LITE grant recipients announced

A message from the Centre for Teaching Excellence

In collaboration with the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, the Centre for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce that six exciting projects have been funded through the new Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Grants initiative.

*Denotes Graduate Student

Project Title	Name(s) of Investigator(s)	Faculty and Department of Principal Investigator
Students’ Experiences of Learning Using a Problem-Based Instructional Approach	Margaret Insley and Barb Bloemhof	Arts, Economics
Developing Teaching Case Studies for Green Marketing	Jennifer Lynes	Environment, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
Offering Disciplined Creativity as a Deeper and Richer Learning Experience for Undergraduate Students at Waterloo	Geoffrey Malleck	Arts, Economics
Enhancing Teamwork Effectiveness in Coursework through Training	John Michela, *Vivian Chan, *Kevin Leung, *Jayna Mitchell	Arts, Psychology
Statistics Contest Project	Stephen Brown, Jock MacKay, Don McLeish, Paul Kates	Mathematics, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Making Groups Work for Large Classes and Assessing Their Impact	Joseph Sanderson	Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

 

There were 10 proposals submitted and 6 received funding, for a total of $24,600. The funded projects were drawn from four faculties (Arts, Environment, Math, Science) and three graduate students are co-investigators.

The purpose of the LITE grants is to provide support for experimenting with and investigating innovative approaches to teaching that aim to foster deep student learning and enhance teaching at the University of Waterloo.

Two kinds of grants are available: LITE Seed Grants for projects up to $5,000, and LITE Full Grants for projects up to $30,000. Both grant formats emphasize the contribution of the project to the University of Waterloo learning community.

For Seed Grants, the three annual application deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1. The one annual deadline for LITE Full Grants is October 1.

More information about the grants is available online.

To register for an upcoming LITE Grant Information and Working Session, please visit the Centre for Teaching Excellence web site.

Anyone who is considering applying for a grant and would like to discuss their project should contact Julie Timmermans at the Centre for Teaching Excellence by emailing julie.timmermans @uwaterloo.ca or at x32940.

 

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Notes on a Thursday

JobMine continues to be shut down today for a period of planned maintenance. User access is temporarily unavailable. The online system, used to manage uWaterloo co-op student recruitment, has been offline since yesterday.

TechTown, the 60,00 sq. ft. building located in the David Johnston Research + Technology Park on the university's north campus, has been donated to the university by alumnus Toby Jenkins.

TechTown is a professional services building that provides services to employees in the park, the university and the community including everything from health and wellness services to childcare. Ownership of TechTown transferred on August 1.

“As a University of Waterloo alumnus, I am delighted to make this donation,” said Jenkins. “It has been wonderful to see the realization of the TechTown vision.”

The donation will enhance the amenities offered within the tech park, and services will continue uninterrupted.

“This building provides a great opportunity to further enhance the university’s core functions and ensure we continue to attract the best and brightest to Waterloo,” said Feridun Hamdullahpur, University of Waterloo president and vice-chancellor.

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