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Life at SAIT

Steve teaches in the BA and BBA Accounting streams and has been with SAIT since 2004.

Steve’s dedication to quality education is evident through much of the inspiring content he has introduced into current courses, including the Xero Computerized Accounting training manual and Xero Accounting Software introduced into two SAIT courses.

Education

Steve has a B.Comm in Accounting (Honours), an MBA (Distinction), and a Post-graduate Certificate in Business Research Methods. He is also a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and is Canadian Securities Course (Honours) certified.

Professional accomplishments

Steve’s excellence in teaching has been admired and appreciated beyond SAIT through several awards, including a 2022 CPA Education Foundation Teaching Award.

He has mentored several new instructors, presented at conferences throughout North America, won several SoTL awards (including the 2014 and 2018 ACIFA SoTL Award) and published articles on topics such as the flipped assessment, PeerWise, pre-class assignments, Team-Based learning and course videos (Lightboard).

Steve’s current scholarly activity and applied research interests include the benefits for SAIT students of a virtual reality simulation curriculum he developed with Mursion. He has also raised funding through the Chartered Professional Accountants Education Foundation (CPAEF) in Alberta and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) to cover his scholarly activity journey costs.

Conference presentations

  • 2016, 2019. Wiley Teaching and Learning Summit.
  • 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. The Canadian Academic Accounting Association Conference.
  • 2015, 2016, 2019. The Mount Royal University Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
  • 2018. SAIT Alberta Transportation Instructor Conference (Keynote).
  • 2017, 2018. The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference.
  • 2015, 2018. Alberta Colleges & Institutes Faculties Association Conference.
  • 2015, 2016. The Lilly Conference Series on College and University Teaching and Learning.
  • 2015. SAIT Showcase.
  • 2014. The Chartered Accountants Education Foundation of Alberta Conference.
  • 2014. The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative Year-End Event (poster session).

Conference abstract: The Process of Learning Model (POLM) provides a step-by-step guide to develop and integrate peer instruction, flipped classroom, flipped assessment, collaborative learning, and experiential learning within the classroom environment. The POLM was developed based on my observations of instructors at Harvard (Dr. Eric Mazur), MIT, University of British Columbia (Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative), SAIT, and research from the Dublin Institute of Technology (Dr. Barry Ryan). 
 
Conference abstract: Flipped Classroom: Supporting Student Learning through Course Videos. Session participants learn how to create effective course videos, learn what not to do, experience the benefits of Lightboard technology and discover how to build their own Lightboard. 
 
Conference abstract: Practical Applications using Data Analytics: Session participants learn how to apply data analytics within their courses using Google Documents, Microsoft Excel Randomization, Pivot Tables, Solver and Power BI. 

Case development

  • Janz, S and Bergstrom, S (2010) S&D Developments Ltd. Business Case 1. Certified General Accountants Association of Canada.

SOTL research publications (SAIT Research Ethics Board approved)

  • Janz, S (2019) Team-Based Learning – Spicing it Up! NISOD Innovation Abstracts (Vol. XLI, No. 34, September 2019)  
  • Janz, S (2018) Flipped Classroom: Pre-Class Assignment Process. NISOD Innovation Abstracts (Vol. XL, No. 2, January 2018). 
  • Janz, S (2017) Flipped Assessment: Revolutionize the Metacognition in Student Learning. NISOD Innovation Abstracts (Vol. XXXIX, No. 26, November 2017). 

Textbook and publications

  • Datar, S, Rajan, M, Beaubien, L, and Janz, S (2021) Horngren’s Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis – 9th Canadian Edition. Pearson Canada. 
  • Janz, S (2018) Lightboard Technology. ACIFA Faculty Circuit (Fall 2018). 
  • Janz, S and Maier, C (2015) PeerWise: Promoting Deeper Understanding and Sharing of Course Content. ACIFA Faculty Circuit (Sept – Oct 2015). 

Articles (interviewed or contributed to)

  • Xero and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology launch new bursary for students in need (Winter 2023). 
  • Xero and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology introduce new bursary to support Indigenous students (Spring 2023). 
  • Accounting’s Digital Future - Preparing the Next Generation. Capitalize (Winter 2023). 
  • From Avatars to Influencers. Link (Fall 2021). 
  • Powered by Spotlight: Steve Janz from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. SpotlightReporting.com (May 2021). 
  • Flipped classroom revitalizes post-secondary experience, catalyzes learning. The Globe and Mail (May 2015). 
  • Flipping Out – Students and Instructors see the benefit of switching places. Link (Fall 2015). 
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