Teaching in Focus (TIF) Conference is the pan-university conference in Teaching and Learning at York University. This peer reviewed conference is for all who teach or support student learning at York to celebrate teaching, share experience and innovations in teaching practices, make connections, and build and expand a community and scholarship of teaching and learning. The theme for TIF 2014 is Educational Innovation & Transformation.
The 2014 TIF conference has been successfully held on May 22, 2014. Presentations or recordings of selective sessions may be viewed below.
Keynote Speakers
President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO)
Keynote Speech - Harvey Weingarten
Conference Program
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:15
9:15 - 10:00
10:05 - 11:05
Abstracts from 10:05-11:05 session
Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Room: TEL 0009
By: Janice Newton
Best Departmental Practices for Recognizing and Supporting Teaching and Learning
eLearning
Room: TEL 0011
By: Anna Blake
Making Your on-line Course as Interactive as Your In-class
Experiential Education
Room: TEL 0013
By: Nicolette Richardson
Enhancing Student Engagement and Understanding in Human Anatomy through Virtual Laboratories
Student Transition and Engagement
Room: TEL 0015
By: Lillie Lum
Transforming Academic Literacy through English Language Skills
Approaches to Teaching
Room: TEL 0016
By: Bridget Cauthery
One Class Four Ways: An Evolving Model for Blended Learning
11:10 - 11:25
Refreshment break and poster display
- Marsha Cadogan, Enhancing interactiveness in the classroom
- Karine Lacoste, Henry Decock, and Alice Pitt, How to Choose your Inter-Institutional Pathway Model
- Karine Lacoste, Henry Decock, and Alice Pitt, Building Inter-Institutional Academic Pathways : What to Think of When?
11:25 - 12:25
Abstracts from 11:25 - 12:25 session
Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Room: TEL 0009
By: Christine Bradaric-Baus, Pam Edgecombe, Richard Hornsey, Regina Lee and Nahgeib Miller
Seneca@York Mutli-Pathways in Engineering Education
By: M. Goitom, D. Chalmers, & B. Oliver
Developing Reflective/Reflexive Practice in Social Work Field Education: Curriculum that addresses and responds to ‘theoretical’ and practice demands
By: Aleem Visram
Using Social Media in the Classroom
eLearning
Room: TEL 0011
By: Robin Roth
Online Collaborative International Learning: The York Experience in Global Context
By: Narbe Alexandrian & Jaclyn Neel
Crowdmark: Online Collaborative Grading Platform
By: Eva Peisachovich
Reflection of My Experience with ELearning
Experiential Education
Room: TEL 0013
By: MaryFogarty and Joelle Sherman
Radical Possibilities & Interdisciplinary Arts
By: Roger S Fisher
"I 'clicked' a fancy to you": An Instructor's and Students' Response to Classroom Response Technology (Clickers)
By: Richard Leblanc
Putting Students in a Box so They Achieve Your Learning Objectives
Student Transition and Engagement
Room: TEL 0015
By: William Gleberzon
Transforming Pedagogy
By: Logan Donaldson
A First Year Learning Community in the Life Sciences
By: James Elwick
Of Classes and Clocks, or, Tacit Knowledge in the Lecture Hall?
Approaches to Teaching
Room: TEL 0016
By: Andrea C. Valente
Developing a ‘Culture of Writing’ in Tutorials
By: Jennifer Farmer & Thiru Kanagasabai
Dynamic presentations with Prezi
By: Nicole Bernhardt, Rehanna Siew-Sarju, Pat Breton and Sandra Smele
Safe Classrooms and Risky Conversations?
12:30 - 1:30
1:30 - 2:15
2:20 - 3:20
Abstracts from 2:20-3:20 session
Enhancing Teaching and Learning
Room: TEL 0009
By: Ron Sheese & Sophie Bury
Teaching with SPARK
eLearning
Room: TEL 0011
By: Jean Adams
E-Powering Tomorrow's Leaders
Experiential Education
Room: TEL 0013
By: Grace Ross
From the Classroom into Community: Stories from the School of Nursing
Cancelled
Student Transition and Engagement
Room: TEL 0015
By: Karen Englander, Geoff Lawrence, & Antonella Valeo
Supporting and Engaging ESL Learner Diversity at York
Approaches to Teaching
Room: TEL 0016
By: Deborah Orr
Mindfulness for Teaching and Learning
3:25 - 4:25
For inquires, contact teaching@yorku.ca
