Check out the incredible resources the CDAG Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Committee gathered for you!
1. Accessible Science Laboratories
Accessible Science Laboratories – Accessible Campus
Students with disabilities are not well represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and are frequently deterred from pursuing careers in these fields by perceived and actual barriers. This resource provides recommendations and resources on how to make science lab environments accessible.
2. The OECD Learning Compass 2030
OECD 2030 Project – Teaching and Learning
This resource defines the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that learners need to fulfil their potential and contribute to the well-being of their communities and the planet.
3. 7 Things You Should Know About Universal Design for Learning
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative – 7 Things You Should Know
This two-page article provides a scenario and analyzes it using UDL lens.
4. 7 Things You Should Know About Games and Learning
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative – 7 Things You Should Know
This two-page article discusses benefits and challenges of using games in educational context.
5. Conference: 2022 Learning Outcomes Symposium: A Changing Landscape for Learning Outcomes
Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance
October 27 and 28, Toronto Ontario
Deadline for Call for Proposals is May 1, 2022 at 11:59 pm.
6. Engaging STEM: A Guide to Interactive Resources
eCampus Ontario – Open Library Resource
Elena Chudaeva, Marta Wolniewicz, Alexander McGlashan, Michael Long and Howard Gerhard
This collection of STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) interactive resources is a practical guide that teachers will find useful in helping students achieve curriculum expectations in STEM related courses, build their understanding of science and their ability to engage in science talk, offer explanations about natural phenomena, and develop digital literacy and a sense of global citizenship. The guide also provides instructional design considerations for developing active learning activities, pedagogical strategies, and sample activities.
7. Research: Quality Assurance for Online Higher Education Programmes
Marciniak, R. (2018, April). Quality Assurance for Online Higher Education Programmes: Design and Validation of an Integrative Assessment Model Applicable to Spanish Universities. IRRODL. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3443/4580
This article presents a model to assess the quality of online programmes which includes dimensions that serve to carry out the assessment of all the components of the programme (programme justification, programme objectives, student profile, thematic contents, learning activities, online teacher profile, didactic material, learning strategies, learning assessment, tutorial, online classroom) and the assessment of its planning, application, and final stages.
8. Report from the International Commission on the Futures of Education
UNESCO – Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education
This report invites governments, institutions, organizations, and citizens around the world to forge a new social contract for education that will help us build peaceful, just, and sustainable futures for all. This new social contract must be grounded in human rights and based on principles of non-discrimination, social justice, respect for life, human dignity, and cultural diversity.