Alec Dawson
History/FASS
Project Team
Roxanne Panchasi
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A Proposal to Introduce Blended Learning into the History Curriculum (G0051)
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- Class observation
- Student work
- Online discussion logs
- Whole class and individual student interviews
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Evaluate a course (re)design
- Holistic narrative analysis of data. Tells a story of course design and redesign
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Leyland Pitt
Beedie School of Business
Research Assistants
Karen Robson
Adam Mills
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Using a Marketing Decision Simulation Game in MBA Marketing Courses: Effects of Group Behavior on Group and Individual Performance (G0091)
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- Group Cohesiveness in the Industrial Workshop questionnaire
- Group performance in an online marketing simulation
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Clear quantitative methodology, qualitatively examining pre and post measure of group cohesiveness as they related to simulation performance
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Juan Pablo Alperin
Publishing/FCAT
Research Assistant
Kathleen Burckhardt
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Encouraging and Supporting Discussions through Online Annotations (G0172)
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- Student online records
- Student surveys
- Grades
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Design a new tool or materials
- Describes pilot and student experience, and recommendations for revision
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Luke Clossey
History/FASS
Research Assistants
R. A. Rezamand
Esther Souman
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Content and Language Integrated Learning in the History Classroom (G0159)
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- Student work (quizzes and language skill)
- Final course grades
- End-of-course survey
- Focus group interview
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Submitted a manuscript for publication as final report that conforms to journal expectations.
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Mark Roseland
Resource and Environmental Management
Research Assistant
Maria Spiliotopoulou
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Engaging Students in Sustainability Learning: Comparing Reading-related Activities in Online and In-Person Courses (G0194)
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- Activity questionnaires
- Observational checklist
- Student work
- End-of-course survey
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Follow-up to prior project and discussion includes comparison between the two
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Denise Zabkiewicz
Health Sciences
Research Assistant
MC Breadner
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Understanding Mentorship in the Faculty of Heath Sciences: An in-depth look at the mentorship experience of Mentors and Mentees (G0144)
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Thematic analysis of interview data
- Narrative form of write-up
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Damon Poburko
Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology/ SCIENCE
Project Team
Megan Barker
Thomas Claydon
Nadine Wicks
Research Assistant
Ciara Morgan-Feir
May Cheng
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Assessing the Benefit of Inquiry Based Learning in a Cell Physiology Lab Course (G0102)
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- Externally developed, validated and peer reviewed assessment tools
- Internally developed content test
- Pre and post measures of attitudes and content knowledge
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Evaluate a course (re)design
- Pre-post design and analysis
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Katherine Reilly
Communication/FCAT
Project Team
Chris Jeschelnik
Danial Ahadi
David Murphy
Frédérik Lesage
Jan Marontate
Research Assistant
Ayaka Yoshimizu
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Communications Methods Review (G0163)
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- Instructor survey
- Course documentation review
- Textbook review
- Literature review
- Meetings with faculty
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Curriculum design (requirements gathering)
- Thorough examination of the methods offerings in Communication, including methods needed for subsequent courses, review of overlaps and gaps in offerings, etc. Submitted a detailed report with recommendations. These were subsequently submitted to and passed by senate.
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Dolores van der Wey
Faculty of Education
Project Team
Angela Brown
Research Assistant
Victoria Lam
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Curriculum and Pedagogy for the Indigenous Perspectives Teacher Education Module (IPTEM) (G0142)
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- Student responses to a open prompt at beginning and end of class
- Video recorded class discussion of a document containing all anonymized responses to the prompt
- Student journals
- Student exit interviews
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Thematic summary of qualitative data with a pre-post analysis structure
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Steve Wright
Psychology/FASS
Research Assistants
Odilia Dys-Steenbergen
15-20 volunteer RAs
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CAPS (Living on the Edge) Poverty Simulation: Experiential Learning on Economic Inequality (G0140)
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- Pre-post simulation surveys
- Demographic survey
- Intervention impact survey
- Anecdotal data from class debriefing
- Informal feedback received by instructor from students
- Focus groups with volunteer RAs who played roles in simulation
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Evaluate a method or strategy
- Includes a “control” course in which surveys were administered, but simulation not run
- Provides description of how the simulation was run, including results from data collection and analysis
- Blends discussion of quantitative data with more personal and anecdotal observations.
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