PhD, Neurobiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC
MSc, Neurobiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
BSc, Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Expertise
Active Learning pedagogy
Pedagogical design
Instructional design
Educational technology (clickers, Lite Show III, Smart Board, interactive videos, online quizzing)
Flipped teaching
Projects:
In the ever growing fields of flipped learning, MOOCs, online learning, and blended learning, video is becoming one of the most prevalent methods of conveying learning objects to students of all ages. Instructors who assign online videos as part of their teaching methodology use a variety of sources including Khan Academy, YouTube, TED Talks, ED-TED, as well as recording their own lectures. However, the use of online videos as instructional tool has its limitations. Recently, new tools have emerged that allow instructors to create interactive videos in which custom questions can be embedded into these videos. Interactive video assessment tools allow instructors to embed custom integrated assessments for their assigned videos. These assessment tools allow instructors to assess content comprehension at any given time during the video presentation in such a way that students are required to answer questions successfully before they can proceed to the next sections of the video presentation. Through skillfully crafted questions and interactions, interactive video assessment tools can allow for timely formative assessment.
Interactive Videos in Biology Flipped Instruction
I have been using the flipped learning (FL) model in my biology classes (General Biology I and General Biology II) for over 4 years. I have mostly relied on videos from YouTube and ED-TED. I have also created a limited number of my own lectures (screencasts).The feedback I continually receive from my students is that they like the videos I assign from YouTube and ED-TED, but they find my videos to be more useful for them as they point directly to what I want them to focus on in their learning. The main aim of this project is to convert online video watching, which is a requirement in my FL biology courses, from a passive activity to an active learning experience through watching and interacting with online interactive videos. I have been creating interactive screencasts for about a year now, using a free platform provided by Edpuzzle. An example of these videos can be viewed on this link: https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/587400a05e541d3e1cf863e5/watch.
Papers
Planifier, réaliser et diffuser des vidéos éducatives : Lignes directrices et astuces pour les enseignants
Webinar Series - Exploring Learning Sciences in the Asia-Pacific
SALTISE Event
Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education: Human-centered design approaches towards increased teacher agency and compliance to FATE principles
SALTISE Event
Classroom Management at the College Level: Early Career Teacher Session
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Renowned Scholars - From Whiteboards to Dashboards: Representations to Support Problem-based Learning
SALTISE Event
Rethinking Assessments Through an Equity Lens
SALTISE Event
Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: Offloading or Overloading?
SALTISE Event
Talking Circle “Reconciling the AIs"
SALTISE Event
Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity: Opportunity or Threat?
2023 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Educators Collaborating to Innovate: The Roles Digital Technologies Can Play
2023 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Overcoming Challenges in Active Learning Environments
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Renowned Scholars | Roger Azevedo on "Designing Learning Technologies to Support Students’ Self-Regulated Learning "
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Renowned Scholars | Paul Kirschner on "What Has Educational Psychology Ever Done for Us?"
SALTISE Event
Concordia - SALTISE | Graduate Students Session with Paul Kirschner
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Drop-in Session - Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
The Biases within Co-Design: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue with our Emerging Scholars Circle
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Drop-in Session - Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Drop-in Session - Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Workshopping the Principles of a Collaborative Design Partnerships Model
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Drop-in Session - Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
Eductive | Lunch & Learn: Towards a Cybersafe College Network
SALTISE Event
OSE | Rethinking Learning
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
Cornell University | Defining, Developing, and Measuring Student Agency in Instructional Labs
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Collaborative Design Partnerships as Vehicles for Learning
SALTISE Event
SALTISE | Drop-in Session - Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - Sept 21, 2022
2022 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
(Re)Conciliation: Honouring the Land and Its Peoples Through Education
2022 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Collaborative Design Partnerships as Vehicles for Learning
SALTISE Event
Open House - SALTISE Conference Mentoring
SALTISE Event
Open House - SALTISE Conference Mentoring
SALTISE Event
Open House - SALTISE Conference Mentoring
SALTISE Event
2022 ELATE Conference Keynote with Dr. Pooja Agarwal
SALTISE Event
CourseFlow: Supporting Program Revision and Pedagogical Design
SALTISE Event
SALTISE, AQPC | Évaluation en deux étapes : lier évaluation et apprentissage
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - April 6th
SALTISE Event
SALTISE webinar | Teaching about Complicity: Reflecting on Creativity, Critical Thinking and Social Change
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - March 23rd
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - March 16th
SALTISE Event
Early Career Teaching at the College Level
SALTISE Event
Getting Started with CourseFLow: A Web-based Tool to Visualize and Manage Your Program & Curricula Designs
SALTISE Event
ELINE | Taking the Helm: Leveraging Active Learning Research
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - March 2nd
SALTISE Event
Better Assessments With Backward Design: Bringing critical thinking into the questioning
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Webinar | ComPAIR: Using Assessment to Support Learning
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources - Feb 2nd
SALTISE Event
IPD | Intercollegiate Ped Days 2022
SALTISE Event
CEGEP to University Transition
SALTISE Event
CNIE webinar | Looking Forward to 2022: Emerging Technologies for Education
SALTISE Event
Drop In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
CTL | Blended Learning Panel
SALTISE Event
CTL | Using OneDrive for Blended Learning
SALTISE Event
CTL | Working with the CTL to enhance your Blended Course Resources - Video (Lightboard and YuJa)
SALTISE Event
CTL | Working with CTL - Enhance Your Digital Course Resources: PPT slides
SALTISE Event
CTL | Blended learning: models and tools
SALTISE Event
CTL | What does Blended Learning Look like?
