A Database of eLearning Examples

By Robin Sutherland-Harris

Are you itching to peek behind the curtain and see what other instructors at York are doing in their online courses? Thanks to a new database of eLearning examples, now you can!

The Teaching Commons is pleased to share this new resource for all who teach at York. This database is populated by summative projects created by York instructors who have completed our Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning. These projects take a variety of forms, but all aim to share the why and the how behind online teaching across the university. Some have annotated their course syllabi, to shed light into decisions behind assessment strategies and course design. Some have created short video tours of their course eClass sites, to highlight how they have structured the online learning environment for their students. Still others have participated in conferences, created posts for our blog, conducted mini-research projects, and hosted webinars. The database includes contributions from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health sciences, education, performing arts, and engineering so far, and will continue to grow as more people complete the Certificate. Search functions allow users to target entries that pertain to large class teaching, experiential education, assessment strategies, student engagement, and more. We invite you to explore in more detail!

The eLearning Database is freely available to everyone, and is hosted in a self-enrolment eClass site. For access to the database, click here.

Curious about the Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching for eLearning? Learn more about how it helped support one faculty member, Prof. Ingrid Veninger, as she redesigned her course during the COVID-19 pandemic.

About the Author

Robin Sutherland-Harris is a white woman of settler descent, who grew up in Treaty 7 territory in Southern Alberta, traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsúūt’ínà First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda. She currently lives and works in the area known as Tkaronto, which has been care-taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat. As an Educational Developer at the Teaching Commons, her work includes access, equity, diversity, and inclusion related support, amongst other things.