Building community among science instructors
At a research-intensive university like McGill University, profs talking to profs about teaching is not a given. Profs are busyContinue Reading
Author: Carolyn Samuel
Academic Associate at McGill's Teaching and Learning Services.; former Senior Faculty Lecturer at the McGill Writing Centre; area of specialization: Second Language Education; loves teaching and learning; will work for chocolate
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Assessing teaching effectiveness: More than student evaluations
Do students’ opinions of teaching effectiveness have merit? Students don’t necessarily know about teaching methodology, or the affordances and constraintsContinue Reading
Beyond grading: Ever heard of “assessment for learning”? Let me explain …
What words or images come to mind when you hear the word “assessment”? As a teacher? As a student? TwiceContinue Reading
Customize your course evaluations: Writing meaningful questions
If you teach at McGill University, you might be interested to know that you can add up to three questionsContinue Reading
Students emails: a creative video guide to email etiquette MAINTENANT EN FRANÇAIS!
McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services strives to be responsive. So, when we received requests to translate our popular instructionalContinue Reading
How many office hours should I schedule?
“How many hours a week do I need to schedule? Do I have to be in my office or canContinue Reading
Strategy Bites: myCourses/Course outline scavenger hunt
At Teaching and Learning Services, we regularly receive questions from instructors asking for ideas to enhance their teaching and improveContinue Reading
Strategy Bites: A new blog series with ideas for getting students active in their learning
At the 2018 SALTISE conference held at McGill University in Montreal, keynote speakers Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent spoke onContinue Reading
Highs and Lows of Course Evaluations
Student ratings and comments in course evaluations can bolster teachers’ sense of efficacy. But even a single less-than-favourable rating orContinue Reading
Getting Students To Distinguish Fact From Fallacy In The Media
Faculty of Management Professor Elena Obukhova is eager for her students to become “discerning media consumers.” In a recent articleContinue Reading
