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Biography

Gavan Watson joined Western University in 2014 as Associate Director, eLearning at the Teaching Support Centre and was appointed in 2015 to the Faculty of Education as Adjunct Research Faculty in the Centre for Research in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Dr. Watson earned his PhD in Environmental Education from York University and has published work in the fields of Environmental Education, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Technology-enhanced learning. His research interests include the scholarship of educational development practice, free-choice environmental learning, curriculum development & assessment in higher education and the role of technology in supporting University instructional practices. Involved in the broad Educational Development community, Dr. Watson has sat on the executive of the Council of Ontario Educational Developers (2014-2016) and the board of directors of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2017-2020).

Gavan moved to Memorial University in the fall of 2018. He is currently their AVP (Teaching and Learning).

Refereed Publications

Oliver, S., & Watson, G. P. L. (2017). What If Grassroots Don’t Take Root?: Reflections on Cultivating Communities of Practice. Transformative Dialogues, 10 (1), 1-6. Kenny, N., Watson, G. P. L. , & Desmarais, S. (2016). Building sustained action: Supporting an institutional practice of SoTL at the University of Guelph. New Directions for Teaching and Learning , 2016 (146), 87- Cassidy, A. L. E. V., Strean, W. B., Wright, W. A., & Watson, G. P. L. (2015). The Interplay of Space, Place and Identity: Transforming Our Learning Experiences in an Outdoor Setting. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 8 , 27-34. Kenny, N., Watson, G. P. L., & Watton, C. (2014). Exploring the context of Canadian graduate student teaching certificates in university teaching. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44 (3), 1-19. Watson, G. P. L., & Kenny, N. (2014). Teaching critical reflection to graduate students. Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 7 (1). Watson, G. P. L. (2011). Field birding and digital objects: immaterial technologies and their implications for one practice of coming to know the more-than-human. Environmental Education Research , 17(6), 789–799. doi:10.1080/13504622.2011. Watson, G. P. L. (2011). Micro-blogging and the higher education classroom: approaches and considerations. In C. Wankel (Ed.), Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media (pp. 365-383). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing. Oakley, J., Watson, G. P. L., Russell, C. L., Cutter-Mackenzie, A., Fawcett, L., Kuhl, G., et al. (2010). Animal encounters in environmental education research: Responding to the “question of the animal”. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 15 , 11-27. Watson, G. P. L. (2006). Wild becomings: How the everyday experience of common wild animals at summer camp acts as an entrance to the more-than-human world. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education , 11, 127-142.

Professional Publications

Hundey, B., Anstey, L. M., Cruickshank, H., & Watson, G. P. L. (2017). Supporting Instructors to Improve Teaching Effectiveness: Recommendations for Fellowship and Mentorship Programs. London: Western University. Bergen, A., Watson, G. P. L., & Holton, C. (2013, July 5). Three views on using Evernote to improve personal productivity and transform academic knowledge mobilization. Retrieved from http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/07/05/using-evernote- to-improve-academic-productivity/ Watson, G. P. L. (2013, March). Communicating about your academic self. University Affairs , 54, 64.

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