Exploring strategies to enhance student engagement

May 15, 2019

FEATURED EVENTS

Designing Successful Peer Assessment Assignments

May 21, 9:30am - 12:00pm

While the learning benefits of peer assessment (PA) have been well established, successful PA experiences hinge on the careful design of the PA activities students are asked to engage in. In this workshop, we address the principles that support sound design of PA activities.

Photo credit: Victor Tangermann

Strategies to Support Active and Collaborative Learning

May 23, 9:30am - 12:00pm

Explore strategies to enhance student engagement, promote dialogue, and encourage deep learning. Discuss the rationale for active and collaborative learning, and examine methods for design and implementation in different types of courses.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Short Written Assignments: New ways to get students writing

June 4, 9:30am-12:00pm

Integrating writing assignments into undergraduate courses can increase students’ engagement and promote critical thinking. Attend this workshop to develop writing assignments that get students thinking critically without creating an overwhelming amount of grading for instructors.

Designing Effective Multiple Choice Questions

June 6, 9:30am - 12:00pm

Would you like to improve the quality of your Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)? Would you like to learn how to use MCQs to assess higher order thinking skills, such as application and analysis? If so, join a group of fellow instructors for a workshop about the principles of well-designed multiple choice questions.

EVENTS FOR YOUR STUDENTS

Skills development for undergraduate students

SKILLS21 is a workshop-based skills development program for undergraduate students. It provides opportunities for developing 21st century skills, values, and attitudes.

Skills development for graduate students

SKILLSETS offers skill development opportunities to complement the research training provided by the academic experience at McGill. Open to all graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

RESOURCES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Enhance your course with new technologies

Looking to boost student engagement, create online assignments or use other technologies to improve your course?

With summer around the corner, now is the time to think about enhancing your course with myCourses, polling or other technologies. Schedule a consultation with TLS.

Schulich Library temporary closure - where to find collections and staff

Schulich Library will be closed for renovations as of May 15, 2019. The branch’s collections and staff will be moving to the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

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