SALTISE Event
Drop-In Session: SALTISE Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
DALC | Flipped Model
SALTISE Event
Picture A Scientist - Panel Discussion Event
SALTISE Event
Integrating Issues of Equity Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Teaching: Starting the process by exploring the potential of a toolkit
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Tools and Resources
SALTISE Event
DALC | Non traditional pedagogy
SALTISE Event
DALC | Situated learning
SALTISE Event
McGill | Taking the Big 3 into the Classroom
SALTISE Event
SALTISE Tools
SALTISE Event
DALC | Let’s get Physical …in the classroom
SALTISE Event
Culturally Sustaining Classroom Assessment
SALTISE Event
McGill | Motivating Durable Learning: Focused Attention through Instructional Design
2021 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Breakdowns and Breakthroughs of Transactive Knowledge Co-Construction
2019 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Extending Reality, Extending Learning
2019 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Analytic Future of Science Education
2018 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Practicing With Peers: Student-Generated Questions as a Learning Activity
2018 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Understanding and Minimizing Student and Faculty Resistance to Learner-Centered Teaching
2018 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Teacher Learning in Design-Centric Partnerships
2017 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Examinations That Support Learning – How Two-Stage Assessment Became Common Practice at the University of British Columbia
2016 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Learning From Our Own Designs: Generating Knowledge From Practical Implementations
2016 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Final Frontier: Space
2015 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Noise in the Data: Qualitative Research and Evidence-Based Pedagogy
2015 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Future of Evidence-Based Teaching
2014 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Principles, Practices, and Principled Practical Knowledge
2014 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Actively Engaging in Educational Transformation: The Roles and Promise of Disciplinary Engagement in Education at a Critical Time
2013 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
An International Perspective on New Models of Learning and Teaching
2013 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Quebec Experience With Large Scale Pedagogical Initiative/the Future of Technopedagogie
2013 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
An International Perspective on New Models of Learning and Teaching
2013 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
Changing the Practice of Teaching
2012 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Future Learning Initiative
2012 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Scientific Approach to Teaching
2012 SALTISE Conference
Keynote
The Evidence-Basis for Inclusive Teaching in Undergraduate STEM Majors
Contributions
STEM
Biology
Fireweed and Seals, oh my! Mini Cases in Population Ecology
STEM
Biology
Let There Be Light! ATP and Cellular Respiration
STEM
Biology
The Sailing Iguanas: A Mini Case in Speciation
STEM
Biology
AR’e You Talking to Me? Mini Case Study in Cell Signalling
STEM
Biology
Now you see me, now you don’t: Fluorescent tagging membranes
STEM
Biology
Don’t leave it to chance! Testing Biology data right the first time
STEM
Biology
Cytoskeletal Proteins in Amoeba
STEM
Biology
What numbers tell us about enzyme inhibition
STEM
Biology
PCR CAG HUNTING’ton
STEM
Biology
Photosynthesis: Light Dependent Reactions
STEM
Biology
From “yum” to “yuk”: a case in point… mutation
STEM
Biology
It’s all hormonal: A class activity on Cushing’s Syndrome
STEM
Biology
Brazil Nut Tree
STEM
Biology
The genetics of PTC sensitivity and tongue rolling