Wlic - Bi111 : Biological Diversity and Evolution

**Date**:Jan 31, 2024

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Wilfrid Laurier Intl College (WLIC)

**Department**: N/A

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:7305

**Position Title**: WLIC - BI111 : Biological Diversity and Evolution - Lecture and Tutorial Instructor (Spring 2024)

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Wilfrid Laurier International College

**About Wilfrid Laurier International College (WLIC)**

Wilfrid Laurier International College’s programs and approach to teaching offer international students the opportunity to be fully prepared for university studies and have a smooth transition to Wilfrid Laurier University. Our comprehensive programming, both academic and extracurricular, allows students to explore and navigate their own personal journey to success. Through HyFlex programming in many of our courses we aim provide maximum flexibility to students from across the globe.

Located on the Brantford campus, Wilfrid Laurier International College (WLIC) was established by Navitas in 2020. Navitas is a global higher education provider specializing in pathway programs providing international students with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in a Canadian post-secondary educational setting. WLIC welcomes international students from across the world to complete a first year of study to qualify for their undergraduate program of choice at Laurier. Upon completion of ten courses and with the attainment of the required CGPA, WLIC students transfer into second year at Laurier in their chosen pathway. The undergraduate courses that students take at WLIC are Laurier courses taught by Laurier selected instructors.

**Term**: Spring 2024 (May 1 -August 31, 2024)

**Days/Times**: Spring schedule - Teaching timeslots: 8:30am - 12:30pm; 1:30pm - 5:30pm; or 6:30pm - 10:30pm (day of week and time scheduled in consultation with CTF and in consideration of teaching schedule at WLU). **There is no reading week in the WLIC term: each term consists of 12 consecutive weeks of teaching immediately followed by a 1 week final exam period**

**Campus**: Brantford - (**Hyflex; In Person**)

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 4-hour teaching blocks, one day per week; plus 2-hours and 40 minutes tutorial blocks, bi-weekly/16 hours.

**Anticipated Class Size**: 20 - 35

**Posted on**: January 31, 2024

**Posting ends**: February 15, 2024

**Position Summary**:Interactions of organisms with each other and with the environment in the ongoing process of evolution by natural selection are examined in the context of the interplay of form with function - for bacteria and fungi, for plants and animals, for individuals and populations, and for communities and ecosystems. Major topics include regulation, homeostasis, growth and development, reproduction, and adaptation.

Learning Outcomes:

- Describe the properties of life, homeostasis, growth and development, reproduction, and adaptation and interactions among organisms.
- Describe various mechanisms of evolution and the diversity of life.
- Discuss the approaches scientists use to organize living organisms and the tools and techniques used to describe evolutionary relationships of them.
- Discuss different communities and ecosystems and how living organisms adapt to their environment.

Topics Covered:
Interactions of organisms with each other and with the environment in the ongoing process of evolution; the interplay of form with function for bacteria, fungi, plants, animals, individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems; regulation; homeostasis; growth and development; reproduction; adaptation

Course Delivery

WLIC offers this course with a HyFlex mode of delivery, which provides flexibility to students who may need to access the course remotely due to travel interruption or personal emergencies. The HyFlex approach enables the instructor to simultaneously engage in-person and remote learners, in pedagogically innovative ways, via live streaming on Zoom in technology-enabled classrooms. HyFlex delivery is expected for all 48 contact hours of course instruction and all 16 hours of tutorial instruction. Courses are delivered in 4-hour teaching blocks at specific times to accommodate different regional time zones. The 4-hour teaching model in small classes is fundamental to allow for relationship building amongst students and the instructor as well as providing time to embed vital study skills. Instructors will be required to deliver course content synchronously.

Applicants will be asked to demonstrate (via teaching dossier and interview) knowledge of best practices for the HyFlex delivery and management of courses; including, but not limited to:

- Providing engaging and interactive course instruction simultaneously to both in-person and remote learners, including best practices for assessments in HyFlex courses.
- Use course management system tools to communicate with students a