Published Works:
Masters’ Thesis

• Rafi, F. (2022). Teaching science through online Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: science teachers’ practices, Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Attitudes towards the change. [Master of Education Thesis, University of Saskatchewan]. https://harvest.usask.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/99dc097a-f6ea-4173-b891-c4ecd9006389/content 

Conference Proceeding

• Rafi, F (2021) Effect of Technology Integrated Instructions on Science Teachers’ Practices during COVID-19 Pandemic, 2nd International Conference on Education, Social Sciences and Engineering 2021 (ICESE 2021), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Papers in Progress:

• Rafi, F., Molnar, T., & Mousavi, A. (2023). Emergency remote teaching for school science: lessons from science teachers’ practices during covid-19 pandemic (Ready for submission to Educational Inquiry)

• Rafi, F., Molnar, T., & Mousavi, A. (2023). Impact of science teachers' teaching practices on their self-efficacies and attitudes towards the online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic (Manuscript in review).

• Molnar, T., & Rafi, F. (2024). Exploring community engagement and policy advocacy in laboratory science education for pre-service teachers (Manuscript in preparation).

• Molnar, T., Rafi, F (2024): Teachers’ Perspectives on Integrating First-Year Research Experience into an Elementary and Middle School Science Teaching Course for Pre-Service Teachers (Manuscript in preparation)

• Molnar, T., & Rafi, F. (2024). Teachers’ perspectives on integrating community engagement and policy advocacy into laboratory science for pre-service teachers (Manuscript in preparation).

• Willms, S., Rafi, F (2024): The Impact of Interactivity on Medical Student Learning Outcomes in a Self-Directed Medicine Course, (Manuscript in preparation)

• Rafi, F., & Gjevre, R. (2024). Enhancing student engagement in medical education through online collaborative learning: A case study of small group jigsaw geriatric care activities (Ready for submission, presented at GSRC, Athabasca University).

Conference Presentation:
Peer Reviewed

• Rafi, F. (2024, October 26). Enhancing student engagement in medical education: Use of Padlet in the small group jigsaw geriatric care activity session. Graduate Student Research Conference, Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB.

• Rafi, F (2022, June 10). Teaching in the age of zoom: design and development of online faculty teaching toolbox, 2022 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship in Education (RISE) Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

• Rafi, F (2022, May 17) Teaching science through online remote education: an exploratory case study of science teachers' practices during the Covid-19 pandemic, 50th Congress of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Canada.

• Rafi, F (2021, May 27-June 4) Students’ perception of the seesaw to enhance student engagement in a blended learning environment, 49th Congress of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Edmonton, Canada.

• Rafi, F (2021, March 13) Science teachers' readiness of integrating interactive online learning tools in Covid-19, 2021 Graduate Symposium in the Department of Education (GSDE), Concordia University, Alberta, Canada.

• Rafi, F (2021, February 20) Effect of Technology Integrated Instructions on Science Teachers’ Practices during COVID-19 Pandemic, 2nd International Conference on Education, Social Sciences, and Engineering 2021 (ICESE 2021), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Local/National/Talks:

• Rafi, F. (2024, June 17). Enhancing student engagement in large medical classrooms. Presented at the Curriculum Retreat, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

• Rafi, F. (2024, June 17). ALDA: AI learning design assistant. Presented at the Curriculum Retreat, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

• Rafi, F. (2023, September 13). Cooperative learning and Digital tools. Presented at the Faculty Onboarding, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

• Rafi, F. (2023, May 11). Presented at the Faculty Onboarding, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.