Getting ready to teach in Winter 2022?
Are you teaching at McGill for the first time? returning from a sabbatical leave? teaching on campus at McGill forContinue Reading
Adam Finkelstein
Associate Director, Learning Environments, Teaching and Learning Services, McGill University. Focused on our physical and digital learning environments and the appropriate and effective use of technology in teaching and learning.
Ten recommendations for instructors for Winter 2021
Welcome back! As classes begin we wanted to help you get the semester off on the right foot by offeringContinue Reading
Upcoming webinars for McGill instructors: Simple strategies to improve student learning
How can you help students remember more of what you teach them? How can you help students connect related conceptsContinue Reading
Getting students to take responsibility for learning
Maryellen Weimer from Faculty Focus published a short article on “Getting Students to Take Responsibility for Learning” on their blog.Continue Reading
How to get students to have productive discussions using clickers
PhysPort posted a great article on “How can I get students to have productive discussions of clicker questions?” on theirContinue Reading
Sychronous online classes: 10 Tips for engaging students
Marie Norman from Faculty Focus just posted a very interesting article online on “Sychronous Online Classes: 10 Tips for EngagingContinue Reading
How can we become better teachers?
Professor Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health, wrote an insightful post ‘How can we become better teachers‘ inContinue Reading
I pledge to be a better teacher
A great summary of the closing plenary from Andrew Hendry of our Learn to Teach Day. Thanks Ethan for theContinue Reading
Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom: Pros and cons
Professor Chris Buddle provides some very thoughtful reflections in his blog post on the benefits and challenges of teaching inContinue Reading
Strategies to engage in productive difficult dialogues
It is often challenging to engage in productive “difficult dialogues” in the classroom. Faculty Focus just released a very interesting articleContinue Reading
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