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  • Authentic Assessment Moves beyond the Workplace

    Authentic Assessment Moves beyond the Workplace

    I was inspired to read this paper on authentic assessment, which confirms that when we refer to authentic assessment practices in higher education we must move “from a primary focus on workplaces and assessment performance to a broader focus that includes students and societal needs” (Zhan et al., 2025). Research findings Zhan et al. (2025)…

  • Leading Change in Higher Education: A Framework for Strategic and Relational Leadership

    As a leader working in higher education, I navigate what feels like an unprecedented array of challenges. Everything feels like an urgent priority. I recently collaborated with colleagues across UCalgary’s Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning to explore the shifts and transformations we are experiencing in higher education (Kenny et al., 2025), and to develop…

  • Exploring the structure of a coaching conversation

    Exploring the structure of a coaching conversation

    What is coaching? The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as: partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership. ICF, nd In practice, coaching involves partnering with people through an emerging…

  • Four key elements to building a supportive teaching culture in higher education

    I love a good read on how best to influence teaching and learning cultures in higher education.  This recent article had me thinking critically about our work in higher education – Myllykoski-Laine et al. (2023). It reminded me of four key elements critical to building a supportive teaching culture in higher education: The authors acknowledge…

  • A framework for influencing change in teaching and learning cultures, communities, and practices.

    As a leader of a teaching and learning institute at a large-research intensive institution, I reflect a lot on how change and learning happens in organizations.   How do teaching and learning centres work to influence teaching and learning cultures, communities and practices? A couple of years ago, I presented at the Educational Developers of Caucus…

  • Fostering Meaningful Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Learning and Development Opportunities in Higher Ed

    With leadership from University of Calgary’s Dr. Lorelli Nowell (https://twitter.com/lorelli_nowell), I recently collaborated with a fabulous group of scholars to publish a framework for postdoctoral scholar professional learning and development. The framework presents a holistic view of how we can better support postdoctoral scholars as they move forward in their academic and professional careers –…