Covidence is a fantactic research tool for individuals and teams conducting literature reviews: from systematic reviews, to streamlined Cochrane reviews, scoping reviews and more. The University of Waterloo Library now has an institutional subscription to Covidence, a web-based software that streamlines...
Guest post by Chelsea Uggenti, Statistics & Actuarial Science (cuggenti@uwaterloo.ca)
Last weekend I attended the CMS Winter Meeting in Toronto. It was my first time attending a CMS meeting and my first in-person conference since the pandemic; both of which did not disappoint! The energy and inspiration that was felt by all attendees – me included – was palpable each day.
I attended the conference specifically for the education sessions. These sessions, and the incredible educators from all over the...
Guest post by Carmen Bruni, Computer Science (cbruni@uwaterloo.ca)
CMS Toronto has come and gone. With every passing conference, I still find myself feeling reinvigorated and inspired to make our university a better place.
I thought I'd take this opportunity to briefly summarize some of the wonderful ideas that were presented at CMS in the session I co-organized with Amenda Chow (York) and Fok-Shuen Leung (UBC) in hopes that you as...
Guest post by Ty Ghaswala, CEMC and Pure Math (tghaswala@uwaterloo.ca)
This past weekend, I attended the CMS Winter meeting in Toronto, attending both research and education sessions. In particular, I attended a session about instructor training. One presentation in particular, by Vanessa Radzimksi from the University of the Fraser Valley, triggered a lot of thoughts about how (if at all)...
Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca)
In this blog post, I will tell you about some exciting work done by our working group at the Aug 7-12 Okanagan BIRS Workshop Teaching First-year University Mathematics Courses: Past, Present, and Future. Together with Lauren DeDieu, Chunlei Ge, Spectrum Han, Asia Matthews, Vilma Mesa, Anton Mosunov and Yas Yamin, I explored what virtues, knowledge, and skills a university mathematics instructor will need in 2030 to...
Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca)
In this blog post, I will tell you about one excellent talk that I’ve attended at the EdCog Conference at McMaster University on July 15 this year. The talk was by Bridgette Hard, and while she presented three case studies of pedagogical research, I will focus on only one of them — the one about technology multitasking in classrooms.
Guest post by Brian Ingalls, Applied Mathematics (bingalls@uwaterloo.ca)
Indigenous Science was in the news last month. The Globe and Mail reported on the Ford government’s decision to remove Indigenous Science content from the elementary school curriculum. This move was criticized by those who view the weaving of Indigenous knowledge systems into mainstream education as key to Canada’s reconciliation efforts (e.g. the ...
Guest blog post by Asma Karovalia, aakarova@uwaterloo.ca
My name is Asma Karovalia and I had the opportunity to be Diana’s co-op student and work with her as an Educational Research Assistant for four months. Diana and I both conducted a scoping review to help answer our research question: “what is known from existing literature about practices for educators to assess students in undergraduate STEM education?” ...
Over the next few months, this blog will feature some guest posts from UW Math faculty members who attended teaching conferences to share what they learned.
I encourage all faculty, regardless of rank, to make use of our Teaching Development Fund for professional development activities. You can find a list of potential conferences with dates, locations, and conference websites here, and apply for funding using this very...
