{"id":52235,"date":"2018-07-11T09:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=52235"},"modified":"2018-07-11T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:51:15","slug":"chancellors-chair-award-winners-named-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/07\/chancellors-chair-award-winners-named-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor\u2019s Chair award winners named for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovative teaching and learning projects will be pursued by the recently announced 2018 Chancellor\u2019s Chair for Teaching Excellence award winners.<\/span><\/p>\n

The recipients \u2014 Professor Martin Danahay, English Language and Literature; Associate Professor Jenn Salfi, Nursing; and <\/span>Assistant Professor<\/span> Nicola Simmons,<\/span> Educational Studies \u2014 <\/span>share a commitment to advance teaching and learning scholarship and practice for colleagues at Brock and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

As chair holders, Danahay, Salfi and Simmons <\/span>will receive funding of <\/span>$5,000 <\/span>a year for three years to pursue innovative projects that include research into 3D pedagogy, <\/span>interprofessional collaborative education and graduate degree level outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Administered by the Centre <\/span>for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI) since 2005, the awards recognize and celebrate teaching excellence at Brock.<\/span><\/p>\n

CPI Director Jill Grose says the projects are at the forefront of <\/span>innovative teaching and learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom within their discipline-specific interests, the award recipients have developed projects that will take the broader teaching and learning community in exciting new directions,\u201d says Grose. \u201cThese projects lead the way in developing immersive ways of learning that embrace the best of new technology, and in creating course models and assignments which promote professional and collaborative skills at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Chancellor\u2019s Chair for Teaching Excellence projects include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Martin Danahay \u2014 Bodily Presence in 3D Pedagogical Spaces<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danahay is using cutting-edge 3D virtual reality hardware and software to identify best practices for online discussion-based courses in a 3D environment. The study will evaluate the impact of 3D technology in creating bodily presence on teacher and student interactions. It will also focus on participants\u2019 evaluation of 3D space learning outcomes in contrast to interactions in Sakai forums.<\/span><\/p>\n

Danahay, who was Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities from 2009 to 2012, says the project is inspired by his desire to create a sense of community in courses, whether in real-time in a classroom or online.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology promises to enhance online teaching presence which has proven crucial in online education,\u201d he says. \u201cThe ability to represent bodily image in 3D environments is evolving rapidly, largely thanks to developments in online gaming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenn Salfi \u2014 The \u2018I\u2019 in Teams: The Development & Evaluation of an Interprofessional Course on Collaboration and Teamwork<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since joining the Department of Nursing in 2013, Salfi has looked to \u201cinterprofessional collaborative education\u201d as a means of providing students with experiences to gain much needed \u2018soft skills,\u2019 such as problem solving, communication, teamwork, leadership and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Salfi is creating an innovative foundational course that will help prepare students to take their place within collaborative and team-oriented environments in the health-care field. It will be the first course in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences that will be open to students from all five departments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of this course is to bridge the skills gap of our soon-to-be-graduates through some in-class instruction and a variety of meaningful experiential opportunities,\u201d Salfi says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicola Simmons \u2014 Wikipedia Assignment: Developing Graduate Student Outcomes and Employability Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simmons continues to research the impact of a Wikipedia assignment that she created several years ago for the Master of Education entry course. In this next phase, she will focus on the assignment\u2019s value in contributing to overall graduate degree level outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simmons created the Wikipedia assignment as a way to explore graduate students\u2019 perceptions about engaging in Wikipedia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStudents responded to the assignment\u2019s effect on their thinking, finding it developed critical thinking and literacy skills and contributed to their sense of becoming scholars,\u201d she says. \u201cThese and other themes suggested that this simple assignment might be contributing more to graduate student outcomes than I anticipated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about the <\/span>2018 Chancellor\u2019s Chair for Teaching Excellence projects <\/span>on the CPI website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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