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  • What’s Trying to Be Born Through You? A Different Approach to New Year Intentions

    I’m lucky to have amazing friends who also happen to be incredible coaches. Each January, we gather to talk about the year ahead. I cherish this time and these conversations. We reflect on the highs, lows, and learnings from the past year, then set goals and intentions for what’s coming. This work is hard, vulnerable,…

  • What does it mean to be an educational developer?

    I’ve been connecting with several teaching and learning leaders across Canada, exploring the shifts and transformations we have been experiencing in higher education following the pandemic. I’ve experienced something during these conversations that has taken me by surprise. I’ve caught myself wondering: What does it mean to be an educational developer? What do we do…

  • Leadership and the Sacred Pause

    I’ve identified one leadership skill to practice this year.  It’s a tough one (maybe the toughest of all!), so I’ve given myself a year to practice and reflect on it, and maybe move one step forward to becoming a more conscious leader and human being. You know that moment between when something happens that triggers…

  • Metacognition – a strategy for success in university teaching & learning

    By: Natasha Kenny and Patti Dyjur Following teaching and learning disruptions during the pandemic, we heard a lot about the struggles students were facing as they returned to the classroom. For example, Nappierala et al. (2022) summarized that undergraduate students faced a “skills gap” in time management, organization, independent learning, engagement and communication.  Students were…

  • Authors: Natasha Kenny and Sue Miller As we round the corner to the end of 2023, the importance of taking some time to reflect on what we’ve learned and how we will move forward into 2024 struck us this week. So often we rush forward into the new year, without taking time to pause, reflect,…