Corey_Goldman

Corey Goldman

University of Toronto

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

University of Toronto

25 Willcocks St.

Toronto, ON M5S 3B2

<corey DOT goldman AT utoronto DOT ca>

416-978-7163

Hats...

Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair (Undergraduate)

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca

Director, First-Year Learning Communities Program

Faculty of Arts and Science

http://flc.utoronto.ca

Director, University of Toronto National Biology Competition

http://biocomp.utoronto.ca

Robes...

B.Sc. University of Toronto (Biology)

M.Sc. University of Toronto (Zoology)

Feathers...

President’s Teaching Award, University of Toronto

Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) Award, Province of Ontario

Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts and Science

Joan E. Foley Quality of Student Experience Award, U of T Alumni Association

National Technology Innovation Award, The Learning Partnership

Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science

President, Association for Biology Laboratory Education (1995-97)

What I do...

In addition to my responsibilities as Associate Chair (2006-present) and director of First-Year Learning Communities Program and U of T National Biology Competition, I am the course coordinator for the large (1,800+ students) introductory biology course on the St. George campus. From 1983 to 2006 I was also the Laboratory Coordinator for introductory biology (BIO110Y 1983-1990, BIO150Y 1990-2006).

Scholarship sampler...

Recent presentations:

Creating Multiple-Choice Test Questions — invited round-table session, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, U of T, 2010

Learning Communities Enhance Student Success — invited presentation, University of British Columbia, 2009

Building Your Own First-Year Learning Communities Program — invited 3-hour pre-conference workshop presented with Heidi Pepper Coles, First Year in Focus conference, Simon Fraser University, 2009

Keynote address: Learning Communities Enhance Student Success — Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS) annual conference, 2009

Design/Re-Design Your Course Syllabus So It Works — invited workshop, Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation, U of T, 2009

Building Your Teaching Team: Working Effectively with TA’s — invited workshop presented with Megan Burnett, Office of Teaching Advancement, U of T, 2008

Publications:

Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching (editor or co-editor for 10 volumes - 5, 6, 7/8, 11 to 16 - from 1990-1995), Proceedings of the Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education