TLC 2024: Let’s focus on learning - teaching innovation can make a difference (Keynote)

The Teaching and Learning Conference 2024, hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) at Memorial University on May 1-2, brought together post-secondary faculty, students and staff to discuss and share about innovation in teaching and learning. Under the theme Putting Innovation Into Practice, the conference presenters shared their learnings and experiences on teaching and learning approaches during a time of transition. #MUNTLC24
Session: Let's Focus on Learning - Teaching Innovation Can Make a Difference on Thursday, May 2, 2024 (Memorial Keynote)
Presenter: Dr. Jeannette Byrne
I entered academia because of a love of learning and a passion for helping others to learn. I loved lecturing, being in the classroom and watching students as the ‘ah ha’ moments happened. I taught in the same way that I had been taught. I assessed in the same way that I had been assessed. And then, slowly, I realized I had to change - I recognized that, almost universally, my students were not learning, but were instead working as hard as they possibly could to avoid getting a bad grade. In this presentation I will share with you the learning journey I then embarked on and the central role that my students have played in helping me try to make learning the focus of my teaching. In sharing my journey, I will talk about how innovations, both big and small, are helping my students shift their focus from grades to learning and in so doing, become more engaged learners again. We will explore the good, the bad and ugly of grades, in an effort to find a better way. This won’t be a ‘How to’ session, but rather an opportunity for us all to stop and reflect on how the innovations we bring to our teaching can serve to bring some fun back into teaching for teachers and learners alike.
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