Topic: Teaching and learning
Do university students want more online learning, post-pandemic? Here’s what some chose before COVID-19
Pre-pandemic research about courses offered online and in-person found students took online courses selectively and strategically. (Shutterstock) Across Canada, universities are working […]
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A ‘return to normal’ on campus? 5 ways university students and faculty hope for better
Flexible approaches to teaching and learning will likely feature significantly in our future, as we grapple with threats like climate change. THE […]
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Open learning, open access, and open source, Performance assessment, Students, Teaching and learning
Online learning has changed the way students work — we need to change definitions of ‘cheating’ too
www.shutterstock.com As university students wait on their mid-year exam results, some will no doubt be thinking about more than just passing. Since […]
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The problem with online learning? It doesn’t teach people to think
Instead of asking how universities might benefit from shifting courses online permanently, we ought to ask how students might suffer from fewer […]
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A university course on pandemics: What we learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up
Would anyone want to spend more screen time talking about pandemics? Yes, learned an anthropologist, biologist and historian who developed a course […]
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Good riddance to boring lectures? Technology isn’t the answer—understanding good teaching is
Shutterstock With some universities returning to face-to-face teaching this year, ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt noted that, while his university was one […]
READ MOREReflecting on a year in crisis: What the pandemic taught me about higher education leadership
For many, the crisis was COVID-19. For others, it was the various consequences of the pandemic: increased workload, learning to teach online, […]
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Academic freedom, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Health and safety, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission
The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back
Neoliberal ideology has been restructuring Canadian universities for decades. This influence has been made clear in responses to the pandemic that have […]
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Funding, Health and safety, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Politics, Students, Teaching and learning
Nursing students facing tough choices in order to graduate during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has put incredible strain on healthcare systems around the world. In Ontario, healthcare workers are in high demand. However, […]
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Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Performance assessment, Teaching and learning
What to do with student evaluations of teaching?
It has been two years since the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations published the Report of the OCUFA Student Questionnaires on […]
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