How’s the course going?: One instructor’s approach to mid-course evaluations
Have you ever wondered what you could find out about students’ learning experience in your course while there’s still timeContinue Reading
Tag: student feedback
What’s an assignment that really helped you learn?
That was the question McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) asked students on campus in 2018 and again inContinue Reading
Peer assessment: Honing skills for giving and receiving back
A number of instructors at McGill University have implemented peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared someContinue Reading
Mercury upgrade: New features for instructors and students
Over the past year, I’ve been working on the Mercury course evaluation system upgrade project. We had a successful softContinue Reading
Peer Assessment: The challenge of receiving feedback
A number of instructors at McGill have implemented peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared some ofContinue Reading
Peer assessment as a sustainable feedback practice
A number of instructors at McGill have been implementing peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared some of their reflectionsContinue Reading
Engaging Information Studies students with law and policy: Part 2
In a previous blog post, I discussed my first experience teaching independently, and the pedagogical techniques I tried to apply.Continue Reading
Peer Assessment: Using in-class discussions to focus feedback
A number of instructors at McGill have been implementing peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared someContinue Reading
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
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
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