Fostering Learning Community: how may a collaborative learning environment lead to meaningful exploration in an online, synchronous introductory food science course?
Project Investigator: Judy Chan, Sessional Lecturer, Food, Nutrition, and Health Project Description Collaborative learning has been a key instructional theme in FNH200-942, a summer intensive session where students explore sciences of foods we eat. Students enrolled in this course came with diverse academic and cultural backgrounds, joined from multiple time zones, and have different personal […]
Why do we test? Decentring power structures in student assessment through agency, choice and partnership
Project investigator: Katie Lee Bunting, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Project Description While argued as detrimental to meaningful student learning, oppressive power dynamics remain deeply and stubbornly embedded within student assessment of learning in higher education, where educators holds much of the power over student assessment. In OSOT 511, the summative […]
Emotion(ality) and Emotive Writing: Assessing the impacts in/on the Middle East Studies classroom
Project Investigator(s): Pheroze Unwalla, Assistant Professor of Teaching (History) + Chair (MES), Faculty of Arts Project Description In MES300 The Middle East: Critical Questions & Debates, students examine the troubled history of Middle East Studies (MES) and then work to decolonize and resituate the field within a social justice framework. This project evaluates the impact […]
Natasha Pestonji-Dixon
Evaluation & Research Consultant natasha.pestonji-dixon [at] ubc.ca
Matty Jullamon
mjullamon [at] alumni.ubc.ca PhD student, Human Development, Learning, & Culture Matty’s research interests include critical thinking and inquiry-based learning in the science classroom. Prior to joining ISoTL, she worked as a research associate for a non-profit organization, where she conducted quantitative research to investigate the impact of a literacy-based program on student learning outcomes. She […]
Yue Mao
yue.mao [at] ubc.ca PhD student, Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology Yue is interested in conducting educational research in a scientific manner. So she delves into quantitative methodologies in her study at UBC. Her research in substantive areas surrounds academic and vocational interests, and decision-making (e.g., choosing college majors, entrepreneurial intention). She received her master’s and […]
Trish Varao-Sousa
Evaluation & Research Consultant trish.varao-sousa [at] ubc.ca
Adriana Briseño-Garzón
Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation adriana.briseno [at] ubc.ca
Jackie Stewart
Professor of Teaching, Chemistry Associate Dean Academic, Science jstewart [at] chem.ubc.ca
Chris Addison
Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemistry addisonc [at] chem.ubc.ca