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Welcome to the LSAC resources pages, created for all LSAC members!

Perhaps you are a manager who would like to support your staff as they broaden their professional knowledge. Perhaps you are developing asynchronous or course-embedded content for students or faculty to use. Perhaps you are collecting training material for peer helpers you supervise, or perhaps you are seeking a resource on a particular topic to share with a student you’re helping. We hope you find what you need in the sections below!

These resources were suggested by LSAC members and curated by a team of dedicated volunteers. If you know of a resource that you think should be added to this collection, please contact webmaster@learningspecialists.ca. We are always interested in adding new resources for our members to use.

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Tip sheets and guides

Author: Iowa state

Exam prep: How to study with Bloom’s taxonomy

This resource helps students apply Bloom's Taxonomy to their own learning. It explains the various levels of Bloom's and provides generous examples of individual and group study strategies that relate well to the different levels of Bloom's. This is one of the more comprehensive Bloom's Taxonomy resources I have seen that makes this learning theory very applicable to students and gives them many ideas about how they can engage with their course content in a deeper and more meaningful way.

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Software

Author: Evernote

Evernote

This app allows students to consolidate all of their notes and create flashcards. I saw this as a top recommended resource on social media (TikTok) for studying.

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Tip sheets and guides

Author: West Ed

Equitable Learning and Development for the Whole Child, Whole Family and Whole Community

"EBulletin: The resources highlighted here are designed to help educators address students’ diverse needs and advance the well-being of the whole child, whole person, and whole community through equity-driven continuous improvement practices and strategies to conduct anti-racist evaluations."

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Tip sheets and guides

Author: Alba

English verb tense chart

This is the best infographic for verb tenses I’ve ever come across and a go-to resource that’s used by students and writing consultants alike. What I like about it is that it explain the conventional usage of each tense (i.e., when / why to choose one tense over another).

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Website

Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower Matrix

This is a collection of practical ideas offered for use by the educational development community. Based on the notion of a cook book put together by a community we offer Starters (ice breakers), Main Courses (ideas for workshops and events) and Desserts (ways to obtain feedback or evaluation).

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Website

Author: York University

Educational Developers Cookbook

This is a collection of practical ideas offered for use by the educational development community. Based on the notion of a cook book put together by a community we offer Starters (ice breakers), Main Courses (ideas for workshops and events) and Desserts (ways to obtain feedback or evaluation).

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Program

Author: Sexual Assault Resistance Education Centre

EAAA™ Sexual Assault Resistance Program

The Flip the Script with EAAA™ program empowers young, self-identified women to trust their judgement and overcome social pressures to be "nice" when their sexual integrity is threatened.

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Article

Author: Ursala Wingate

Doing away with ‘study skills’

One of my favourite articles to offer a critical perspective on our profession. This paper argues that the widespread approach to enhancing student learning through separate study skills courses is ineffective, and that the term ‘study skills’ itself has misleading implications, which are counterproductive to learning.

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Website

Author: Katie Densberger

Distance Learning Help: Success as a Work-from-Home Student

A resource with many tips and strategies for learning from home.

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Tip sheets and guides

Author: Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance (AORTA)

Dismantling Anti-Blackness in Democratic Workplaces

The goal in creating this packet is to equip democratic workplaces with tools to see and address antiBlack racism when it happens, as well as creating systems and practices that undermine anti-Black racism.

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Website

Author: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota

Descriptions of Speech Acts at CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition)

This provides examples of different approaches to speech acts such as apologies, complaints, invitations, requests, etc. across cultures. Remember these are GENERALIZATIONS. Just because a student speaks the language that is referenced does not mean they will necessarily behave that way – however, it probably does mean that they are at least aware of these norms.

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Book

Author: Brené Brown

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations

Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential.

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