Teaching and Learning Centre Blog

Curriculum Development, Part I

What’s New is Old Again?

Curriculum development is an ever-evolving field, reflecting the dynamic nature of education itself. In this first of two parts on curriculum development, we delve into the seminal ideas of Paul Dressel, who…

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Jason Hogan in UPEI TLC

May 13

May Moodle Update — New Features

On May 19th, UPEI’s Moodle will be getting a minor version upgrade. This will be a much smaller…

Joel MacDonald in UPEI TLC

May 9

A collage of educational materials like textbooks, pens, pencils, and digital devices. On a laptop screen it says, “What is curriculum?”

What it Means to Teach — Part III

Teaching and the Curriculum

Joel MacDonald in UPEI TLC

Mar 28

One image shows students working in groups and overlays a larger image of students being taught in a large lecture theatre with the picture taken from the very back of the theatre.

What It Means to Teach — Part II

Teaching and Academic Freedom

Jason Hogan in UPEI TLC

Mar 28

A persona card for Diana, a student who is retraining to be a personal coach after experiencing partial vision loss. Diana uses a on-screen magnifier but gets eye fatigue and headaches after reading for more than 30 minutes.

How to Use a Design Persona

When trying to incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) pedagogy into our course design we need to try…

Jason Hogan in UPEI TLC

Mar 5

Before you add a new tool to your course-

Adopting a new tool or technology into a class, regardless of the course format, can be a lot of work for a course instructor. A new tool may mean adapting or replacing assessments, creating optional grading schemes, or adapting the flow of the course…

Joel MacDonald in UPEI TLC

Feb 29

A word cloud showing the word teach as the prominent word with all other words around it relating to teaching, education, learning and instructional design.

What It Means to Teach — Part I

From Education to Instructional Design

Charlene VanLeeuwen in UPEI TLC

Jan 4

Maintaining a focus on sustainable and authentic assessment in this era of generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is highlighting issues that those of us involved with the Faculty of Science Assessment Working Group and many others across campus…