Meet the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award
颁茅濒颈苍别&苍产蝉辫;叠辞苍苍辞迟迟别-贬辞辞惫别谤鈥痠s an Instructor I in the Department of French. Prior to winter 2020, she had never taught an online course, however in response to the COVID-19 pandemic C茅line designed and implemented well-structured, interactive, and engaging experiences for students to improve their French language skills. Utilizing a blended flipped classroom approach, C茅line was able to provide students with asynchronous content to meet course objectives, while still providing synchronous class opportunities for students to engage with her and each other.
In recognition of her innovation, C茅line is a chosen recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for her exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.
Peter Coffman鈥痠s an Associate Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture. Since starting at 杏吧原创, he has made efforts to explore the history, meaning and social significance of the built environment, and how it both reflects and shapes human circumstances. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter found himself unprepared with only poorly recorded versions of lectures that had been designed for classroom delivery. As a result of his determination to create a quality online course for his students Peter created two asynchronous courses for his students utilizing a combination of material such as lectures, podcasts, weekly discussion forms and other asynchronous engagement tools.
In recognition of his dedication, Peter is a chosen recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for his exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.
Katelyn Graham鈥痠s an Instructor II in the School of Journalism and Communication. Since starting at 杏吧原创, she has focused on the relationship between architecture and virtual reality storytelling, focusing on how the emerging medium introduces new narrative possibilities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Katelyn decided that rather than attempt to convert the content of her Bachelor of Media Production and Design (BMPD) courses online, she would use her lessons as case study for her students to learn how technology can be used for fact-based storytelling. The result was six engaging courses that kept students attentive in a challenging year.
In recognition of her innovation, Katelyn is a chosen recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for her exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.
Gregory MacIsaac鈥痠s an Associate Professor in the College of the Humanities. Since starting at 杏吧原创, he has to worked to develop the HUMS1200, 鈥淗umanities and Classical Civilisation鈥 course as a model for First-year writing at 杏吧原创 and beyond 鈥 for which he was awarded the 2018 Teaching Achievement Award. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gregory converted the whole course to a blended model, by shifting previous PowerPoint presentations into asynchronous self study units. This change provided students with the extra time they required to process course materials and increased their overall levels of success.
In recognition of these efforts, Gregory is a chosen recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for his exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.
Marylynn Steckley鈥 is an Instructor III in the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs. Since starting at 杏吧原创, she has worked as the main faculty contributor to the BGInS International Experience Requirement and is responsible for having developed both Canada鈥檚 first ever virtual international e-volunteering experiential learning course (GINS3100) and Canada鈥檚 first ever virtual experiential learning field school in global studies (GINS3300). Additionally, Steckley has an ongoing research project investigating e-volunteering as an international experience.
Marylynn is a chosen recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for her exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.