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Tamara Kelly

York University
Associate Lecturer, Biology
Toronto

Tamara Kelly is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Biology at York University. She teaches at a variety of levels (1st, 2nd, and 4th year), conducts teaching and learning research in biology, and is part of the first-year Integrated Science team.

09:00

STLHE Board of Directors Meeting Ontario Hall

17:30

Opening Reception (Sponsored by eXplorance) and Registration Atrium, Physics & Astronomy Building

08:30

Plenary I: QUESTions Instead of Answers: A Process-based Curriculum for the Twenty-first Century (Sponsored by University Affairs) North Campus Building (NCB 101)David Helfand Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of 2016 3M Teaching Fellows and Remarks North Campus Building (NCB 101)

10:40

Nutrition Break (sponsored by Turning Technologies Canada) Mustang Lounge (UCC)

11:15

CON01.05c - The Current Landscape of Learning Outcomes Assessment Practices in Canada UCC 58Alexandra MacFarlane CON01.09b - Faculty mentoring for teaching and the role of teaching climates and cultures in encouraging the development and enhancement of teaching practices. UCC 63Megan Burnett • Cora McCloy • Carol Rolheiser CON01.16b - Measuring institutional culture around supports for teaching and learning at Bishop's University: Results from the Teaching and Learning Centre Initiative (TLCI) needs and beliefs assessment Weldon Library 121 (Teaching Support Centre)Corinne Haigh • Jessica Riddell CON01.07c - Encouraging Student Agency though Blended Course Design UCC 60Jordan Fairbairn • Dragana Polovina-Vukovic CON01.08c - Student-directed online learning modules: Open Education Resources with opportunities to develop metacognitive skills UCC 61Alison Flynn • Jeanette Caron CON01.06c - When Students Become Experts: Engaging Learners Through Distributed Expertise UCC 59Kimberly Mair • Victoria Holec CON01.10b - Engaging First-Year Students through Learning Skills Workshops UCC 65Sheilagh Grills CON01.10c - Succeeding Before you Start: Giving Students a 'Leg Up' to University UCC 65Daniel Belliveau • Cortney Hanna CON01.04b - Effecting Change through a SoTL Fellows Program UCC 56Trevor Holmes • Elizabeth Marquis • MIETL Research Fellows • Kris Knorr • John Maclachlan CON01.09c - Reflecting on Critical Moments in a Collaborative, Higher Education Teaching Partnership UCC 63Jacqueline Beres • Vera Woloshyn CON01.14b - Perceptions of approaches to teaching and their relationship to student performance Weldon Library 258Arshad Ahmad • Janette Barrington • Joe Kim • Aadil Ali • Olivia Merritt CON01.14c - Design and Orchestration: How to implement active learning and promote collaboration Weldon Library 258Chris Whittaker • Elizabeth Charles • Kevin Lenton • Chao Zhang CON01.17b - Building a multi-disciplinary research community of practice: Finding the SoTL in our teaching and learning Weldon Library 120 (Teaching Support Centre)Diana Buglea • Leslie Linton CON01.01b - 'What Interests You?' Working Together for Authentic Inquiry Learning in Undergraduate Anatomy UCC 37Lauren Anstey CON01.01c - Scaffolding expert habits in novices: A think-aloud study in an introductory social science course UCC 37Catherine Anderson CON01.02c - Scale Up or Change Your Teaching? Analysis of Large Classes in Biology UCC 54ACeilidh Barlow Cash • Steffen Graether • Shoshanah Jacobs • Jessa Letargo CON01.12b - The development, delivery, and evaluation of an interdisciplinary research course for first-year international science students UCC 146Meghan Allen • Fok-Shuen Leung • Anka Lekhi TAGSA Special Interest Group - Building TAGSA: Looking Back, Moving Forward UCC 67

12:15

Lunch (Sponsored by Magna Publications) Community Room and The Wave (UCC)

13:30

CON02.18 - Building Student-Faculty Partnerships in Curriculum Development and Community Engagement Weldon Library 121 (Teaching Support Centre)Dora Cavallo-Medved • Mitchell Elliott • Melanie Grondin CON02.01 - Balancing Resources across Strategies, Projects and Programs in Educational Development UCC 37Tom Carey • Tracy Penny Light • Joy Mighty • Peter Wolf CON02.06 - Educational Developers Leading and Empowering the SoTL UCC 59Nicola Simmons • Lynn Taylor CON02.08 - Developing a Leadership in Teaching & Learning Fellowship Program at an Ontario University UCC 61Nancy Fenton • Lori Goff • Melec Zeadin CON02.15 - Supporting eLearning on campus: Drawing inspiration from the continuous improvement of an eLearning toolkit UCC 66 (WALS, Sponsored by Nelson)Lauren Anstey • Stephanie Horsley • Jennifer Sadler • Gavan Watson CON02.09 - Learning to ‘fail’ for success: developing student Mindsets to promote resilience, tenacity and effective learning. UCC 63Lindsay Davies • Udaramati Melanie Pope CON02.10 - Learning to Bounce: Using 'Wise Interventions' in the Classroom to Teach Resilience UCC 65Rebecca Gagan CON02.14 - At the Intersection of Cognitive Science and Education: Gamifying 2nd Year Neuroscience Course to Encourage Retrieval-Based Learning Weldon Library 258Kim Hellemans • Maristela Petrovic-Dzerdz CON02.07 - Pedagogical Training and the Future of the PhD Program UCC 60Bridgette Brown • Ajay Parasram • Morgan Rooney

