We welcome you to explore a MacPherson curated collection of resources that are aimed to assist, guide and inspire instructors of all levels. We’ve included resources that we’ve created either internally or in collaboration with campus partners, those from the wider McMaster community and some from the broader teaching and learning community in Canada.
This guidebook outlines a collaborative approach to observations of teaching that can be used formatively to support instructional activities, improve teaching practices, foster collegiality, and collect evidence of professional development in teaching through peer-based review.
This resource will help you learn about the process of collecting student feedback (why, how and when), and how to set up a course feedback survey using a Microsoft Forms template.
In order to help guide your decision about offering a course in-person, or in another format, we offer this guidebook outlining considerations, practices, advice and examples to help you plan for a blended course delivery.
Learn more about micro-credentials, how they are used and how they can benefit learners.
This guide provides teaching assistants with some strategies for fostering an inclusive and dynamic teaching environment and to familiarize them with McMaster policies.
We’ve collaborated with the Office of Academic Integrity to create this Academic Integrity Guide in Digital Learning Environment.
The New Instructor Handbook is a resource for anyone who is new to teaching at McMaster including new faculty members, sessional instructors, CLAs, lecturers and anyone else who finds themselves teaching for the first time at our university.
This guide book is a companion to McMaster’s Supplementary Policy Statement B2: Teaching Portfolios. We begin with an overview of what a teaching portfolio is and why you need to prepareone, and then focus in detail on the structure and components of teaching portfolios at McMaster.
This guidebook provides a step-by-step approach to program review and enhancement basedon the guiding principles of McMaster’s Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP)
This guidebook will provide you with an introduction to SoTL research – including key teaching and learning concepts, the cycle of scholarship of teaching and learning, work sheets, and useful resources that are meant to assist you.
A collection of work that was featured on our blog, DisruptED. The material on DisruptED is varied and includes personal blogs, research summaries, artwork, interviews, dialogues, video presentations and more.
A collection of the Massive Open Online Courses that were created or supported by McMaster University.
An essential guide for the McMaster teaching and learning community looking to adopt and create Open Educational Resources (OER). It provides insights into open licensing, sourcing quality OER, and using tools like Pressbooks and H5P to create engaging, accessible content.
This guide aims to provide the necessary information, resources, and guidelines that enable instructors to incorporate cross-cultural virtual exchange learning initiatives at McMaster University.
This collaborative effort between the MacPherson Institute, McMaster’s Indigenous Education Council, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI) and the Indigenous Health Learning Lodge (IHLL) aims to offer guidance and insight for faculty, administrators, staff, and students in their journey towards decolonizing and Indigenizing their roles within the academy.
We invite educators to explore this resource page in order to inform their teaching practices in the manner that best suits them. Through engagement with these resources, we hope to contribute to a campus climate that promotes belonging and academic success.
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.
The Working Mind is an evidence-based program designed to promote mental health and reduce stigma around mental illness in the workplace. This training directly supports our shared purpose of promoting and contributing to a healthy and safe community at McMaster University.
As University classes move to digital learning environments instructors have greater abilities to share course information in diverse ways. McMaster University is compliant with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) in safeguarding the personal information of University community members.
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new Open Educational Resource. In a series of seven short self-directed modules, university employees are guided through instructional videos and brief quizzes that will help them navigate the complexities of copyright law in Canada.
Frequently Asked Questions about Career Progress & Merit for Chairs
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Frequently Asked Questions about Career Progress & Merit for faculty members
A comprehensive guidebook to support instructors, teaching assistants, and those in other educational roles in applying Accessible Education principles across teaching and learning contexts to enhance access for all.
An Open Education reference of OER listed by subject area and disciplines with McMaster academic programming
This resource guide that has been created by the Ad Hoc Experiential Learning and Community Engagement Working Group, led by Dr. Kim Dej, Acting Vice-Provost and Professor Sheila Sammon, Director, Office of Community Engagement.
This is McMaster’s hub for all things Open Educational Resources! Learn about supports and services that are available at McMaster and beyond.
Campus Classroom Technologies (CCT), formerly CAVS,is responsible for the design, installation, and ongoing support audio-visual equipment in all Registrar-controlled classrooms.
Copyright in Canada has gone through some changes recently which will influence how we use copyrighted materials in our teaching, learning and research activities here at McMaster. Stay informed about copyright at McMaster.
The Equity and Inclusion Office (EIO) works closely with staff, students and faculty members to advance equity and inclusion by promoting an environment of respect, safety, collegiality and openness.
A hub for grad student information at McMaster. Find resources for future and current grad students, postdoctoral fellows, and a lot more.
The Office of Academic Integrity strives to assist instructors and students with issues of academic integrity.
Check out this link to learn about ways to get involved in community-engaged research, education, or volunteerism.
The Office of Community Engagement creates infrastructure to support partnership requests that cover topics such as program development, networking, capacity building, strategic initiatives and more.
Student Accessibility Services (SAS) provides academic accommodation assistance and related supports to students with disabilities at McMaster.
McMaster’s hub for student success resources. Here you will find tools and resources that are geared towards student preparedness, job hunting, engaging in the community and a lot more.
Learn about McMaster’s Information Technology strategy, governance, related news and events and more.
McMaster Museum of Art houses McMaster University’s permanent collection of more than 6000 objects. The museum offers collection visits for groups of up to 15 people and can offer resources for many departments on campus who may be conducting arts related or antiquities research.
This guide is intended to assist researchers and evaluators of postsecondary educational initiatives and outcomes.
This handbook is intended to serve as a resource for faculty, staff, academic leaders and educational developers engaged in program and course design/review, and the assessment of program-level learning outcomes for program improvement.
A collection of open textbooks and other open resources. The curated collection aligns with top subject areas in post-secondary education and features reviews from experts and educators across Canada.
These open modules aim to empower educators to explore a range of emerging technologies and pedagogical practices for effective online and technology-enabled teaching and learning.
The Centre for Extended Learning at the University of Waterloo has created a User Experience Design for Learning framework that places learners at the centre of the design process, ensuring that our courses are useful, desirable, accessible, credible, and intuitive.
The intent of this guide is to make the process of designing and implementing impact evaluation more feasible and doable. A six-step process has been designed to help you think about the impact you want and to plan for how you will achieve and evaluate, before you begin to implement a program.
The EL Toolkit is a website that provides information, examples, and templates for designing, delivering, facilitating, and evaluating experiential learning (EL) in post-secondary education.
The MERLOT Collection is made up of over 40,000 materials in 19 different material type categories. You can browse numerous topics, including: outcomes based education, integrating technology, lesson planning, assessment and more.