Centre for Learning and Teaching

D2L Innovation in Teaching and Learning Award


海角社区app University's First Year Chemistry Online Development Team is the recipient of a 2022聽.

The annual award recognizes post-secondary collaborative teams for their innovative approaches that promote student-centred teaching and learning.

Recipients of the 2022 D2L Innovation in Teaching and Learning Award: First Year Chemistry Online Development Team


First Year Chemistry Online Development Team

  • Dr. Angela Crane聽(Senior Instructor, First Year Program Coordinator), Department of Chemistry, 海角社区app University聽
  • Dr. Jennifer L. MacDonald聽(Instructor, University Teaching Fellow), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Dr. Mark Wall聽Instructor (PTA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Dr. Joseph Tassone聽(Postdoctoral Fellow) Ellman Lab, Yale Univeristy
  • Adrienne Allison聽(PhD Candidate), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Reem Karaballi聽(PhD Student), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Michael Charlton聽(Graduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Isabel Curtis聽(Graduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Robert Foisy聽(Undergraduate TA), Department of Microbiology & Immunology,聽海角社区app University
  • Landon Getz聽(PhD Candidate), Department of Microbiology & Immunology,聽海角社区app University
  • Patrick Giesbrecht聽(PhD Candidate), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Kirsten Jones聽(Graduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Erin Lyle聽(Graduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Matthew Margeson聽(PhD Student), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Sarah Martell聽(PhD Candidate), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Nicholas Roberts聽(Undergraduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University
  • Joseph Weatherby聽(Graduate TA), Department of Chemistry,聽海角社区app University

Bringing First Year Chemistry Online with Students as Partners through Universal Design

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an innovative Students-as-Partners collaboration was utilized to build short screen-capture video content and interactive quiz-style questions. Lab content was brought to life through a 360掳 interactive lab tour, experimental content delivery to support real-time data/observation acquisition and the ability to make experimental mistakes and see the results of those errors. Students could choose the way they wished to view an experiment, which greatly helped those with colour vision deficiencies or devices with low-resolution. Over 50 custom interactive online modules (containing over 1000 videos!) have been created and successfully delivered to over 2600 students across various faculties.