Ever thought about the positive impacts of tone in course outlines?
Diane Dechief and Véronique Brulé of the Office of Science Education have translated recent research into strategies for writing courseContinue Reading
Carolyn Samuel
Associate Director, Faculty and Teaching Development, and Senior 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!
(Photo credit: Owen Egan)
(Photo credit: Owen Egan)
Recognizing Excellent Teaching at McGill and Beyond
For the past 21 years, McGill’s Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (PPET) has recognized excellence in teaching, as wellContinue Reading
The Large Class Teaching Exchange: A Wealth of Inspiring and Creative Ideas
McGill’s Large Class Teaching Exchange, which took place from May to August 2021, provided a unique conversation space for instructorsContinue Reading
Make It Relevant: Moving Math from Y to Why
Do you know what the influential instructors in your life did before they became instructors or what their career pathContinue Reading
Promoting Student Success During a Pandemic and Beyond
Who are the students in this course? I get a lot of first year students, U0 or U1, and whileContinue Reading
McGill’s Cloud Directive: The all-weather business of protecting students’ privacy and intellectual property
A Cloud Directive is not the business of forecasters who seek to manipulate the weather, but it is the business of McGill instructors in that they play a role in protecting their students’ personal information andContinue Reading
Include Course Evaluation Questions that Elicit Specific Feedback
The pandemic-imposed shift to remote teaching in higher education has inspired many instructors to implement teaching strategies, including feedback andContinue Reading
A Year Since Lockdown: From Pedagogical Solitude to Community Conversations
Co-authors: Eva Dobler, Jennie Ferris, Carolyn Samuel We are three colleagues who do educational development work at McGill University’s TeachingContinue Reading
Have You Completed Our Blog Reader Survey?
What blog content do you find most valuable? What would like to see more of? We’d love to hear fromContinue Reading
Text-Matching to Teach Students What Constitutes Plagiarism and How to Avoid It
As of January 2021, McGill University instructors can enable Urkund/Ouriginal in myCourses (McGill’s LMS). Urkund/Ouriginal is a text-matching tool integratedContinue Reading
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