The YU Experience Hub Is Here To Help! By Brittany Maguire Covid-19 has brought about the need for a rapid shift to remote experiential education, and while this kind of delivery is new to many and brings about new challenges, remember the YU Experience Hub is here to assist you with your EE journey! The YU Experience […]
Supporting York University Students on the Autism Spectrum within an Online Learning Environment By Raymond Peart In support of strengthening the transition to an online learning environment for students on the autism spectrum, York Faculty will continue to play a critical role more than ever in improving students' opportunities to succeed. Alf Lizzio has stressed […]
Your Class is Already Accessible – 5 Fast Ways To Make It More So By Maureen Barnes The first three weeks of classes has felt like many, an entire semester. We moved quickly to mounting courses on eClass, redesigning course design and delivery and then arrived at our first few classes out of breath even […]
We Cannot Lose Our Empathy By Davis Vallesi As a PhD student and teaching assistant, it is incredibly humbling to think of myself as a postsecondary educator, however small my own impact might be. It is also a very privileged position, with a great deal of responsibility for the educational experience of many different students. […]
Establishing Social Presence in Your Online Class By Brian Nairn As we begin to settle into our roles of teaching online, starting your online class on the right note is even more important now given the level of uncertainty that COVID-19 has provided us. The information from this post comes from a personal favourite resource […]
The Teaching Commons Has Your Back By Geneviève Maheux-Pelletier "COVID-19 provoked a long-awaited disruption to higher education, pivotal to ensuring students are well equipped for the future of work in a digital and artificial intelligence era" (Naffi et al. 2020: 17). I am here, staring at my computer, and hoping I can craft a message […]
Learning Remotely for Teaching Remotely: Webinars for Supporting Faculty Navigating Teaching Online By Lisa Endersby and Natasha May In higher education, it seems like the only constant is change. This has become especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic, where a rapid shift to remote learning has required us to relearn or reconsider how we teach […]
Experiences Are What Define us as Humans By Eva Peisachovich and Lora Appel Imagine putting on a virtual reality (VR) headset and being immersed in the daily life at a refugee camp located across the ocean or experiencing a moment in a life of patient diagnosed with stroke. This is one way the “CVRriculum Program,” […]
5 Pointers for Teaching Online or Remotely By Dr Steven Gennaro (sgennaro@yorku.ca) You have been asked to teach online. Maybe, you have taught online before? Maybe you have taken an online course? Or maybe this is your first time going digital. In all cases, here are some of the best lessons I’ve learned from 15 […]
Teaching with a ‘digital mindset’ Bryn Ludlow If you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. Toni Morrison (1931–2019) A lot has changed since I wrote the blog, “Using media to teach media”. On March 11th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared […]