Topic: Teaching and learning

Online education, Participation and enrolment, Performance assessment, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

Blank stares and black screens: The pitfalls of virtual learning and the challenges of post-pandemic education

Ari Gandsman, University of Ottawa

High-quality education requires active participation and engagement. Although the virtual experience implemented in response to the pandemic removed some barriers, it created […]

Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Inside the mental health crisis facing college and university students

Simon Lewsen with photography by Chloë Ellingson

Campuses are offering more wellness programming than ever before, so why are rates of student mental illness on the rise? In the […]

Online education, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning

Online and in-person exams both have problems – that’s now clear. Unis have a window of opportunity to do better

Christopher Charles Deneen, University of South Australia

Shutterstock The pandemic pushed universities to launch or accelerate plans for delivering examinations online. These forced transitions have often been painful, involving […]

Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

Connecting people, ideas, and disciplines at Congress 2022

Laura Salter, Communications Officer, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences

In a few short weeks, scholars from nearly 40 different academic disciplines will gather virtually for the 91st annual Congress of the […]

Academic mentorship, Online education, Teaching and learning

Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

F. Haider Alvi, Athabasca University; Deborah Hurst, Athabasca University; Janice Thomas, Athabasca University, and Martha Cleveland-Innes, Athabasca University

How do we capitalize on COVID-19 initiated change to build better education systems for the future? (Chris Montgomery/Unsplash) One of the many […]

Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission

From Ryerson to Toronto Metropolitan University: What can we learn from the renaming?

Dino Sossi, University of Toronto

With the new name comes a model for other renaming processes in the realm of reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ryerson University […]

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

For a ‘safe return’ to university campuses, listen to students most affected by the pandemic

Jessica Vorstermans, York University, Canada and Azeezah Jafry, York University, Canada

Students don’t want to give up pandemic accommodations that helped make education more accessible. (Pexels/Mart Production) As many universities have moved back […]

Equity and social justice, Online education, Teaching and learning, Technology

Universities after COVID: as lecture theatres reopen, some pandemic teaching methods should live on

Kyungmee Lee, Lancaster University

Rido/Shutterstock COVID-19 restrictions required universities to move their classes online. It was a tremendous – although difficult – learning experience for all […]

Performance assessment, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

Universities need to focus on students—not teach to targets—to help them succeed

Catherine Carroll-Meehan, University of Portsmouth and Harriet Dunbar-Morris, University of Portsmouth

Kate Kultsevych/Shutterstock The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from […]

Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning

Banning large university parties won’t work — students need to be empowered to propose change

Wendy Craig, Queen's University, Ontario and Klodiana Kolomitro, Queen's University, Ontario

When people are in a group they are more likely to engage in aggressive and risky behaviours they may not normally do […]