The Body Matters – BODY101x – McGill’s 3rd MOOC has begun
McGill has just released its third MOOC, The Body Matters (BODY101x) on the edX platform. This course is 10 weeks longContinue 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.
Create interactive images with Thinglink
I just ran across a very interesting tool for creating interactive images. Thinglink is a “freemium” tool (most features are freeContinue Reading
Is today’s university student experience different?
Edtech Magazine has a very interesting article about an infographic that looks at the college experience then and now. Created fromContinue Reading
PassNote: A feedback tool for improving student success
Purdue University has developed a very interesting tool (PassNote) to help streamline formative feedback to help both instructors and students.Continue Reading
Welcome back McGill – here’s some things you may have missed
Welcome back! We hope you have had a great summer. Here at TLS we are planning a number of greatContinue Reading
3 Minutes to change the world – top graduate student research in 3 minutes or less
On March 31st, McGill hosted the third annual “3 minutes to change the world” competition, where graduate students give threeContinue Reading
Food for thought – CHEM181x – McGill’s first MOOC has begun
McGill has released its first MOOC, Food for Thought (CHEM181x). This course was developed by Teaching and Learning Services from an on-campus course titled “World of Chemistry: Food” that has been very popular since the mid 1980s…. Read more –>
McGillX MOOCs – librarians in the virtual classroom
I wrote in a previous post about how librarians were getting more involved in the teaching on university campuses across North America. Now I’d like to offer a glimpse into how librarians are actively playing a role in advancing and innovating teaching and learning right here at McGill. Read more –>
MOOPies – Mini Online Open Projects from Bio-Treatment of Wastes class at Mac Campus
This year, the students in the Bio-Treatment of Wastes class and I are doing an experiment. I have asked the students to do a group project with a twist: each group is producing a 5-minute video, about a bio-treatment topic, to be posted to YouTube. These are our Mini Online Open Projects, or MOOPies. Read more –>
Looking for the right answer
EDUCAUSE is an association with the mission of improving higher education through the use of information technology. So it was a little surprising that the keynote speaker at EDUCAUSE 2013, Sir Ken Robinson, chose to show a short video featuring the work of third grade children. Read more –>
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