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13 September

BLOG: Authenticity and Psychological Safety: Building and Encouraging Talent Among Underrepresented Students in STEM

By Daphne E. Pedersen, Alena Kubátová, and Rebecca Simmons Despite the attention to increasing DEI in STEM fields, there has been little change in the number of degrees awarded to members of underrepresented groups (e.g., women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals). …

15 August

The Importance of Ending Well: Leveraging Participatory Co-Design in a Virtual Last Class Workshop

By Erin B. Styles, University of Toronto (erin.styles@utoronto.ca) and Elizabeth J. Polvi, University of Calgary (elizabeth.polvi@ucalgary.ca) Recognizing that the last session of class at the end of the term is often not very materially productive, we have searched for a …

08 August

Blog: Metacognition in Teaching: Using A “Rapid Responses to Learning” Process to Reflect on and Improve Pedagogy

By Susan Cox, Kate Jongbloed, and Charlyn Black Have you ever finished teaching a class and wondered what students “took away” in terms of their learning? And whether your pedagogic approach was effective?  These questions were the stimulus for our …

27 July

OVERDUE; WHY HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS FLEXIBLE DEADLINES – A Conversation

By Melissa Hills, MacEwan University, Melissa.Hills@MacEwan.ca and Kim Peacock, NorQuest College, Kim.Peacock@NorQuest.ca We define flexible deadline policies as those that allow all students in a course some degree of freedom over when they submit an assignment, without consequences that could …

06 July

2022 Emerging Scholars Fund

The Emerging Scholars Fund invites currently registered post-secondary students to apply for a conference fee waiver to attend the ISSOTL conference. Successful applicants will share in the ISSOTL discourse by actively participating in the conference activities. This includes attending the …