Teaching What’s Important: Symposium highlights
On December 11th, 2015, McGill’s Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) held a symposium for faculty with a focus on translatingContinue Reading
Tag: active learning
The eight-minute lecture keeps students engaged
Faculty Focus has an interesting article on reframing lectures into eight minute sections. Many studies have demonstrated that students retain veryContinue Reading
What’s the prof gonna ask?
Every August, I teach a 3-credit course at McGill called Academic English Seminar, which is an academic skills course forContinue Reading
Take the active learning challenge
A great article by Chris Buddle on his efforts to include active learning in every class. Congratulations to Chris onContinue Reading
Two great science communication tools for conferences and teaching: smart screens and cell phones
Earlier in the summer at the European Geosciences Union in Vienna I learned about two dead-easy and great science communicationContinue Reading
Instructors: Stop putting your PowerPoint slides on-line
I tire of the belly-aching about how students don’t show up to lectures anymore (the latest example of this isContinue Reading
What busy profs would like to read in a blog post about active learning
During a great workshop today on active learning in engineering at McGill I asked two questions (using Socrative) , ofContinue Reading
Active learning in large classes: a gallery ‘walk’ with a 100 students
Active learning in large classrooms is difficult but not impossible – here is one example of an active learning techniqueContinue Reading
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