Teaching and learning can be joyful!

The 3M National Teaching Fellows cohort of 2024 created “The Joy of Learning” resource to foster the joy that drew us to post-secondary teaching. Created to be interactive, easily accessible and — importantly — used by our peers, this e-resource can be downloaded and used electronically, or you can print all or selected pages. Content relevant to undergraduate university instructors is interspersed throughout: time-saving tips, reflection prompts, recommended readings, inspiring quotations and our own stories — including moments of teaching delight and lessons from teaching failures. There is space to identify teaching, personal and other goals and even a few black-and-white images that you can colour in, if you feel so inspired.

We invite you to incorporate “The Joy of Learning” into your teaching practice by filling its pages with your questions, discoveries, and messy, fantastic ideas. Use its space to rediscover the joy of learning – and share it with others in ways we can’t yet imagine.

The 2024 3M National Teaching Fellows

Erin Austen (St. Francis Xavier University)

Loleen Berdahl (University of Saskatchewan)

Nicole Campbell (Western University)

Serge Chalhoub (University of Calgary)

Cari Din (University of Calgary)

Samanti Kulatilake (Mount Royal University)

Heather Lawford (Bishop’s University)

Richelle Monaghan (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Libby Osgood (University of Prince Edward Island)

Rosemary Reilly (Concordia University)

Resources:

Download the “The Joy of Learning” for your use:  free download.

Listen to a podcast about “The Joy of Learning”: Tips for Teaching Professors, August 2025

Read a short article about “The Joy of Learning”: “Bring more joy into your teaching”, University Affairs June 2025