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An administrative, strategic and operational leader with over 20 years of educational development, educational technology and learning spaces experience in higher education. A passionate advocate for the continuous improvement of educational culture and evidence-based practices. A proven track record using a well-established collaborative systems-based approach to capacity building in teaching and learning.
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Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2011
In 1987, the University of Guelph introduced Learning1. CurricKit Outcomes Mapping has been creat... more In 1987, the University of Guelph introduced Learning1. CurricKit Outcomes Mapping has been created to support intentional curriculum development through aggregating faculty input on course outcomes to a program perspective.2. Progression Maps have been created to aid in the visualization of a program’s curriculum structure, through courses, semesters and program years3. A Portfolio System has been developed to permit student, educator and program portfolios to be built. These portfolios allow for reflection and for assessment of learning outcomes based on the artefacts of student work.This presentation will share current status and Guelph’s visions for the future - a future in which every student has a learning outcomes based portfolio and every program has an intentional curriculum map and a program level portfolio.By the end of this session, participants will be able to:• Describe the processes and tools being used at the University of Guelph,• Consider how to apply or adapt them...
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
First-year seminar programs have been a feature on the landscape of post-secondary teaching and l... more First-year seminar programs have been a feature on the landscape of post-secondary teaching and learning in the United States, since they first appeared in the 1880s at Boston University (Mamrick, 2005). More recently, they have begun to appear at Canadian universities. For example, first-year seminars were introduced a decade ago at the University of Guelph, as a campus-wide initiative. To recognize the first decade that these unique, interdisciplinary seminars have been offered, faculty were surveyed to understand better the impact of the program on those teaching in it, as well as their perceptions of their students. The experience of the University of Guelph suggests first-year seminar programs can have a significant influence on the teaching and professional experience of faculty and encourages them to extend their networks beyond the department and across the campus. Significantly, seminars serve as sites for pedagogical experimentation that can influence departmental curricul...
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2009
... 10.1080/03098260802276383 Alice J. Hovorka a * & Peter A. Wolf b pages 89-102... more ... 10.1080/03098260802276383 Alice J. Hovorka a * & Peter A. Wolf b pages 89-102. ... Moreover, fieldwork has become a definitive component of geographical endeavours, allowing the discipline to maintain its distinctiveness from other branches of science (Nairn et al., 200029. ...
Books by Peter Wolf
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
Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2011
In 1987, the University of Guelph introduced Learning1. CurricKit Outcomes Mapping has been creat... more In 1987, the University of Guelph introduced Learning1. CurricKit Outcomes Mapping has been created to support intentional curriculum development through aggregating faculty input on course outcomes to a program perspective.2. Progression Maps have been created to aid in the visualization of a program’s curriculum structure, through courses, semesters and program years3. A Portfolio System has been developed to permit student, educator and program portfolios to be built. These portfolios allow for reflection and for assessment of learning outcomes based on the artefacts of student work.This presentation will share current status and Guelph’s visions for the future - a future in which every student has a learning outcomes based portfolio and every program has an intentional curriculum map and a program level portfolio.By the end of this session, participants will be able to:• Describe the processes and tools being used at the University of Guelph,• Consider how to apply or adapt them...
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
First-year seminar programs have been a feature on the landscape of post-secondary teaching and l... more First-year seminar programs have been a feature on the landscape of post-secondary teaching and learning in the United States, since they first appeared in the 1880s at Boston University (Mamrick, 2005). More recently, they have begun to appear at Canadian universities. For example, first-year seminars were introduced a decade ago at the University of Guelph, as a campus-wide initiative. To recognize the first decade that these unique, interdisciplinary seminars have been offered, faculty were surveyed to understand better the impact of the program on those teaching in it, as well as their perceptions of their students. The experience of the University of Guelph suggests first-year seminar programs can have a significant influence on the teaching and professional experience of faculty and encourages them to extend their networks beyond the department and across the campus. Significantly, seminars serve as sites for pedagogical experimentation that can influence departmental curricul...
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2009
... 10.1080/03098260802276383 Alice J. Hovorka a * & Peter A. Wolf b pages 89-102... more ... 10.1080/03098260802276383 Alice J. Hovorka a * & Peter A. Wolf b pages 89-102. ... Moreover, fieldwork has become a definitive component of geographical endeavours, allowing the discipline to maintain its distinctiveness from other branches of science (Nairn et al., 200029. ...
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