Current Projects

Honours Thesis

  • Moses, O., MacKinnon, S.L., & Horsting, R. (2027) Beyond Resilience: Thrivability Among International Students from Developing Countries in Canadian Higher Education. 
  • Smith, P., Drew, R., & MacKinnon, S.L. (2027) Learning with AI: Exploring Student Interaction, Self–Efficacy, and Academic Engagement in Higher Education. 
  • Francis, D. & MacKinnon, S.L. (2027) From Trust to Distrust: How Generative AI is Reshaping Student–Professor Relationships. 

Publications

  • MacKinnon, S.L., Stevenson, K., Rooseboom, T. & Doyle, B. (data collection underway). The Influence of Reading With Purpose and Media Type on Information Retention, Understanding and Quality of Questions Produced 
  • MacKinnon, S.L., Rooseboom, T. & Smith, P. (proposal under review). Thriving Through Uncertainty: How Students, Parents, and Institutions Reimagine Success in Higher Education 
  • MacKinnon, S.L. (in prep). Being Curious, Becoming Curious: Reigniting the power of inquiry in everyday life. 
  • MacKinnon, S.L., Dickieson, B., & Drew, R. (in prep). Keeping the human in generative AI: The importance of teaching critical inquiry skills in the age of artificial intelligence. To be submitted to Teaching in Higher Education. 
  • MacKinnon, S.L., Rooseboom, T., & Smith, P. (in prep). Reading With Purpose: Protocol for Enhancing Learning and Engagement in Higher Education. To be submitted to Teaching and Learning Inquiry. 
  • MacKinnon, S.L. (in prep). Stakeholder perspectives: Expanding the impact of the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) on exploring “Wicked Problems”. To be submitted to Harvard Education Review. 
  • Striker, N.T. & MacKinnon, S.L. (in prep). Feedback as an Ecosystem: Student Voice, Community, and Trust in Peer and AI Feedback in Higher Education. To be submitted to Teaching and Learning Inquiry. 
  • Striker, N.T. & MacKinnon, S.L. (in prep). Beyond the Binary: Student Perspectives on Designing Hybrid Human-AI Feedback Systems in Higher Education. To be submitted to Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence 
  • MacKinnon, S. L., Dickieson, B., Drew, R.E., & Belvadi, M. (protocol pilot testing). Keeping the human in generative AI: Developing students’ critical inquiry skills in the age of artificial intelligence.