, Victoria Lamont and Meghan Riley
- Evaluating Comics as Pedagogical Tools in an Undergraduate Mathematics Course, Dan Wolczuk, Amanda Garcia, Joslin Goh, and Giuseppe Sellaroli
- Gamifying history: Designing and implementing a game-based learning course design framework, Kyle Scholz and Jolanta Komornicka
- Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Innovative Teaching in Applied Health Sciences, Kelly Anthony, Andrew Laing, Lora Giangregorio, Bryan Grimwood, Luke Potwarka, and Diane Williams
- Promoting Meaningful Learning in Computer Science Courses by Leveraging Concreteness Fading, Edith Law and Sangho Suh
- Students' Experiences of Learning Using a Problem-Based Instructional Approach, Margaret Insley and Barb Bloemhof
- Teaching and Learning with Controversial Issues in Diverse Postsecondary Classrooms, Christina Parker
- WATiMake as a Third Space: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Jen Rathlin, Eugene Li, and Islai Rathlin
Intercultural/language learning
- Developing communication and transcultural skills: Steps to enhance first-year language learning and graduate teacher training at UW, Emma Betz and Sara Ghaffarian
- Enhancing cultural awareness skills to provide best practices for Environment and Business course instructors and support staff, Joanne Adair and Jennifer Lynes
- Enhancing Student Self-Assessment through a Dedicated Writing Centre, Rocky Penate, Cynthia Tremblay, Élise Lepage, and Loula Abd-Elrazak
- Enhancing Writing and Communications Skills for Earth Sciences Students, Brewster Conant Jr., Judi Jewinski, and Julia Williams
- Facilitating Cultural Integration and Reflective Learning Through Intercultural Collaboration, Emiko Yoshida, Keely Cook, and Elizabeth Stankiewicz
- Fostering Translingual and Transcultural Competence in an Intermediate German Course, Barbara Schmenk
- Geroline-Students' learning trajectories in language courses on campus and online, Mathias Schulze, Kyle Scholz, and Sara Marsh
- Intercultural Encounters, Grit Liebscher, Emma Betz, Michael Boehringer, and Christine Kampen Robinson
- Online language learning to foster transcultural understanding through an overseas collaboration, Grit Liebscher, Melanie Misanchuk, and Ruediger Mueller
- Open online interactive workbook for intermediate students of French as a second language (FSL), Cynthia Tremblay, Loula Abd-elzarak, Nicolas Hebbinckuys, Mikalai Kliashchuk, Rocky Penate, and Kanstantsin Tsedryk [Full Grant]
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Second Language Pronunciation Learning at a University Level, Svetlana Kaminskaïa and Dominque Louër
- Transcultural encounters across programs: The impact of study abroad on students' transcultural learning, on the development of language and identity, and on the curriculum, Emma Betz and Michael Boehringer [Full Grant]
Learning technologies
- Does introducing more user-friendly software produce more integrated learning in climate modelling? Chris Fletcher
- Enhancing Learning through Game-Based Techniques, Edith Law, Hadi Hosseini, Maxwell Hartt, Clarence Woudsma
- ePortfolios for Career, Reflection, and Competency Integration, Jill Tomasson Goodwin and Katherine Lithgow
- Facilitating the learning of need finding and problem formulation during cooperative work terms through remote, virtual, clinical instruction, Oscar Nespoli and Ada Hurst
- Integrating 3D Digital Multimedia into Anatomical Education, Anton Trinh, Caryl Russell, and Robert Burns, Kinesiology
- Mapping Treaties: An interactive visual tool for teaching Aboriginal treaty and Indian reserve histories for universities and First Nations communities, Susan Roy, Meaghan Fowler, and Paisley Cozzarin
- SHIFT: A Transformation of UW's Printmaking Facilities - Ecology and Instruction, Tara Cooper, Rachel Brown, and Laura Arendoque
- Statistics Video Contest, Steve Brown, Don McLeish, Jock MacKay, and Paul Kates
- Student Podcasting as Project-Based Learning in Science Communication, David Janzen
- The Military Project: Mapping Canada’s World War Experience, Geoffrey Hayes, Heather Moran, and Eva Dodsworth
- Unifying Experiences: Learner and instructor approaches and reactions to ePortfolio usage in higher education, Katherine Lithgow, Kyle Scholz, and Crystal Tse
