HEQCO Archives - Teaching and Learning Services /tls/tag/heqco/ ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:20:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Evaluating Ourselves: Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Ontario /tls/2015/evaluating-assessment-teaching-learning-ontario/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evaluating-assessment-teaching-learning-ontario&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evaluating-assessment-teaching-learning-ontario Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:18:42 +0000 http://carleton.ca/edc/?p=16251 Over the last five years, the funded more than 60 research projects related to various aspects of improved teaching and student learning. Now, as the last of these projects comes to a close, they’re ready to share their findings with you.

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, join Richard Wiggers, Executive Director, Research and Programs, for a teaching roundtable as he presents HEQCO’s research. The session will highlight the lessons learned and challenges faced when it comes to successfully evaluating student services and teaching and learning initiatives.

This roundtable will be useful to administrators and instructors interested in getting involved in SoTL, undertaking evaluations, or seeking research funding in the future.

The roundtable will run from 12-1 p.m. in room 422 Dunton Tower. A pizza lunch will be served.

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]]> Online learning tools most effective when focused on interaction, HEQCO study finds /tls/2013/online-learning-tools-most-effective-when-focused-on-interaction-heqco-study-finds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-learning-tools-most-effective-when-focused-on-interaction-heqco-study-finds&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=online-learning-tools-most-effective-when-focused-on-interaction-heqco-study-finds Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:18:38 +0000 http://carleton.ca/edc/?p=13042 Online learning tools, particularly those that focus on interaction with course material and other students, have a positive impact on students’ grades, according to a new study on first-year ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University chemistry students by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO).

ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ chemistry professor Bob Burk, director of teaching and learning Patrick Lyons, research assistant Andrea Noriega, and EDC instructional designer and research facilitator Dragana Polovina-Vukovic, all contributed to the study, which looked at the attendance, performance and resource usage of 919 first-year ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ students. It found that the most significant impact on grades came from a homework management system, which allowed students to interact directly with course content by answering questions and solving problems while receiving immediate feedback, and an interactive learning management system that offered PowerPoint slides from lectures, videos of lab experiments, previous exams, and a discussion board to communicate with other students. .

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