Teaching and learning news

Stay connected – Stay informed! Focus on Teaching is a bi-monthly newsletter that provides a comprehensive source of information about upcoming workshops, teaching events and resources provided by Teaching and Learning Services and other teaching support units. Click here to view current issue.

The SKILLSETS InfoBulletin is part of a communications strategy for Bridging, Branding and Broadcasting. The main goal of the InfoBulletin is to enhance students’ awareness of professional development opportunities through promotion of events and online resources. Click here to view current issue.

Would you like to be part of a conversation about higher education with McGill faculty, staff and students? Visit the new “Teaching for Learning” blog to share an experience, resource or opinion with the McGill community.  For more information, email marcy.slapcoff@mcgill.ca

Need a book from anywhere on campus? Faculty members can now use library accounts to request any item available for loan to be delivered to their campus address. Delivery will normally take 2 to 4 working days if the item is on the shelf. Materials may be returned via internal mail system or at any library branch, as usual. Learn more >>

McGill is committed to provide an environment in which students and employees are free from discrimination and harassment. Learn more >>

The Brown Student Services Bldg. is open on all Summer Fridays.  Please contact the Brown Bldg. Reception Desk at 398-8238 for assistance with your questions. Friday access to the Brown Building is by the McTavish Street entrance.  Student casuals, trained to greet and assist visitors, will be available at the main Reception Desk situated at this entrance.

Teaching Snapshots is a new website from Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) that profiles McGill instructors as they share their perspectives on teaching and learning with colleagues, students and the community at large. The instructors featured are from a range of departmental and disciplinary contexts and have all been involved in University initiatives to enhance student learning. For more information click here.

As of December 28th, McGill’s license of Virus Barrier X will expire. Replacing it is Trend Micro’s Smart Surfing for Mac. Its features include antivirus, antispyware and web threat protection; additionally, it has built in parental controls, a spam blocker and a two-way firewall.

Find the latest issue of the Focus on Teaching info-bulletin here: https://www.mcgill.ca/tls/teaching/focus

Would you like to design or redesign one of your courses and enhance your teaching skills? Join a group of fellow faculty members led by facilitators from Teaching and Learning Services to discuss strategies for course design and teaching that focus on enhancing student learning.

Connect with Us! What's new at McGill? The Connect blog features musings on the latest information about everything from residence life to academic advising.

Education 627 and Burnside 511 are two Active Learning Classrooms recently built at McGill. These classrooms help foster student-faculty interaction, active and collaborative learning, and a supportive campus environment.

The Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching, established to recognize excellence in teaching and its importance to the academic experience of students at McGill University, is traditionally awarded at Fall Convocation at the Faculty Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor ranks.

The Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching, established to recognize excellence in teaching and its importance to the academic experience of students at McGill University, is traditionally awarded at Fall Convocation at the Faculty Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor ranks.

Are you a new professor at McGill? Would you like to find out more about how to plan a course? Learn about effective course design strategies at the Introduction to Course Design Workshop on Friday February 13, 2009.