fellow contributor

Rhys Adams

SALTISE Contributor

Vanier College, Montreal

Faculty

Education and background

M.Eng, Electrical Engineering
McGill University
Montreal, QC

Expertise

Active Learning Pedagogy
Flipped Teaching

Projects:

Rhys’ projects include the design and implementation of workshops on engagement in the teaching and learning of physics; Physics Education Research (PER); and, understanding the pedagogical benefits of student-led research initiatives at the CEGEP level. Rhys is interested is Faculty Professional Development at the domestic and International level.

Implementation of Active Learning Strategies
Strategies include: Flipped Classroom, Peer Instruction, Reflective Writing, and the use of Student-generated Videos/Photos.
Development of Activities and new Question Types for Educational Technology
Platforms include: myDALITE, Visual Classrooms, SMART Amp
Photonics based research

Including mentoring student research and photonics outreach

Papers

Harnessing peer instruction in and out of class with myDALITE

Author: Elizabeth S. Charles, Nathaniel Lasry, Sameer Bhatnagar, Rhys Adams, Kevin Lenton, Yann Brouillette, Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker and Phoebe Jackson | Source: Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (SPIE Digital Library) | Year: 2019

Good job Pat! How a physics class benefitted by providing feedback to a fictional in-class peer

Author: Rhys Adams, Phoebe Jackson, Kevin Lenton, Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker, Nathaniel Lasry, Elizabeth S. Charles and (SALTISE / S4 Physics Research Team) | Source: Presented at the 8th Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education (SALTISE) Annual Conference, Montréal, Québec, Ca | Year: 2019

La co-conception pour engager collègues et étudiants dans les pédagogies actives en physique

Author: Rhys Adams, Kevin Lenton, Elizabeth S. Charles, Chris Whittaker, Michael Dugdale and Robert Cassidy | Source: Presented at the Association pour la Recherche au Collégial (ARC) colloquium at the 86e Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) Conference | Year: 2018

Engaging colleagues in active learning pedagogies through mentoring and co-design

Author: Rhys Adams and Kevin Lenton | Source: Presented at the International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP), Hangzhou, China, Invited Presentation, May 30 | Year: 2017

Engaging college physics students with photonics research

Author: Rhys Adams and Lawrence R. Chen | Source: Presented at the International Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (ETOP), Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China, May 30 | Year: 2017

Awards

2018 - EdCan Network Ken Spencer Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning [Team award, CAN$1000 for three Vanier College professors]

2015 SALTISE Conference

2016 - CAP (Canadian Association of Physicists) Award for Excellence in Teaching High School / CEGEP Physics for the QC-NU region

SALTISE Innovator Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators

2015 SALTISE Conference

Presentations

SALTISE Event

Early Career Teaching at the College Level

General STEM Physics

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

STEM Physics

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound