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A Scalable Asynchronous Interview Format for Oral Exams

Teaching in the Age of AI, Updates

July 31, 2026

Unrestricted AI Access for Engineering Projects Coupled with Oral Interviews

Teaching in the Age of AI, Updates

July 30, 2026

AI-augmented learning using a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Large Language Model (LLM)

Teaching in the Age of AI, Updates

July 30, 2026

Spotlight on SOTL: The Present of Student Presence: University teachers’ perspectives and identities tied to student attendance

Spotlight on SOTL, Updates

July 22, 2026

Group of attendees at the 10-Year Anniversary of the Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellowship program.

Celebrating 10 Years of Leadership in Teaching and Learning at McMaster

Updates

June 24, 2026

Student wearing VR glasses and a handheld controller

Spotlight on SOTL: Where Gaming Meets Science – How Virtual Labs can Supercharge Learning

Spotlight on SOTL

May 13, 2026

Meet The Minds Sarah Wojkowski

Meet the Minds: Sarah Wojkowski is Bridging Curriculum, Community and Care

Meet the Minds

April 23, 2026

MacPherson Institute Office Construction: April – August 2026 

Updates

April 8, 2026

Spotlight on SOTL: How Different Personalities Succeed in an Active Learning Environment

Spotlight on SOTL

April 1, 2026

Students sitting in lecture hall

Spotlight on SOTL: Putting Passive Learning in the Past: Positive Impact on Student Learning through Active Learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Spotlight on SOTL

March 11, 2026

Spotlight on SOTL: Exploring Institutional Whiteness and Coloniality Through the Experiences of BIPOC Graduate Teaching Assistants

Spotlight on SOTL

February 4, 2026

Lori Goff, director of the MacPherson Institute, finishes her first year undergraduate course.

Back to School (again!): Final Reflections

Back to School

January 6, 2026