Latest updates on the MacPherson Institute.
The Office of Community Engagement is excited to share this new video module on the Principles of Community Engagement. This video is designed to introduce students to each of the six principles before they engage with the community, either in person or virtually, to ensure that they are focused on meeting shared goals. This video […]
Started in 2012, Open Education Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness and highlight open education efforts worldwide. OE Week provides instructors, practitioners and students with an opportunity to gain an understanding of open educational practices (OEP) and be inspired by the wealth of open educational resources (OER) being developed by the global […]
Current and former McMaster students with lived experiences of disability, disablement, inaccessibility, and/or ableism are invited to contribute to a zine on Disability, Accessibility & Teaching and Learning at McMaster University. We understand ‘disability’ as a broad umbrella term for diverse experiences of difference, including people who may identify as living with a physical, learning, […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed us fully into remote teaching and learning. For some the change has happened gradually and for others it happened all at once. Each course has unique qualities and realities that may make it easier or more difficult to convert to a remote environment and the same can be said for […]
The Virtual Learning Task Force has published its report and compiled a list of Teaching Recommendations for winter term 2021. As you prepare your course for winter term, you may consider making some of these changes to help address common challenges identified by students and instructors. Teaching Tips of the Week #6: Community-Engaged and Experiential Learning These tips were developed by […]
The Okanagan Mental Health and Wellbeing Task Force, which convenes for its first meeting in January, will explore ways to help students, staff and faculty address the additional stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic and remote learning. “The pandemic and near-complete transition to online teaching and learning over the past 10 months have demonstrated […]
Avenue to Learn may seem like a swiss army knife: it can do a lot of things, but all the extra gadgets make it more difficult to find the two tools that you actually need. With functionality comes complexity, and complexity is something we want to reduce in the design of online learning interfaces like […]
The Virtual Learning Task Force has published its report and compiled a list of Teaching Recommendations for winter term 2021. As you prepare your course for winter term, you may consider making some of these changes to help address common challenges identified by students and instructors. Teaching Tips of the Week #5: Student Access to Learning Many students reported various […]
In addition to the complete list of Teaching Recommendations available for instructors preparing courses for winter term 2021, the MacPherson Institute has developed a variety of resources to assist with course organization and navigation in Avenue to Learn. Teaching Tips of the Week #4 Improving Course Navigation Students described that their online/virtual courses lacked consistent and clear structure. They shared […]
As you continue to prepare your course for winter term 2021, please refer to the complete list of Teaching Recommendations that has been developed by the Virtual Learning Task Force. You may consider making some of these minor changes to your course to help address common challenges identified by students and instructors. Teaching Tips of the Week #3: Fostering Connections Students and instructors reported […]
