adventures in teaching and learning
As of 1 July 2016 I’m officially on Sabbatical! Instead of heading to the classroom this Fall, I’ll be on an extended summer until September 2017. Sabbatical is an amazing opportunity to spend a year working on big picture projects and Continue reading Officially on Sabbatical!
This post is the latest in my annual series where I publically commit to share the evidence-based change I’m making to my teaching practice this year. (See last year’s post, where I shared rationale and resources on two-stage exams, which Continue reading SMTs: Student Management Teams
Although I’ve polished/reconfigured my teaching philosophy a few times over the years, I’m feeling compelled to take it in a new direction. It’s not that my teaching has taken on an entirely new form… well, maybe in some ways it has. Continue reading Revising my Teaching Philosophy
[This post is a bit belated… I forgot I wrote it last month and just found it in my drafts!] I understand that there are political, social, economic, etc problems with the Olympics. Like every institution, it’s flawed in many Continue reading Olympics
This past weekend I completed the UBC Sprint Distance Triathlon! It was my first triathlon ever, and it’s something a year ago I said I’d never do (I’ve since stopped saying such foolish things!). It was also my first sustained Continue reading Triathlon!