Writing practices in academia may seem straight forward to those of us who have written many research papers and proposals, but for students, the details are often not apparent. Dr. Cecile Badenhorst, Professor in the Faculty of Education, has prepared a series titled ‘Unlocking Research Writing Self Study Success Series’ to support all graduate students in ... Read more

Building on the success of his MUNTLC22 conference session, Dr. Chris Kozak, Professor from the Department of Chemistry, is back to share more about his experience with implementing Creative Chemistry Assignments with Art, Music and Writing. Chemistry is a visual science of impressive experiments and models describing complex molecules, structures and processes. It is also ... Read more

In this session, Dr. Jeannette Byrne, Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, will share her journey to the adoption of ungrading for the lab portion of HKR 4703 (Occupational Ergonomics and Sport Biomechanics). She will talk about why she adopted this approach to assessment, how she did it, what worked, what ... Read more

This presentation will highlight the experiences of Dr. Geoff Rayner-Canham and Debbie Wheeler as they reviewed and updated the content in their online Chemistry courses to offer a more culturally relevant learning experience for learners from NAC, and ultimately leading to a more inclusive experience for learners at Memorial. Through this presentation, you will learn ... Read more

In many applied fields (e.g., education, social work, and so forth), the gap between research and practice can be wide. In this session, Dr. Joelle Rodway will discuss her use of a portfolio-based assessment strategy that emphasizes critical reflection as a pathway for connecting research and practice. Joelle will provide a detailed overview of the ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Dr. Kelly Shorlin, Visiting Professor, Physics and Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Science. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Even though we’ve had some enormous changes in the last three years, we are still facing many of the same challenges, including keeping our students motivated and ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Dr. Sarah Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. This presentation explores labour-based approach to course work and how it is connected to (and disconnected from), various course assessment practices. The labour-based approach to grading, also called specification or contract grading provides on-going ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Ivan J White, Mi’kmaw from Bay St. George, Indigenous Education Specialist with Memorial University. In this conversation, Ivan J White, Mi’kmaw from Flat Bay and Indigenous Education Specialist with Memorial University will speak to Mending and Making in the context of working with community. We make and mend relationships ... Read more

The presenter for this session is Dr. Jillian Gould, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. Using Peer Review as an assessment strategy presents many benefits to the students and the instructor. While instructor feedback is valuable, asking students to respond to each other’s work provides additional opportunities for feedback without increasing the ... Read more

The presenters for this session are Adrienne Peters, PhD (she/her), Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Director of Criminology, Department of Sociology; and Laura Squires (M.A.), Project Coordinator at fasdNL. Limited research suggests that social media is a tool that can positively impact student engagement in the online classroom, which is especially relevant in the case of the ... Read more