Funded LITE Grant Projects: Skills Development
Implementing a picture book design project in an undergraduate math course
Evaluating the effectiveness of balanced case studies in enhancing students’ competencies in sustainability management
Investigating the benefits of incorporating the MLSQ for first year students
Developing a framework for the observation and evaluation of student behaviours during in-class active learning activities.
Piloting an undergraduate mental health literacy course and assessing its efficacy in information retention, stigma, and resilience
Pilot a for-credit academic skills course for students who are not enrolled in a Foundation Term
Increasing the sample size and variation of a past study on career and competency ePortfolio efficacy
Creation of a community of practice for collaborative skills as well as well as create a resource set for students and instructors
Investigating malleable mindsets in overcoming conflict and the effect of culturally valuing independence on student success
Piloting a campus wide course on collaboration and assessing the efficacy
Reshaping Architecture education by applying participatory action research methodologies to promote empowered learning and student ownership of knowledge
Enhancing student support and the development of adaptive expertise among pharmacy students, examining the role of anxiety and its links to the curriculum
Creating and assessing teamwork training workshops for engineering students
Creating a common rubric for oral communication to improve student learning and professional preparation across the Engineering curriculum
Creation of a teamwork training program to demonstrate the value of such teaching
Creating a non-credit course for studying best practices for English Language Competencies, specifically discipline related extracurricular activities
Assessing ways to provide feedback and address core needs of students to improve their writing skills and piloting workshops based on instructor needs
Assessing the benefits various of dissertation boot camp types have on writing behaviors, confidence, and anxiety
Assessing how integrating AI-driven Virtual Standardized Patients can improve pharmacy students’ clinical skills, diagnostic proficiency, and communication abilities
Examining the effects of good writing habits on apprehension, self-efficacy, and self-assessment surrounding a writing assignment in an introductory health writing course
Examining the effects of mindfulness practices in a health studies writing course
Explores how engaging experts from outside the university fosters student growth in the applied, creative classroom
Developing and evaluating a virtual communication module to improve optometry students’ communication skills with patients
Enhancing student learning of Professional Planning competencies through work-integrated learning (WIL) by identifying best practices, examining professional competence in ethics, exploring student experiences, and developing recommendations for improvement
Enhancing second-year international development students’ applied research skills and career development through targeted grant writing training
Interviewing and surveying instructors and students about their teamwork skills and attitudes
Creation and assessment of a data literacy online learning platform for environment students
Piloting and assessing the SKAATR module for graduate students
Examining the effect of experiential learning on critical thinking
Assessing the efficacy of the Student Success Offices’ Skills tutorials on improved grades, answer clarity, and impact variation based on past success or lack thereof
Examining the effects of student learning groups on the success and perceptions surrounding their efficacy
Designing a web framework for group projects in large classes and studying its impact on learning
Testing the benefit of addressing students’ interview nervousness as physiological adaptation immediately before a co-op interview
Creating an opportunity for project/systems design students and engineering stakeholders to interact
Exploring how urban arts can be used as a teaching method for increased student engagement and decolonized learning
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Assessment (19)
Projects focused on assessment methods and modalities.
Case-Based Learning (14)
Projects related to the piloting and study of case study incorporation in classrooms.
Projects assessing and improving learning in collaborative settings.
Curriculum (14)
Projects related to the development and implementation of curriculum.
Equity and Diversity (26)
Projects focused on the impact and reduction of inequalities surrounding identity and culture.
Projects dedicated to piloting and assessing the efficacy of hands-on experiences as a tool for learning.
Projects focused on the assessment of benefits associated with feedback and self-reflection during learning experiences.
Projects dedicated to incorporating novel and leading-edge practices into the classroom and beyond.
Projects catered to second language learning and multicultural experiences.
Projects initiating, creating, and assessing the benefits of technological ways to improve learning and teaching.
Projects addressing online and hybrid teaching methods and their benefits/drawbacks.
Projects funding the furtherment of University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ instructors' teaching abilities.
Skills Development (35)
Projects that aim to enhance the skills of students.
Projects designed to understand the roadblocks associated with learning and improve the student experience.
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