Instructional resources

Polling

• Polling @ McGill – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Introducing Vevox: McGill’s new student polling tool

Teaching

• Class participation – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Teaching strategies – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base

Team-based learning

• Learn team-based learning website
• Intedashboard website (technology to support team-based learning)
  Access available to McGill instructors upon request to McGill IT
• IF-AT scratch cards
  elate.engineering [at] mcgill.ca (Contact ELATE) to obtain cards to use in your class

• Principles on generative AI in teaching and learning at McGill – McGill Provost
• Using generative AI in teaching and learning – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Generative AI for teaching and learning – myCourses module
• Explore AI at McGill – IT Services

• Assessment - Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
  Topics include choosing assessment strategies, providing feedback, designing multiple-choice questions, peer assessment, and more
• Assessment strategies from McGill instructors - Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Policy on Assessment of Student Learning (PASL)

• Flipped learning: a guide for higher education faculty
• Blended courses – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Host and record live sessions – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Engaging students online with zoom – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base

• Course design offerings – Teaching and Academic Programs
• General course outline template and guide – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base

Mid-course evaluations are a great way to gain important feedback from students about what they feel is going well in the course and what changes could be made to make the course even more successful. Below are some resources for conducting mid-course evaluations. If you would like support in conducting mid-course evaluations in your class, please contact ELATE’s pedagogical lead.

• Mid-course evaluations – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• How’s the course going?: one instructor’s approach to mid-course evaluations

• Official McGill guidelines for developing a teaching portfolio
• Resources for developing a teaching portfolio – Teaching and Academic Programs

Educational technologies

• Technologies for McGill instructors – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Which tools should I use? – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base

Audiovisual equipment for teaching

• Audiovisual equipment in classrooms - McGill IT
• Classroom audiovisual support services – McGill IT
• Host and record live sessions – Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base
• Lecture recording for instructors – McGill IT

ELATE mobile recording studio

ELATE offers a variety of equipment that can be rented by faculty of engineering teaching staff who would like to create pre-recorded lectures, lab demonstrations, or other pedagogical content for their courses including a video camera, tripod, microphone, mac laptop, owl cameras, and headphones. To book the equipment, please elate.engineering [at] mcgill.ca (contact our team).

• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  Keep up to date with their professional development offerings and other events
• Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
  Learn more about their special interest groups, workshops, and annual conference
• McGill Office of Science Education (OSE)
  Find out more about the science of learning and teaching tips for STEM educators
• McGill Teaching and Academic Programs (TAP)
  McGill’s centralized office offers numerous teaching workshops, tools, and resources
• Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Studies of Education (SALTISE)
  A learning community focused on innovative pedagogical strategies and technologies