Guest post by Marshall Cowie, gcowie@uwaterloo.ca

My name is Marshall Cowie, and I am a third-year student studying Mathematical Physics here at the University of Waterloo. For the past four months I have had the opportunity to work as an Educational Research Assistant with Diana.  I worked on the Enhancing Assessment Practices project, focusing on understanding math assessment practices through collecting data from math course syllabi, as well as researching concerns surrounding generative artificial intelligence (genAI).

Continuing the work of...

This list is taken from the paper of the same name by Nikolas Zelem, Chelsea Uggenti, and Diana Skrzydlo, published in the IASE conference proceedings.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) promotes inclusion of a diverse set of student learning needs and is beneficial for improving student learning outcomes regardless of physical or neurological ability. Yet instructors may ask themselves, “Where do I start?” in terms of implementing UDL strategies in their courses. A list of nine basic changes made by instructors to improve the accessibility...

Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca) 

Recently I went to the conference on Education and Cognition that was held at McMaster University. I got a chance to attend a workshop on Digital Accessibility and...

Guest post by Sean Speziale, Math Undergrad Group (sspeziale@uwaterloo.ca)

As I look upon the sleepy faces of my students, I try to remind myself that it’s 4:15 in the afternoon and week 12 of the term, to reassure myself that it’s not me or calculus that’s boring.  Nevertheless I cannot help to think of what might motivate these students to embrace this opportunity for learning.  It brought me back to July 2022 and the McMaster Conference on Education and Cognition (EdCog).  There I attended a workshop led by Veronica Yan entitled Motivating...