Welcome
Thank you for participating in Teaching and Learning Month 2024
With your support, we have connected our teaching and learning community to a total of 51 events from 19 campus partners during the month of May.
What is Teaching and Learning Month?
- As winter term comes to an end in April, many campus units, including the MacPherson Institute, offer professional development opportunities related to teaching and learning.
- The MacPherson Institute and many campus partners coordinate efforts to share a comprehensive schedule of these opportunities in May.
What kind of events are offered during Teaching and Learning Month?
- Any events that are related to teaching and learning at McMaster.
- Event audiences can include (but are not limited to): educators, instructors, faculty members, staff, administrators, graduate students, teaching assistans, sessional instructors, educational developers, librarians, and more.
- Topics can include (but are not limited to): teaching pedagogy, teaching with technology, remote and hybrid teaching, course design, instructional skills, Indigenous teaching and learning practices, anti-racist pedagogies, inclusivity, diversity, equity, accessibility and universal design, community-engaged teaching, and sustainability, and more.
- If you have an event in mind but aren’t sure if it would be a good fit—please connect with us!
If you are interested in partnering with us to promote Teaching and Learning Month in the future, send us an email at mi@mcmaster.ca. The MacPherson Institute will follow up with more instructions about how you can share the details about your upcoming programming and event(s).
If you are planning to offer training/events in May but aren’t ready with all the details – that’s fine! Let us know that you plan to participate, and we’ll determine how to connect with you when you are ready.
Why should I partner with the MacPherson Institute?
- Partnering with the MacPherson Institute means we will help promote your event through our website, e-newsletter, social media and cross-promote throughout May during our own MacPherson Institute teaching and learning training events.
- We will also ask you to promote Teaching and Learning Month through your communications channels, to help generate further awareness about the variety of programming available across the university.
- All partner events will be listed on the MacPherson Institute – Teaching and Learning Month webpage for easy reference throughout May.
Who else is participating?
In previous years we have worked with these campus partners:
- Campus Store
- CUPE 3906
- Equity and Inclusion Office
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- McMaster Continuing Education
- McMaster Libraries
- McMaster Students Union
- McMaster University Waterloo Regional Campus
- Office of Community Engagement
- Office of the Provost
- Office of the Vice-Provost, Teaching & Learning
- Student Success Centre
- University Technology Services