AIF-funded projects expanding Indigenous experiential and online learning

Celebrate Indigenous History Month by exploring 3 Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) projects highlighting Indigeneity and the impact they are having on our students, communities and world at large. Biskaabiiyaang: The Indigenous Metaverse Led by Anishinaabe professor Maya Chacaby (Glendon, Sociology), Biskaabiiyaang is a real time, fully immersive language and culture program delivered in a virtual […]

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Collective Inclusion Pathways to Access (CIPA)

Description Our purpose is to increase the success of students with disabilities (SWD) in work placements. Work placements are important experiential education (EE) experiences in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) as they transition students to professional roles. Currently access for SWD is heavily reliant on an accommodations model predicated on disclosure of a medical diagnosis. Previous […]

Establishing the First Portable VR Learning Facility in the Faculty of Science

Description Our AIF project will pioneer the use of virtual reality (VR) as a cutting-edge teaching tool in the Faculty of Science. We will establish a portable VR learning facility that will become available to faculty members who wish to use it in their courses. The AIF funding will allow the purchase of VR headsets […]

E-Mentoring Program: Partnering Graduate and Undergraduate Nursing Students

Description Inspired by Robbio’s (2018) doctoral work, this educational initiative will explore e-mentoring as a socialization strategy for 4th year collaborative nursing students who will soon transition into professional practice. Robbio’s study confirmed that workplace adjustment and socialization into the profession is difficult. This transition has been further impacted during the current pandemic, when nursing […]

Leveraging Adaptive Learning Pathways to Improve Access and Engagement within a Learning Management System (LMS) Environment (LePa)

Project Lead(s): Vassilios Tzerpos, Melanie Baljko Faculty: Lassonde Funding Priority eLearning, Student Success

The Entrepreneurial Mindset/Skillset eLearning and Video Database Initiative (a Schulich + YSpace partnership)

Project Lead(s) Chris Carder, David Kwok Faculty Schulich Funding Priority eLearning, Internationalization

Biskaabiiyaang: The Indigenous Metaverse

Project Lead Maya Chacaby Faculty Glendon Funding Priority eLearning, Experiential Education

EE With, Not In: Respectful and Reciprocal Experiential Education with Jane and Finch Community Partners

Description EE With, Not In is a collaborative project that will support current and future students in their Experiential Education (EE) experiences in the Jane and Finch (JF) Community. The project calls for a reciprocal approach that is respectful of community knowledge and expertise in the JF community, instead of being grounded in assumptions and […]

Developing a Culture of Academic Honesty: Online Modules for Academic Honesty Education and Cultural Development at York

Description This project is an e-learning student success initiative, which will create online, values-driven and culturally situated academic honesty modules for undergraduate students. It will also provide a centralized online portal for academic honesty policy, procedures and supports at York. This initiative will teach students how to engage in effective learning activities to further succeed […]