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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

More structured than many traditional student worker positions, this role offers students access to more instructional resources in the classroom, provides students with more access to effective teaching practices, and improves student learning overall (Otero et al., 2021; Close et al., under review).

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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

Scholarly activity, creative activity, and professional learning enable faculty to remain current in their areas of specialization, serve as role models for students, develop a strong recruitment base, and support the university’s core value of “ faculty excellence in teaching and all forms of scholarship.” 2006, June 9).

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? By: Liana Acri.

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

As Scotland marks 20 years of its enhancement-led approach to quality in the higher education sector, I reflect on my involvement, particularly around work supporting student development, employability, and personal and professional success.

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“I know a first when I see one!”: Developing transparent marking descriptors with the help of students

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The University’s new assessment and feedback principles include ‘Our assessment and feedback practices will be reliable, robust and transparent’ – and, as is highlighted in the opening post in this series , students do not always consider it to be clear how their marks were awarded. Help students develop the ability to self-assess.

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Geoscience Outreach: What we do, how we assess, and client/student reflections

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Geoscience Outreach is a 20-credit Experiential Community Service Learning (CSL) course established in 2006, and adopted by other Schools across the University. Students are mentored and empowered to develop and deliver resources through negotiated and self-directed community engagement. What do we do?

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Reflections of an Edinburgh Award tutor

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Since academic year 2011-12, when the Edinburgh award was launched, I’ve always asked the students in my award classes whether they agree with a statement from a paper by Simon Barrie, 2006; “ …. The developing conversations and discussions that we have are as rich and as enlightening as you might imagine they would be.