Upcoming Events – MacPherson Institute

Adapting Experiential and Community Engaged Education for the Remote Context

Aug 17, 2020
11:00AM to 12:30PM

This interactive workshop will explore the different types of Experiential Education and ways to adapt to the online context. Participants will share resources, options and ideas. A solution-finding discussion will occur in breakout rooms led by members of different faculties and staff.

AMA Avenue to Learn – Assignments

Aug 17, 2020
2:00PM to 3:00PM

Faculty, Staff, Instructors and Students are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about how to setup Assignments in Avenue, or just to ask about how Assignments in Avenue works. Ask us anything, and we’ll answer, or get the answer to you!

WebEx Essentials

Aug 18, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

This webinar will cover WebEx essentials including an overview of WebEx features and session set up including scheduling your WebEx meeting.

Virtual Drop In: “Ask MI Anything”

Aug 18, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Faculty and instructors are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about general course development, technologies, best practices, and other support.

AMA PebblePad

Aug 18, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

Faculty, Staff, Instructors and Students are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about how to setup PebblePad, or just to ask about how it works. Ask us anything, and we’ll answer, or get the answer to you!

Preparing to Teach Online @Mac

Aug 19, 2020
11:00AM to 12:00PM

New to online teaching and just don't know how to get started? . We'll look at "Top Tips" for easy entry into online course design, and aim to work out what an online week/unit of your course could look like to show how starting small can help build a bigger impact.

AMA Avenue to Learn – Open Topic

Aug 19, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Faculty, Staff, Instructors and Students are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about how to setup tools in Avenue, or just to ask about how Avenue works. Ask us anything, and we’ll answer, or get the answer to you!

MacVideo Open Q&A Virtual Sessions

Aug 20, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Members of the McMaster community are welcome to drop in during these sessions to ask questions about MacVideo whether you’re curious about tips and tricks or implementing more complex features such as in-video quizzes and chaptering.

AMA Avenue to Learn – Quizzes

Aug 20, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Faculty, Staff, Instructors and Students are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about how to setup Quizzes in Avenue, or just to ask about how Quizzes in Avenue works. Ask us anything, and we’ll answer, or get the answer to you!

Teaching Remotely: Shared Experiences Session 6

Aug 20, 2020
3:00PM to 4:30PM

Join us for this edition of our virtual panel series to learn more about alternatives to traditional evaluation and testing.

AMA Avenue to Learn – Grades

Aug 21, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Faculty, Staff, Instructors and Students are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about Grades in Avenue to Learn. Ask us anything and we’ll answer, or get the answer to you!

Echo360 Orientation

Aug 21, 2020
11:00AM to 11:45AM

Chris McAllister and Kyle Fletcher from Campus Classroom Technologies will lead you through a quick orientation of what Echo360 is (and isn’t) and how it can help you and your students during this challenging time.

New Faculty Orientation

Aug 20, 2020 to Aug 22, 2020
12:00AM to 11:59PM

The New Faculty Orientation will be a virtual event that offers the opportunity to hear from senior administration about the wider university goals regarding teaching and learning, as well as from McMaster faculty on their teaching experiences on campus.

Secret Ingredients of Engaging Course Design

Aug 24, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

Together we will walk through ingredients --step by step-- and create a blueprint that will pave the way for developing an aligned course based on the type of content you teach, Backward Design framework, Bloom and Fink’s Taxonomies.

Virtual Drop In: “Ask MI Anything”

Aug 25, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Faculty and instructors are encouraged to join the session to ask questions about general course development, technologies, best practices, and other support.

Echo360 Orientation

Aug 25, 2020
10:00AM to 10:45AM

Facilitating Online Discussions

Aug 26, 2020
12:45PM to 2:00PM

Join this interactive webinar to learn effective approaches to facilitate online discussions (synchronously & asynchronously) in both small and large class contexts.

Teaching Effectively with Web-Conferencing Tools

Aug 26, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

Join the webinar to explore teaching strategies that offer the potential for creating supportive learning spaces and increasing students’ cognitive engagement in the synchronous online environment, otherwise referred to as “virtual classroom” mode.

Echo360 Orientation

Aug 26, 2020
1:30PM to 2:15PM

WebEx Essentials

Aug 27, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

This webinar will cover WebEx essentials including an overview of WebEx features and session set up including scheduling your WebEx meeting.

MacVideo Open Q&A Virtual Sessions

Aug 27, 2020
10:00AM to 11:00AM

Crafting a Learner-Centered Online Course Syllabus

Aug 28, 2020
12:00PM to 1:00PM

This hands-on webinar will help you to craft a learner-centered syllabus that sets the tone for online learning engagement.

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

Sep 3, 2020
12:30PM to 1:30PM

These will be an opportunity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants to connect with an Educational Developer and ask any teaching and learning-related questions they may have

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

Sep 8, 2020
12:30PM to 1:30PM

These will be an opportunity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants to connect with an Educational Developer and ask any teaching and learning-related questions they may have

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

Sep 9, 2020
12:30PM to 1:30PM

These will be an opportunity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants to connect with an Educational Developer and ask any teaching and learning-related questions they may have

2020 Teaching & Learning Forum

Aug 20, 2020 to Sep 10, 2020
12:00AM to 11:59PM

The Teaching & Learning Forum is an annual event hosted by the Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Excellence in Teaching. It offers new and returning teaching assistants (TAs), graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and sessional instructors information sessions and workshops on various teaching and learning topics.

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

Sep 11, 2020
12:30PM to 1:30PM

These will be an opportunity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants to connect with an Educational Developer and ask any teaching and learning-related questions they may have

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

Sep 14, 2020
12:30PM to 1:30PM

These will be an opportunity for McMaster University Teaching Assistants to connect with an Educational Developer and ask any teaching and learning-related questions they may have

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Adapting Experiential and Community Engaged Education for the Remote Context

AMA Avenue to Learn – Assignments

WebEx Essentials

Virtual Drop In: “Ask MI Anything”

AMA PebblePad

Preparing to Teach Online @Mac

AMA Avenue to Learn – Open Topic

MacVideo Open Q&A Virtual Sessions

AMA Avenue to Learn – Quizzes

Teaching Remotely: Shared Experiences Session 6

AMA Avenue to Learn – Grades

Echo360 Orientation

New Faculty Orientation

Secret Ingredients of Engaging Course Design

Virtual Drop In: “Ask MI Anything”

Echo360 Orientation

Facilitating Online Discussions

Teaching Effectively with Web-Conferencing Tools

Echo360 Orientation

WebEx Essentials

MacVideo Open Q&A Virtual Sessions

Crafting a Learner-Centered Online Course Syllabus

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

2020 Teaching & Learning Forum

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer

TA Q&A Drop-In Sessions with an Educational Developer