Focus Newsletter
Dalhousie's Centre for Learning and Teaching blog, FOCUS, is now available exclusively online.
Volume 27 (2019)
Volume 26 (2018)
No.. Graduate Student Edition [PFD - 2.8 MB]
Fall Focus 2018 - A Call to Action. Fall Focus 2018 looks at responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action in the context of learning and teaching.
Margaret Robinson (Lennox Island First Nation) speaks about L’nu-izing: creating curricula, and teaching and researching in ways that reflect Mi’kmaq values and practices. Jane Doucet writes about the significant initiatives and successes already implemented by Naiomi Metallic (Listuguj Mi’gmak First Nation) and colleagues in the Schulich School of Law, serving as a model of how to we can undertake this important work. Finally, Fred Wien (Professor Emeritus), shares his own experiences of how reconciliation can be done ‘in a good way,’ as a non-Indigenous person working closely with Indigenous peoples.
Through stories and rich resources in this issue, we hope that you will find knowledge and inspiration to undertake, or continue to embody and respond to, the TRC Calls to Action.
Volume 25 (2017)
No.1. Gateways in Higher Education: The STLHE Comes to Halifax [PDF - 3MB]
No.2. Graduate Student Edition [PFD - 3 MB]
No.3. Cross-institutional Initiatives [PDF - 2.8 MB]
Volume 24 (2016)
No. 1. Exploring Change and Resilience in University Teaching and Learning [PDF - 1.9 KB]
No. 2. Graduate Student Edition [PDF - 1.7 KB]
No. 3. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning [PDF - 2.6 MB]
Volume 23 (2015)
No. 1 Community Engaged Learning [PDF - 2.5 MB]
No. 2. Graduate Student Edition [PDF - 3 KB]
No 3. Diversity and Inclusion [PDF - 4.6 KB]
Volume 22 (2014)
No. 1 Using Technology to Foster Deep Learning Through Connection and Communication [PDF - 1.5 MB]
No. 2 Graduate Student Edition [PDF - 3.6 MB]
No. 3 Leading Change in Teaching and Learning [PDF - 3 MB]
Volume 21 (2013)
No. 1 Internationalizating Teaching and Learning in a Global Context [PDF - 2.1 MB]
No. 2 Graduate Student Issue [PDF - 1.4 MB]
No. 3 Curriculum Mapping, Development and Renewal [PDF - 1.8 MB]
Volume 20 (2012)
No. 1 Creative Teaching and Learning [PDF - 1.7 MB]
No. 2 The Graduate Student Issue [PDF - 1.5 MB]
No. 3 Student Ratings of Instruction [PDF - 1.5 MB]
Volume 19 (2011)
No. 1 The Partnerships in Technology Issue [PDF - 2.1 MB]
No. 2 The Graduate Student Issue: Diversity [PDF -2.7 MB]
No. 3 Supporting In-Class Learning with Technology [PDF - 2.5 MB]
Volume 18 (2010)
No. 1 The Learning Outside the Classroom Issue [PDF - 2.1 MB]
No. 2 The Graduate Student Issue [PDF - 926 KB]
No. 3 The Undergraduate Research Issue [PDF - 2.8 MB]
Volume 17 (2009)
No. 1 The Student Engagement Issue [PDF - 2.3 MB]
No. 2 The Graduate Student Issue [PDF - 816 KB]
Volume 16 (2008)
No. 1 Aligning Learning, Teaching, and Assessment[PDF - 3.1 MB]
No. 2 The Distance Education Issue [PDF - 1 MB]
Volume 15 (2007)
No. 1 The Writing Issue [PDF - 751 KB]
No. 2 The Course Design Issue [PDF - 1.4 MB]
Volume 14 (2006)
No. 1 The Diversity Issue [PDF - 3 MB]
No. 2 The Technology in Teaching & Learning Issue [PDF - 3.4 MB]
Volume 13 (2005)
No. 1 The Plagiarism Issue [PDF - 1.4 MB]
No. 2 The First-Year Classes Issue [PDF - 1.7 MB]
Volume 12 (2004)
No. 1 Building Community: Professional Development through Teacher Discussion Groups [PDF - 400 KB]
