Evaluation and Research

Evaluation is important for helping you to understand what is and isn’t working with your teaching and learning project or initiative. Ongoing and iterative evaluation will help you to improve project design and implementation, make informed decisions, reach your intended goals and identify ways to sustain your work.

Best Practices in Survey Design – March 4, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    March 4, 2025
    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

In-person Evaluating and researching teaching and learning is an important endeavour. Choosing the right approach and tools is key to obtaining the evidence needed to assess the outcomes of a project and the impact of our teaching practices. While surveys are one of the most commonly used data collection methods, designing effective surveys that elicit (more…)

Data Visualization for Teaching and Learning – April 14, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    April 14, 2025
    10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

Online Choosing the best visualizations for sharing quantitative findings is key to ensuring that your outcomes are understandable and accessible to your audience. However, designing effective figures that present your data in a clear and meaningful way can be challenging. This session will offer attendees a chance to develop a deeper understanding of: Why clear (more…)

Evaluating TLEF, OER and SaP Projects – April 16, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    April 16, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

Online Evaluation activities are important to think about throughout the life of your TLEF, OER or SaP project, as evaluation allows you to monitor and refine the development of the project. Evaluation also allows you to report out on the project impact, which will help you to secure continuing funding and engage others in a (more…)

Introduction to SoTL – May 13, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 13, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

Online The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) uses systematic and methodological inquiry into teaching and learning (behaviours/practices, attitudes, and values) with the goal of improving teaching and learning by making findings public (Hutchings, & Shulman, 1999; Potter & Kustra, 2011). During this session, we will: Break down the definition of SoTL Explain how to (more…)