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Adam Finkelstein | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. All posts by Adam Finkelstein. Techno-geeky, hyper-connected, educational technology, social media dad with a academic, educational developer, teaching and learning, social wrapper. Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom: Pros and Cons. May 2, 2016. Professor Chris Buddle provides some very thoughtful reflections in his blog post on the benefits and challenges of teaching in one of McGill’s Active Learning Classrooms. Do you have any thoughts to add? Strategie...

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large classes | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Tag Archives: large classes. Daring to try new teaching strategies in your course. September 10, 2015. This post featuring Prof. Rhonda Amsel is the latest installment in our ongoing series about assessment tools for large classes. On June 12, 2015, Rhonda was the guest speaker at a session entitled. Daring to Try New Teaching Strategies in your Large Class. Peer review with 500 students. June 5, 2015. Online tools for assessment and engagement in large classes.

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undergraduate | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Assessment narratives in en- lightning style: Experiences from both sides of the table. April 8, 2016. Photo credit: Mirabel Xing. Teaching What’s Important: Symposium Highlights. January 21, 2016. Reflections on the Sustainability Learning Community. November 26, 2015. And numerous courses that focus on various aspects of social, environmental and economic sustainability. Continue reading Reflections on the Sustainability Learning Community. November 24, 2015.

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Carolyn Samuel | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. All posts by Carolyn Samuel. Senior Faculty Lecturer at the McGill Writing Centre whose area of expertise is Second Language Education; loves teaching and learning; will work for chocolate (Photo credit: Owen Egan). Informal Talking Teaching Communities: Spread the Word! September 29, 2016. In the 2015-2016 academic year, McGill’s Teaching and Learning Services. Pot with the offer of home-made sweet treats.*. And Friday, January 27, 2017. November 17, 2015.

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Faculty today | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Category Archives: Faculty today. Communication Skills – Talk the Walk. November 3, 2016. This post is part of the Aspirations to Action series created as a follow-up to the. Teaching What’s Important Symposium. Here are a few McGill examples. Continue reading Communication Skills – Talk the Walk. Teamwork – The Beauty of the Sport. October 20, 2016. This post is part of the Aspirations to Action series created as a follow-up to the. October 14, 2016. During tha...

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Peer review with 500 students | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Peer review with 500 students. June 5, 2015. This post featuring Prof. Lawrence Chen is the latest installment in our ongoing series about assessment tools for large classes. On March 17, 2015, Lawrence was the guest speaker at a brown bag lunch session on Evaluation and Feedback for Large Classes. In his presentation, Peer Review as an Active Learning Strategy in a Large First Year Course. The course is called. Introduction to the Engineering Profession. FACC 1...

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Guidelines for submitting a post | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Guidelines for submitting a post. Writing guidelines for the Teaching for Learning Blog. Please read our welcome message. Which gives a good overview of the main purpose behind this blog. For each post, please send us a Microsoft Word document (you can make hyperlinks in the document) with the following:. Post with a title. That best reflects the content . At least one image. Images within the post (just about any size can work). Teaching and learning spaces.

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General | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom: Pros and Cons. May 2, 2016. Professor Chris Buddle provides some very thoughtful reflections in his blog post on the benefits and challenges of teaching in one of McGill’s Active Learning Classrooms. Do you have any thoughts to add? Post them in the comments below. Earlier this term I wrote about my excitement with teaching in an active learning classroom. 1 I found the tables (with rolling chairs! 1,037 more words.

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Ephemeral art | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. May 14, 2015. An interesting post from Chris Buddle about a rogue artist in his class. What a wonderful way to start your class every week! Has this ever happened in your class? It’s a difficult time of year for many people: Instructors are looking at how many lectures are left before final exams, and starting to panic about how much material hasn’t yet been covered! It’s busy. Everyone is too busy. The days are too full and it’s not easy. I teach with chalk.

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assessment | Teaching for Learning @ McGill University

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Teaching for Learning @ McGill University. Assessment narratives in en- lightning style: Experiences from both sides of the table. April 8, 2016. Photo credit: Mirabel Xing. Developing engaged citizens through critical thinking. February 12, 2016. What happens when students are asked to write for an audience who knows little about the discipline? Guest speaker Professor Terry Hébert. Addressed this question at a November 20, 2015 session entitled. Developing Engaged Citizens through Critical Thinking.