| Title | Strategies for the Effective Design and Implementation of Collaborative Peer Learning Activities |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Arts |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 2 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2020 |
| Completion | 09/30/2023 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2020/2021 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Ricardo Serrano |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 19,604 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Ricardo Serrano, Director, Arts Instructional Support and Information Technology, Faculty of Arts |
| Year 1: Summary | The purpose of this project is to build capacity within the Faculty of Arts to support the adoption of peer pedagogies through collaborative document authoring. Through a series of pilots that represent a range of different courses and disciplinary contexts, we will support instructors in exploring the use of collaborative document authoring tools to facilitate activities such as: peer review and feedback for writing assignments, shared files for group projects and presentations, peer annotation and small group writing activities. As a result of these pilots we hope to develop a better understanding of the types of learning activities that collaborative document authoring can support, the pedagogical value of those activities and effective methods for facilitating and supporting them across a broad range of courses. This project is motivated by feedback from faculty focus groups where instructors highlighted collaborative learning activities as an area where Arts should focus increased instructional and technical support. |
| Year 1: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2022/2023 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Ricardo Serrano |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 21,188 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Year 2 Instructors: Ricardo Serrano, Director, Arts Instructional Support and Information Technology, Faculty of Arts Year 1 Instructors: Laura Baumvol, Lecturer, Journalism, Writing and Media, Faculty of Arts |
| Year 2: Summary | The purpose of this project is to build capacity within the Faculty of Arts to support the adoption of peer pedagogies through collaborative student learning activities. Through a series of pilots that represent a range of different courses and disciplinary contexts, we will support instructors in exploring the use of discussion, videoconferencing and file sharing tools to facilitate activities such as: collaboration on shared projects, management of group work, file sharing, and building knowledge through learning communities. Through these pilots, we hope to develop a better understanding of the types of learning activities that collaborative learning tools can support, their pedagogical value and effective methods for supporting them across a broad range of courses. This project is motivated by the results of phase 1 of this pilot, which highlighted the need for more instructional support in Arts for instructors who wish to make use of collaborative learning in their classrooms. |
| Year 2: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Project Report | 2022-TLEF-SP-Final-Report-Serrano-WEB.pdf |