Supporting evidence-based practice

Engaging in systematic and scholarly inquiry; supporting engagement in the scholarship of teaching and learning; supporting evidence-based teaching and learning practices.

Strategies:

1. Support the University of Calgary community in applying evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning (goals)
2. Engage in systematic inquiry and evidence-based EDU practices and approaches (goals)
3. Support engagement in systematic inquiry related to teaching and learning (goals)

Activities:

• Instructional Skills Workshop & Facilitator Development Workshop
• University of Calgary Teaching Academy
• Course Design Program
• EDU National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Support

• Documentation of learning spaces and technologies
• Course design workshop
• Support for University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Grants program
• Faculty, graduate student, and curriculum workshop series (presentations to UofC community, developing teaching expertise)
• Badging and microcredentials
• ePortfolios
• Engagement in our own scholarly practice (conference presentations, publications)

Example Assessment Strategies:

• Numbers of workshops, events, participants, publications, reports, conference presentations
• Surveys, focus groups, interviews, case studies
• Post-event/workshop evaluations
• Numbers of resources created and shared
• Critical reflection of our own practices