Oct. 1, 2024
Innovator / Educator: Nicole Sandblom
Nicole Sandblom is a professor (teaching) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary. As a scholar of teaching and learning, her research centres on how students reflect on learning and how skills developed in one class can impact a student more broadly than they might expect. Her research is typically connected to student learning in courses that she teaches or has taught in the past. Nicole’s teaching responsibilities include undergraduate introductory chemistry courses along with the Faculty of Science's writing course. Lately, she teaches chemistry to non-majors.
In this video, Dr. Sandblom, PhD discusses the challenges and successes of implementing group work when teaching introductory chemistry courses during COVID and beyond.
Innovator / Educator is a series of videos featuring UCalgary educators who embraced innovation and creativity in blended and online learning as a result of the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fundamental shift in the way educators teach continues to inform and modify post-secondary classrooms moving forward. Each Innovator / Educator in the series showcases a creative solution to a challenge presented by online and blended learning — whether that's an innovative use of a tool or new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. Find out more about the series at taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/innovator-educator