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Sigurðardóttir, Margrét Sigrún; Heijstra, Thamar Melanie – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
Flipped teaching is a trend within higher education. Through flipped teaching the learning environment can be altered by moving the lecture out of the classroom through online recordings, while in-classroom sessions focus on active learning and engaging students in their own learning process. In this paper, we used focus groups comprised of male…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Homework, Video Technology, Higher Education
Bull, Harold; Premkumar, Kalyani; Acharibasam, Jeremiah Wezenamo – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
We found that actively engaging students in our introductory microbiology course was a challenge given our large class sizes and many non-majors taking the course as a program requirement. Therefore, we introduced a novel active learning strategy to our course. Students grouped into teams of three had to create PowerPoint virtual posters on one of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Active Learning, Introductory Courses, Class Size
Laidlaw, Liam; Din, Cari – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore and evaluate learning in an undergraduate leadership course in a kinesiology faculty. The research question driving this study was: What do students feel influences learning in this evidence-informed leadership course? We collected and analyzed 12 students' perspectives on their learning experiences over…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Kinesiology, Leadership Training, Learning Experience
Chichekian, Tanya; Hua, Olivia; Shore, Bruce M. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
This study investigated 27 chemistry professors' perceptions of learning in undergraduate education and their suggestions for adopting an inquiry-based pedagogical approach to teaching and learning. Semistructured interviews revealed that two thirds of participants perceived undergraduate learning in traditional ways such as the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students
Murray, Jacqueline; Lachowsky, Nathan J. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
The Internet, which has made information ubiquitous and seemingly infinite, has transformed education. Universities are challenged to educate students to navigate and evaluate critically the undifferentiated information of the Internet so that students gain the ability to transform it into knowledge. To better understand the effects of taking a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Internet
Yates, Thomas; Wilson, Jay; Purton, Kendra – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Best Practices
Nomme, Kathy; Birol, Gülnur – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
A first year non-majors biology course, with an enrollment of around 440 students, has been redesigned from a course of traditional content and teaching style to one that emphasizes biological concepts in current global issues and incorporates active learning strategies. We were informed by the education literature incorporating many aspects of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evidence, Curriculum Development, Biology