Kwantlen Polytechnic University Introduction to Psychology Fall2021, Spring2022 Link to PDF here.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University Introduction to Psychology Fall2021, Spring2022 Link to PDF here.
Justice Institute of British Columbia Introduction to Research Methods Fall2020, Spring2021 Link to PDF here.
“Sand in my shoes” Learning to solve small irritating problems. Putting a bit more happiness in your step. Go to these slides for blank worksheets.
“My heart starts pounding” Why? Learning is an act of provocation — a leaving of what is known and charting a course into what is not-yet-known. Learning can be exhilarating but also scary. Presentation to the Canadian Unitarian Council members. Black…
Serving up “tasty” online lessons to local children during the 2020 COVID lockdown. I designed, developed — and co-taught with my husband, Bill Richardson — this weekly inquiry-based lesson plan to middle school aged children during the Winter/Spring 2020 COVID…
From Grade 1 to graduate school, traditional tutoring to innovative learning support, online and face-to-face, Life Outside the Box can help you love learning. Dr. Jessica Motherwell McFarlane, Ph.D. Teaching Excellence Award Winner, JIBC Strong beginning. Newly expanded. Life…
Here is a summary of my Pecha Kucha Challenge presented at eTUG: Pushing Boundaries: Digital Spaces: Proposal: 6 slides in 6 minutes, GO! _________________________ “How can that phone in students’ hands be useful in the classroom?” Learning about diversity by watching student-creating…
Taking Integrity to the Gym: Using the honour system and reducing cheating. One night I was relaxing at home watching super star psychologist, Dr. Dan Ariely, talk about cheating in his documentary, The Truth About (Dis)honesty. His work is scientifically…
I use team-based learning in all my courses. After I had a year with one or two teams that lagged behind the others. Team-based learning expert, Jim Sibley, suggested the following criteria to form teams. These team-forming criteria worked well…
I have often thought about the precarious and tentative first attempts we need to take to build new community contacts. Indeed, the journey toward building a new community is like learning to walk on a slack line; we fall off — a…