About the Event The EE Faculty Celebration Event highlighted diverse examples of classroom-focused, community-focused, and work-focused experiential education (EE) and how faculty members have engaged employer and community partners in facilitating innovative EE opportunities. The event provided a chance to network with faculty members who have developed and facilitated these opportunities for their students. This […]
A teaching and learning culture is much more than a repertoire of skills and strategies for classroom teaching, although this is important. It is what moves us beyond the efforts of the individual exceptional teacher to the collective understanding of and commitment to excellence in teaching. It is based upon a system of shared values, […]
The Experiential Education Faculty Lead Group provides support for the implementation of the Experiential Education Integration Strategy within his/her Faculty. Quick Links Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic Teaching Commons YU Experience Hub Blended Online Development (B.O.L.D.) Submit your teaching innovation story Membership AVP Teaching & LearningWill Gage, Associate Vice President Teaching & Learning, […]
The eLearning Faculty Lead Group provides support for the implementation of the eLearning Integration Strategy within his/her Faculty. Quick Links Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic Teaching Commons YU Experience Hub Blended Online Development (B.O.L.D.) Submit your teaching innovation story Membership AVP Teaching & LearningWill Gage, Associate Vice President Teaching & Learning, ChairKarthiga Sandrasri, […]
The Academic Leadership Development Work Group provides advice and guidance to PVP on the development and implementation of a strategy that will encourage faculty members to pursue leadership positions and to stay and grow in these positions over time. Quick Links Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic Teaching Commons YU Experience Hub Blended Online […]
The University’s Academic Plan (UAP) (2010-15) and the Provostial White Paper (2010) both cite the need for growth in experiential education. The pursuit of academic quality has been consistently identified as being one of the highest academic goals across a number of university academic plans (e.g., UAP, 2005 – 2010, UAP 2010 – 2015). In […]
The application of theory to a concrete experience, either within the classroom or within the community, which advances the learning outcomes of a course or program and requires students to reflect upon their learning. Quick Links EE projects The Academic Innovation Fund has supported the creation, implementation and evaluation of a number of eLearning projects. […]
The development of knowledge and skills through the use of information and communication technologies to support interactions for learning with content, learning activities and with other people Quick Links TEL Projects The Academic Innovation Fund has supported the creation, implementation and evaluation of a number of eLearning projects. Projects are showcased on the Academic Innovation […]
Working together to make a difference The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) was established in the Fall of 2010 to support initiatives that advance York’s strategic priorities in relation to teaching, learning and the student experience. The AIF now has taken a somewhat more focused approach, addressing particular institutional priorities that are articulated in York’s University […]