Student emails: A creative video guide to email etiquette
While many students have mastered the art of email, others tend to take “poetic license” – unclear subject lines, omittedContinue Reading
Tag: student engagement
How do I get students to engage with course readings?
Co-authors: Helle-Mai Lenk, Emiri Oda, Diane Maratta This post, co-authored by McGill instructor Helle-Mai Lenk, her former student Emiri Oda,Continue Reading
Informal talking teaching communities: Spread the word!
In the 2015-2016 academic year, McGill’s Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) launched The Lunch Spot—an informal lunch-time forum where allContinue 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
Developing engaged citizens through critical thinking
What happens when students are asked to write for an audience who knows little about the discipline?” Guest speaker ProfessorContinue Reading
How do you talk to students? [The Sandbox]
How do you talk to students is an important question to reflect on as we start thinking about next term.Continue Reading
First day of class… anyone, anyone, anyone?
Have you thought of what you are going to do on the first day of class? There are many great resourcesContinue Reading
Breaking the ice – 5 tips for getting your discussions started in myCourses
Classes start in just over two weeks, so it’s the perfect time to start getting your myCourses pages ready for the semester. The Discussions tool can be a great way to add an online component to your course. This blog post contains recommendations for creating exciting online discussions, with a focus on how you can leverage online icebreaker activities as an opportunity to introduce students to the Discussions tool.
From the campus to MOOC: Reflections of a student assistant
McGillX offered its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the edX platform in January 2014 and has now offeredContinue 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
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