No. 2 First Principles: The Idea of a Dalhousie Education [PDF - 178 KB]
No. 3 Using Video Technology for Skills Development in the Health Professions
[PDF - 106 KB]
Volume 11 (2003)
No. 1 Teaching for Inclusion: The Challenges and Opportunities of Diversity in the Classroom [PDF - 166 KB]
No. 2 Learning and Practicing International Development: The Dalhousie Collaborative Project in Cuba [PDF - 1.2 MB]
No. 3 Designing Assignments to Curb Plagiarism [PDF - 109 KB]
No. 4 Computer- Mediated Teaching and the Human Face of Learning: Essential Tensions or Contradiction? [PDF - 3.6 MB]
Volume 10 (2002)
No. 1 Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned
No. 2 Making Teaching Count [PDF - 122 KB]
No. 3 Master of Electronic Commerce Program: Balancing the Three-legged Stool
[PDF - 107 KB]
No. 4 Mentoring at Dalhousie [PDF - 96 KB]
No. 5 Presenting a Human Face: Things to do at the start of your course [PDF - 110 KB]
Volume 9 (2001)
No. 1 Creating Study Groups in University Classes [PDF - 335 KB]
No. 2 The First Year Faculty Experience
No. 3 Lest We Forget: Critical Factors for Success in On-line Learning
No. 4 Instructional Technology Showcase
No. 5 Curriculum Planning: An Academic Balancing Act
Volume 8 (2000)
No. 1 Teaching Writing as a Teaching Assistant [PDF - 352 KB]
No. 2 Improving Teaching by Design [PDF - 657 KB]
No. 3 Teaching Large Classes [PDF - 308 KB]
No. 4-5 Assessment Tips [PDF - 278 KB]
Volume 7 (1999)
No. 1 Embedding Excellence in Higher Education [PDF - 778 KB]
No. 2 Using Active Learning in the Classroom [PDF - 665 KB]
No. 3 What Do You Want From Me? [PDF - 378 KB]
No. 4-5 Galvanizing Distance Education Initiatives [PDF - 433 KB]
Volume 6 (1998)
No. 1 Improving Teaching: Priorities for Dalhousie University [PDF - 523 KB]
No. 2 Teaching Excellence: Focus on our Award Winning Teachers [PDF - 856 KB]
No. 3 Planning Ahead: Practical Suggestions for Teaching Large Classes [PDF - 441 KB]
No. 4 Making Our Teaching More Student-Centred
No. 5 Student Ratings at Dalhousie [PDF - 747 KB]
Volume 5 (1997)
No. 1 Recording Teaching Accomplishment [PDF - 770 KB]
No. 2 Problem-Based Learning [PDF - 423 KB]
No. 3 Teaching Large Classes [PDF - 397 KB]
Volume 4 (1996)
No. 1 The Dalhousie Environmental Education Program [PDF - 432 KB]
No. 2 Teaching Improvement Practices [PDF - 438 KB]
No. 3 Award-Winning Teachers Reflect [PDF - 480 KB]
No. 4 Student Perspectives on Teaching [PDF - 431 KB]
No. 5 Information Technology and University Teaching [PDF - 557 KB]
Volume 3 (1995)
No. 1 Promoting Equality in the Classroom [PDF - 599 KB]
No. 2 Learning Styles [PDF - 377 KB]
No. 3 Dalhousie's Award-Winning Teachers
No. 4 Teacher Self-Assessment [PDF - 318 KB]
No. 5 Cooperative Learning [PDF - 523 KB]
Volume 2 (1994)
No. 1 Women in the Classroom: The Sounds of Silence [PDF - 457 KB]
No. 2 The Art of Teaching [PDF - 802 KB]
No. 3 Computer Assisted Learning on Campus [PDF - 730 KB]
No. 4 Graduate Teaching Assistants at Dalhousie [PDF - 438 KB]
No. 5 Peer Cooperation [PDF - 549 KB]
Volume 1 (1993)
No. 1 The STLHE Conference: Improving Teaching and Learning [PDF - 442 KB]
No. 2 The Teaching Dossier at Dalhousie University[PDF - 463 KB]
No. 3 Teaching and Learning Creativity [PDF - 410 KB]
No. 4 Student Rating of Instruction: Prinicples for Practice [PDF - 336 KB]
No. 5 Innovations in Teaching [PDF - 475 KB]
No. 6 Teaching Large Classes Well [PDF - 500 KB]
No. 7 Writing Across the Curriculum [PDF - 463 KB]