Professional Development for Teaching

The Certificate of Attendance in Professional Development for Teaching is a fully online, asynchronous learning opportunity that offers flexible pathways for learners to develop their understanding of effective post-secondary teaching. It is available for free to all individuals at McMaster with an active MacID.

This page contains helpful information and resources for new Teaching Assistants at McMaster.

The Educational Development Fellows Program is an experiential learning opportunity for graduate students who are interested in knowing more about educational development and who are keen to help support teaching and learning at McMaster.

This page contains information and resources to help new instructors get ready to start teaching at McMaster.

A range of resources designed to introduce you to key ideas and skills in teaching and learning in the post-secondary context in Canada.

We offer multi-day workshops in the spring each year that provide instructors the opportunity to benefit from intensive teaching development.

Learning to Teach Online is a self-paced course where you’ll find the foundational building blocks in creating an engaging online learning experience.   As you move through these pieces, you will be able to build a plan for an online course, including weekly content and activity development worksheets.

The MacPherson Institute is proud to offer Teaching and Learning Certificate of Completion to all educators, including faculty, sessional instructors, graduate students, staff, and post-doctoral fellows. Educators may earn one, or both, of two certificates of completion offered.

A Certificate of Attendance is designed for individuals who may want to acquire general knowledge or training for career-related purposes, but who neither require nor seek any form of professional or academic recognition. 

Staff from the MacPherson Institute facilitate departmental retreats, meetings or workshops on teaching and learning topics. Our focus in facilitation is to meet the needs and goals of the department, while ensuring collegial and collaborative engagement.

As the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes widespread, McMaster University has struck a task force to explore its potential for enhancing teaching and learning, as well as the challenges associated with its use. This page shares some of the work of the Task Force, as well as resources related to generative AI and teaching and learning.

With continuous enrollment through to August 28th, the flexible approach to facilitated delivery offers educators multiple opportunities to engage with each one of the six program modules in a way that meets their busy schedules and is free of charge.