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Chair: Director, Teaching and Learning Services or delegate

Vice-Chair: Director, Campus and Space Planning or delegate

Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs)

Teaching and Learning Experiences in Active Learning Classrooms at McGill: Highlights

This video highlights how four McGill instructors in different disciplines have used the features of the ALC to engage students and promote active and collaborative learning.

You may also wish to view the ALC Highlights video in HD. Please see our Documentary Videos for a more in-depth look at the courses profiled below.

Stewart N2/2

Stewart Biology N2/2 (2007)

Location

1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue

Capacity

118 students

SADB 1/12

     Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building SADB 1/12 (2008)

Location

3640 University

Capacity

121 students

Leacock 26

New Leacock 26

Location

855 Sherbrooke Street West

Capacity

188 students

Burnside 511

Active Learning Classroom Burnside 511, Owen Egan

Location

805 Sherbrooke Street West

Capacity

38 plus a 12-seat seminar room

Description

Burnside 511 offers multiple opportunities for students to be actively engaged in their own learning and collaborating with one another.

Education 627

Active Learning Classroom Education 627 (2009)

Location

3700 McTavish

Capacity

72 (8 round tables of 9 students)

Leacock 219

Location

855 Sherbrooke Street West

Capacity

175 students

Macdonald Stewart 2-028/029

Location

21111 Lakeshore Rd.

Capacity

48 students in one room, or 24 students in each of two smaller rooms

Impact

Executive Summary Report

In 2009-2010, Teaching and Learning Services documented the experiences of instructors and students in Education 627. A summary report is available below.

Active Learning Classrooms 2009-2010 Executive Summary [.pdf]