14:45

CON03.07 - Transitioning to Blended Teaching: The Successes and Challenges of an Institutional Initiative UCC 60Nancy Vezina CON03.01 - Preparing a 3M National Teaching Fellowship Nomination: Advice from Three Perspectives UCC 37Debra Dawson • Tim Loblaw • Shannon Murray CON03.02 - What Value does a university add to learning in the age of MOOCs? (Sponsored by Nelson Education) UCC 54AJoe Kim CON03.09 - Diamonds are your best friend: Enabling students’ voices and insights on learning spaces using a participatory design approach UCC 63Peggy Hartwick • Beth Hughes • Patrick Lyons • Dragana Polovina-Vukovic • Flavia Renon • Cheryl Schramm CON03.04 - Direct Instructions (DI) versus Productive Failure (PF) – Best practices for interactive in-class activities. UCC 56Sunita Chowrira • Karen Smith CON03.10 - Empowering Learners with ePortfolios: Harnessing the “Evidence of Experience” to Illuminate Learner Pathways UCC 65Tracy Penny Light CON03.13 - Graduate Students as Educational Leaders: Transforming Departmental Teaching Cultures through the Lead TA Program UCC 315 (Council Chambers)Melanie-Anne Atkins • Aisha Haque • Melissa Jacquart • Ken Meadows

15:45

CON04.13 - Rethinking course design support for instructors: Multiple perspectives and approaches UCC 315 (Council Chambers)marcy slapcoff • Denise Stockley • Mariela Tovar • Sue Fostaty Young CON04.06 - Made to Slip: Why Good Initiatives Lose Traction UCC 59Beverley Hamilton • Jessica Raffoul CON04.05 - Emphasizing reading as pre-class preparation for students in a flipped or blended learning classroom UCC 58Brett McCollum • Todd Nickle CON04.09 - Student Centered Teaching: When the Students Become the Teachers UCC 63Ann Bigelow • David Creelman • Veselin Jungic • Jessica Riddell • Jin-Sun Yoon • Étienne Côté • Sara Harris • Steve Joordens • Peter Ostafichuk • Pamela Toulouse CON04.10 - Developing Students’ Creative Thinking Skills in the Context of Course Content UCC 65Bharat Maheshwari • Zbigniew Pasek • Paul Rousseau CON04.02 - ePortfolio rubrics: A multidisciplinary, student-centred, faculty developed, open education resource (whew!) UCC 54AAllie Davidson • Peggy Hartwick • Beth Hughes • Samah Sabra • Rachelle Thibodeau • Eva Kartchava • Sarah Todd CON04.08 - Dodging the disciplinary divide: Blending people, concepts and learning UCC 61Tamara Kelly • Lauren Wallar

16:45

POSTER.23 - Faculty Responses to the Teaching Practices Survey Based on Time Spent Lecturing Atrium, Physics & Astronomy BuildingGülnur Birol • Adriana Briseno-Garzon • Andrea Han POSTER.57 - Investigating Minute Papers to Assess Student Reasoning Atrium, Physics & Astronomy BuildingCarolyn Sealfon

18:00

Student Voices in Higher Education - Brainstorming and Discussion UCC 60Jason Earl • Roselynn Verwoord

08:45

Plenary II - Empowering Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning (Sponsored by Presenters Podium) North Campus Building (NCB 101)Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens

15:00

CON08.15 - The Frontiers of Service-Learning at Canadian Universities UCC 66 (WALS, Sponsored by Nelson)Sunaina Assanand • Ann Bigelow • Vladimir Kricsfalusy • Aleksandra Zecevic CON08.03c - Slideware by design: Using slides as more than just digital cue cards UCC 54BKristie Dukewich • Ramzy Nicolas • Morgan Zych CON08.04a - Faculty Support for Online Learning Development – Considerations for Process UCC 56Wendy Freeman CON08.04c - By design: building technology-enhanced activities UCC 56Keren Akiva • Itamar Tzadok CON08.10a - Understanding the State of the Curriculum through an Examination of Course Syllabi UCC 65David M. Andrews • Jess C. Dixon • Adam Goodwin

08:00

SoTL Canada Special Interest Group Annual General Meeting UCC 315 (Council Chambers)

09:00

SoTL Canada Special Session - Effecting change through SoTL mentorship: a collaborative opportunity UCC 315 (Council Chambers)Victoria Chen • Debra Kiceniuk • Janice Miller-Young • Genevieve Newton CON10.15 - Welcome to My Classroom - The Two Hour Taskforce on Barriers to Educational Innovation UCC 66 (WALS, Sponsored by Nelson)Tom Haffie

10:00

CON11.08 - Discipline specific mentoring to enhance student success UCC 61Leslie Gloor Duncan • Tom Haffie