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Books by Allyson Skene

Educational Development Guide Series - Download your copy at: https://forms.gle/PSr5z6nRbAnvB1Ju6, 2022

“A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Higher Education Curriculum Development, Review & Renewal ... more “A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Higher Education Curriculum Development, Review & Renewal Projects” is a collaborative effort drawing on the collective experience of the authors, who have worked in different institutional contexts across Canada and beyond. Our goal is to provide practical guidance by describing curriculum development, review, and renewal practices in plain language, using a scholarly, evidence-informed, critical, and self-reflective approach. In writing this guide, we drew variously from theories of learning, well-established scholarship in education and curriculum studies, models of change management as applied to education, and the practice of educational development as informed by our own experiences and shared knowledges, to identify what in our view are best or promising practices for curriculum development. Download your copy at: https://forms.gle/PSr5z6nRbAnvB1Ju6

Papers by Allyson Skene

Springer International Publishing eBooks, 2022

WHAT IS SCAFFOLDING? – It is structuring assignments and course material in a systematic way to s... more WHAT IS SCAFFOLDING? – It is structuring assignments and course material in a systematic way to support your learning objectives and make the goals and process transparent to students. PART ONE – Scaffold and Assignment Design A. PROCESS SCAFFOLDING One effective method of scaffolding is to take a complex assignment, such as a literature review, lab report, or research essay and break it into smaller components. Providing formative feedback on the earlier assignments will help students master each step in the process before proceeding further. This type of scaffolding helps students get started on complex assignments early and ensures that they are on track throughout. Possible steps in a complex assignment Smaller assignments to help students master each step

The purpose of learning analytics is the strategic application of the data toward the goals educa... more The purpose of learning analytics is the strategic application of the data toward the goals education institutions have,” says Rachel Scherer, director of analytics at Blackboard. Explore three learning analytics stories from Australia, Canada and the Netherlands for a better understanding of how learning analytics can impact colleges and universities and help them achieve their strategic goals.

International Journal for Academic Development

International Journal for Academic Development, 2021

The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010

We have undertaken an integrated and collaborative approach to developing foundational skills of ... more We have undertaken an integrated and collaborative approach to developing foundational skills of students in a first year, Introductory Biology course. The course is a large lecture and laboratory course with enrollments ranging from 800-1000 per year. Teaching and Learning experts were brought into the course as weekly ‘Foundation Skills for Scientists’ sessions were created. The initial challenges were to have effective knowledge exchange between collaborators and create an integrated course syllabus. Once effective sessions were created, the next challenge was to improve student valuation of them. High value was only achieved when the skill sessions were tightly linked to course assignments and activities and was delivered ‘just in time’. Even then, the challenge has been to motivate students to realize that the sessions are directly relevant to them. Overall, student performance has improved since the program was initiated as measured by rate of retention in the course, overall ...