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

2024 SALTISE Conference

IS3 - Design Considerations

2023 SALTISE Conference

Designing Inquiry-Based Labs for Physics and Biology: Lessons Learned From Practitioner-Researcher Partnerships

SALTISE Event

Early Career Teaching at the College Level

2019 SALTISE Conference

Geopositioning in the Active-Learning Classroom: Automating a Technique to Improve Teacher Orchestration and Student Engagement

General STEM Physics

Group Problem Solving with Show and Tell

STEM Physics

Live Demonstrations of Beats and Interference of Sound