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Brought to you by McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services, Teach.Learn.Share thoughtfully explores teaching and learning practices in higher ed. Join us for conversations with McGill’s community of instructors, students, and other experts on topics such as assessment and well-being, teaching strategies for engaging students, and integrating sustainability into course design.

  1. APR 14

    Engaging students using Mural Online Collaboration

    Want to learn about how to engage students using an online teaching tool with a dynamic visual component? Tune in to hear how Prof. Mette Bendixen uses Mural to encourage her students to connect with the course material, engage in peer-to-peer learning, and share how they are faring in a large classroom setting.  View the transcript.

    23 min

  2. MAR 31

    Sustainability in action: Teaching health geography and learning course design

    How can sustainability transform not only what we teach but also how we go about our teaching? In this episode, Prof. Mylène Riva and PhD student Laurianne Debanné share their journey—including challenges and triumphs—redesigning a Health Geography course to incorporate sustainability principles. Along the way, they learned principles of sustainable course design, the importance of transdisciplinarity, and practical strategies for engaging students in meaningful learning experiences.  View the transcript.

    29 min

  3. MAR 17

    Sustainable approaches to course design: Balancing workload and well-being

    Join us for a conversation with Management Prof. Tatiana Lamoureux Gauvin as we delve into sustainable approaches to course design, focusing on social sustainability, workload management, and efficiency. Discover practical strategies for evergreening your course content, and ensuring it remains relevant and engaging for students.    View the transcript.

    31 min

  4. MAR 3

    Sustainability meets literature: A fresh take on Hispanic studies

    How can sustainability be integrated into a Hispanic literature course to offer students a modern twist on classic texts? Prof. Cristina Carnemolla and PhD student Daniel Salas describe how they designed a course to engage students with historical texts and contemporary issues through diverse formats like recipes and conduct books, making these texts relevant to today’s students in novel ways.  View the transcript.

    29 min

  5. FEB 17

    “Concrete” ideas: Embedding sustainability in an engineering course

    How can sustainability be seamlessly integrated into an engineering course? Prof. Daniele Malomo and PhD student Anna Wang discuss their redesign of a concrete structures course. They share pedagogically sound strategies for embedding sustainability into the curriculum, engaging students with real-world examples, and fostering ethical design practices.  View the transcript.

    27 min

  6. FEB 3

    Integrating sustainability across disciplines

    How can we transform our world through education? To change everything, we need everyone. Prof. Blane Harvey and PhD candidate Stephanie Leite describe the critical role of a holistic approach to sustainability education. Discover insights from McGill’s Sustainability Education Fellows program and learn how innovative course design has the potential to make a lasting impact.  View the transcript.

    27 min

  7. 11/25/2024

    Engaged in learning? Two undergraduate students weigh in

    Have students’ perceptions of engagement changed after the Covid-19 pandemic? Is it harder to focus on lectures in the “attention economy” with overwhelming amounts of information designed to engage us to click and scroll? Are students engaging with learning in ways that are more autonomous—such as watching recorded lectures? In this episode, we speak with Kai Gutteridge and Lavínia Travassos to learn about their experiences with engagement and learning on McGill’s campus today.  View the transcript.

    33 min

  8. 09/23/2024

    Bonus: Two-stage exams strategy exchange

    Interested in learning about different ways to implement two-stage exams? In this episode, McGill instructors Lawrence Chen, Alice Cherestes, Laura Pavelka, and David Titley-Peloquin join Jasmine and Margo for an exchange about how they use two-stage exams to assess their students’ learning. Listen in to hear them compare their practices and offer recommendations for instructors who are thinking about adopting this assessment strategy.  View the transcript.

    30 min
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Brought to you by McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services, Teach.Learn.Share thoughtfully explores teaching and learning practices in higher ed. Join us for conversations with McGill’s community of instructors, students, and other experts on topics such as assessment and well-being, teaching strategies for engaging students, and integrating sustainability into course design.

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    McGill’s Teaching and Learning Services
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
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