- #URWhatUTweat: Exploring the use of social media as a tool to engage students in a public health course, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Karla Boluk, and Elena Neiterman
- Using CBPR to Examine Technology-Related Distractions in the AHS Classroom, Elena Neiterman and Christine Zaza
Online learning
- 21st-Century German Studies -A Collaborative Open Online Coursespace, James Skidmore and Christina Kraenzle
- Improving Students' Deep Learning through Interpolated Testing and Distributed Practice in Waterloo's Online Learning Environment, Evan Risko, Jonathan Fugelsang, Jennifer A. Stolz, and Nathaniel Barr
- Information Literacy Skills on the Go: Mobile Learning Innovation, Alice Schmidt Hanbidge, Tony Tin, and Nicole Sanderson
- Online Forums Shape Learning Experience, Rania Al-Hammoud and Carmen Che
- Tackling Weight Bias in the Classroom: Developing Capacity for Weight-sensitive Instruction among Educators and Learners at the University of Waterloo, Rhona Hanning, Amanda Raffoul, Rachel Acton, Kirsten Lee, Katie Burns, and Katelyn Godin
Professional development for instructors
- Communities of Practice: An Innovation in Experiential Education, Nancy M. Waite and Katie Cook [Full Grant]
- Digital and Multimedia Resources for Teaching Scientific and Technological Literacy in PHIL 271 Quantum Mechanics for Everyone, Doreen Fraser
- Enabling Creativity Through Practice, Geoff Malleck
- Evaluation of the impact of a peer review process on teaching practice and perception at the School of Pharmacy, Cynthia Richard, Elaine Lillie, Thomas McFarlane, and Mary Power
- Improving Students’ Deep Learning of History through Collaborative Role-Immersion, Troy Osborne
- Process Facilitation Community of Practice, Sean Geobey
Skills development
- Bridging the 'Articulation of Skills' Gap through 'WatCV: Career and Competency ePortfolios', Jill Tomasson Goodwin et al. [Full Grant]
- Capitalizing on Cultural Diversity: Enhancing Group Learning Experiences and Reducing Conflicts by Fostering a Malleable Mindset, Richard Eibach, Alex Huynh, and Franki Kung
- Closing the Collaborative Skills Gap: Assessing the Effectiveness of a University-Wide Course Designed to Teach Students How to Collaborate in Diverse Groups, Kathryn Plaisance and Christine Logel
- Development and Assessment of a Series of Teamwork Training Workshops for Undergraduate Engineering Students, Sanjeev Bedi, Rania Al-Hammoud, Jason Grove, Carol Hulls, Ada Hurst, Ken McKay, Chris Rennick, Samar Mohamed, Erin Jobidon, Andrea Prier, Maria Barichello, Kirsty Budd, Derek Wright, and Eugene Li [Full Grant]
- Enhancing Teamwork Effectiveness in Coursework through Training, John Michela, Vivian Wing-Sheung Chan, Kevin Leung, and Jayna Mitchell
- Enhancing Written Communication in Social Work, Alice Schmidt Hanbidge and Judi Jewinski [Full Grant]
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dissertation Boot Camp Delivery Models, Clare Bermingham and Nadine Fladd
- Exploring the Impact of a Mindfulness Meditation Intervention on First Year Students’ Writing Self-Efficacy, Apprehension, Anxiety, and Performance, Wade Wilson and Nicole Westlund Stewart
- Identifying Training Needs and Approaches for Student Team Effectiveness in On-campus and Virtual (On-line) Teams, Jay (John) Michela
- Improving student data literacy and engagement in research in the Faculty of Environment, Christopher Fletcher, Geography and Environmental Management; Scott Anderson, Centre for Teaching Excellence
- Increasing the Visibility of Skills Development in Graduate Education: The Skills Awareness and Articulation (SKAATR) Module Erica Refling, Christine Kampen Robinson, Meghan Riley, Janet Michaud, Kristin Brown, and Faith-Anne Wagler
- Leveling the Playing Field for Vulnerable Students: A Test of the Effectiveness of Skills Tutorials, Christine Logel
- Longitudinal Effects of Supported Learning Groups in a First Term Biology Course: Did Students Learn How to Learn?, Andrea Prier, Erica McKellar, Heidi Engelhardt, and Mary Power
- Making Groups Work for Large Classes and Assessing Their Impact, Joe Sanderson
- Pop Up Intervention! A 30-Second Treatment Improves Students' Co-op Experiences, Christine Logel [Full Grant]
