Beyond the Class CBU Centre for Teaching and Learning

We are pleased to present the fall semester’s premier episode of the CTL’s podcast, Beyond the Class, featuring Cape Breton University’s Dr. Bishakha Mazumdar, our newest University Teaching Chair focused on Culturally Responsive Learning Design.

In this episode of Beyond the Class, the CTL's podcast, we speak with Dr. Geoffrey Lee-Dadswell, Associate Professor from CBU's Department of Math, Physics, and Geology. Geoff details a teaching strategy he's been working on for the last seven years, Mastery Tasks, which not only facilitates an authentic assessment of students' learning, but also encourages one-on-one relationship development between the learner and educator. This provides more opportunities for teachable moments and an opportunity to guide students to mastery.

In this episode of Beyond the Class, the CTL's podcast, we speak with Dr. Anna Veprinska, Assistant Professor from CBU's Department of Literature, Folklore, and the Arts. Anna discusses her academic and artistic study of empathy, how she chooses an empathetic pedagogy while teaching it as a subject and student responses to her approach.

In this episode of Beyond the Class, the CTL's podcast, we speak with Dr. Jessica Whitehead, Assistant Professor from CBU's Department of Communication and Languages. Jessica explains her approach to flexible course design and delivery and how it helps achieve a universal design approach to post-secondary education.

In this episode of Beyond the Class, the CTL’s podcast, we speak with Dr. Andy Parnaby, Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences and professor in History, about the work underway to develop an institutional culture of Academic Integrity at CBU. Andy discusses why we’ve taken a proactive approach to instilling a sense of responsibility and accountability around Academic Integrity as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead of us.

In this week's episode we speak with Dr. Shannon Ezzat, Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Math, Physics and Geology, about the challenges and opportunities in teaching Math at a University like CBU, and how the creation of new resources and teaching innovations can help in instilling a deeper understanding and love for mathematics at the secondary and post-secondary level.