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Spotlight on SOTL

The MacPherson Institute publishes a monthly article summarized from primary literature.

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Spotlight on SOTL: Microlearning in Higher Education: Boosting Student Success with Bite-Sized Learning

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April 23, 2025

Hand typing on Keyboard

Spotlight on SOTL: Building Resilience: A Case for Constructing a Teaching Philosophy

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March 18, 2025

Four students sitting around a table. The words

Spotlight on SOTL: Exploring a Framework for Challenging Anti-Black Racism in Education

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February 11, 2025

Spotlight on SOTL: Burn Bright, Not Out: Tackling Student Burnout in Education

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December 11, 2024

Student participating in online class

Spotlight on SOTL: Transcending Barriers – Strategies for supporting and enhancing trans students’ experiences in the classroom

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November 20, 2024

Spotlight on SOTL: Second time around - The influence of two-Stage collaborative testing on peer relationships

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October 16, 2024

Jigsaw puzzle pieces

Spotlight on SOTL: Enhancing Student Experience Through Purposeful Course Design

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August 14, 2024

Angry teacher yelling in front of chalkboard

Spotlight on SOTL: What not to do in teaching - research on how to be a poor instructor

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July 10, 2024

Spotlight on SoTL: Supervise to Help them Thrive - Supporting BIPOC graduate students

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June 5, 2024

Pen resting on Essay

Spotlight on SOTL: Alternatives to Essays - Considerations for new approaches

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May 1, 2024

Spotlight on SOTL: High-Five for HyFlex

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April 10, 2024

Spotlight on SOTL: Podcast Pedagogy - A Sound Way to Learn

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March 6, 2024

Spotlight on SOTL: Being Human in STEM (HSTEM)

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February 7, 2024

Spotlight on SOTL: Flexible deadlines - Do they work in teaching?

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December 12, 2023

AI Generated: Color photo of a non - binary racially ambiguous university professor grading 10, 000 exams in a field of wildflowers with a unicorn standing beside them - Midjourney

Spotlight on SOTL: Using AI to Augment Teaching

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October 31, 2023

A person in a university library wearing a mask and sitting at a table with a computer. He is watching an online lecture.

Spotlight on SoTL: How to Implement an Engaging Learning SPACE for Online Students?

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October 4, 2023

Graphic image of an orange tshirt.

Spotlight on SoTL: Working together: Gaining a deeper understanding of truth and reconciliation in teaching

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September 13, 2023

Hands typing on laptop

Spotlight on SOTL: Blessing and a curse: The intersections of artificial intelligence and education

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July 5, 2023

Empty lecture hall

Spotlight on SOTL: Failure in University: Strategies to Re-Shape Classrooms to Embrace a ‘Pedagogy of Failure’

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June 6, 2023

Student writing with a pen on paper

Spotlight on SOTL: Getting more out of student reflection essays

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May 3, 2023

Spotlight on SoTL - Fulsome Feedback: Strategies to increase response rates on course experience surveys

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April 5, 2023

Spotlight on SOTL: To break or not break – that is the question.

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March 1, 2023

In a restaurant, a boy wearing a red shirt holds a spoon in front of his chest.

Spotlight on SOTL: Using a Visual Novel Activity to Teach Science Process Skills

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January 25, 2023

students in classroom using laptops

Spotlight on SOTL - “Nothing About Us Without Us”: Forming collaborative partnerships with disabled students to improve digital accessibility

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November 29, 2022

Spotlight on SOTL: Want students to benefit from accessible teaching? Check your underlying reasons and motivations.

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October 26, 2022

Picture of Students walking on McMaster Main Campus

Spotlight on SOTL: Addressing microaggressions experiences by Indigenous students in Canadian universities: What we can do as campus community members

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September 27, 2022

Photo of Convocation Hall - Exam Set up

Spotlight on SOTL: Back on the Menu: Re-examining Multiple-Choice Assessments in Large Humanities Classes

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August 31, 2022

Image of geology students at Whitefish Falls conducting field mapping.

Spotlight on SOTL: Bringing the Rocks to the People: The Creation of a Virtual Geological Field Trip

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July 25, 2022

Image of student looking at laptop screen showing a video file.

Spotlight on SOTL: Meaningful Medium or Muddied Message: Video use in Higher Ed

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July 5, 2022

Graphic image depicting a checklist and a computer

Spotlight on SOTL: Want to help students stay motivated and on-track? Consider using checklists

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May 25, 2022

Photo of students working in a study space

Spotlight on SOTL: The Power of Choice in Assessments

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March 30, 2022

Picture of blank exam booklet with McMaster logo

Spotlight on SOTL: Four Reasons Not to Administer Time-Limited Tests

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March 2, 2022