The University of Guelph has “graduated” its first cohort in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Fourteen graduate students and staff members completed the Inquire certificate program Tuesday and will present their research today during U of G’s annual Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference.

Inquire is a year-long program accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association. Aimed at graduate students and instructors, it involves courses and collaborative research projects.

“Most of the participants are experienced instructors or educators and took the program out of interest in how to evaluate their own teaching and learning methods or to study research in this area in a more effective way,” said Clarke Mathany, who facilitated and managed the program for Open Learning and Educational Support.

Research project topics included exam fairness, campus learning spaces and support programs including diet and exercise programs.

The next cohort begins in May. Inquire is scheduled to run for three years.