Launch of The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

I am thrilled to be able to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CJSoTL)/La revue canadienne sur l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage (RCACEA).  It has been a long and winding road but the journal finally went live at 1:20pm on [...]

Opportunities and New Directions

The conference season is quickly approaching and there are a number of great conferences this Spring and Summer for those interested in Research on Teaching (RT).  One I would highly recommend attending is the University of Waterloo’s annual Opportunities and New Directions: A Research Conference on Teaching and Learning which is next week (i.e., Wednesday, [...]

My Slack Week: The Instructional Skills Workshop Experience

The name “Slack Week” has always struck me as such a misnomer.  Since the first year of my undergraduate degree (almost 25 years ago…) “Slack Week” has been an extremely busy study and/or work week for me.  This year was no exception.  In fact, this year it was particularly intensive as I was participating in [...]

Western Research on Teaching Grant

Have you ever tried something new in your classroom and wondered what effect it really had on student learning? Have you ever thought of doing research on a teaching technique, a teaching technology, or some other aspect of your teaching or your students’ learning? Research Western, in cooperation with the Teaching Support Centre, has established [...]

Are Post-Secondary Institutions Academically Optimistic?

by Ken N. Meadows  A colleague and I were recently discussing the first year student experience.  He wondered if some members of the university community might inadvertently be conveying to first year students that the university is pessimistic about their academic ability.  Specifically, my colleague wondered if emphasizing the probable drop in grades from high [...]

Writing for a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal – Ken N. Meadows

Last week, I attended the Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Bloomington, Indiana. The conference was a wonderful opportunity to connect with colleagues from around the world interested in research on teaching and to immerse myself in the latest thinking and research in the area. As [...]

Research on Teaching Learning Community: Are you a Member yet? – Ken Meadows

Earlier this week, Mike Atkinson wrote a blog post on an innovation he will be implementing in his classroom.  One of the joys about working with the TSC is working with teachers like Mike who are passionate about student learning and are always thinking about new ways of facilitating that learning.  Knowing Mike as I [...]