Faculty /ose/taxonomy/term/3/all en Beyond Grading: Promoting engagement in learning /ose/channels/event/beyond-grading-promoting-engagement-learning-360172 <p>When students are engaged in learning, they are more likely to find the experience meaningful and succeed academically. A well-engaged class can also make teaching more rewarding.</p> Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:29 +0000 admin 6855 at /ose Course Design Essentials /ose/channels/event/course-design-essentials-360777 <p>Planning your winter courses? Fast-track your course (re)design efforts while focusing on promoting student learning.</p> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:42:19 +0000 admin 6856 at /ose OSE Breakfast Club: Understanding How Students Interpret Uncertainties in Physics /ose/channels/event/ose-breakfast-club-understanding-how-students-interpret-uncertainties-physics-360508 <p>Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM </p> <p>Location: Ground floor boardroom, Rutherford Physics Building, 3600 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T8</p> <p>Host: The Office of Science Education</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:58:53 +0000 lynne.mullings@mcgill.ca 6844 at /ose OSE Breakfast Club: Winter 2024 End-of-Term FSCI936 Symposium /ose/channels/event/ose-breakfast-club-winter-2024-end-term-fsci936-symposium-356266 <p>Join us for three engaging talks on student research in science education! The Winter 2024 FSCI396 cohort will share their project findings and takeaways.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:12:55 +0000 lynne.mullings@mcgill.ca 6777 at /ose OSE Breakfast Club: Hope in the Anthropocene: Empowering Students in Sustainability Education /ose/channels/event/ose-breakfast-club-hope-anthropocene-empowering-students-sustainability-education-352763 <p><em>Hosted by the Office of Science Education</em></p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:25:38 +0000 brent.jamsa@mcgill.ca 6753 at /ose OSE Breakfast Club: Supporting Motivation and Engagement in Chemistry /ose/channels/event/ose-breakfast-club-supporting-motivation-and-engagement-chemistry-352530 <p><em>Hosted by the Office of Science Education</em></p> Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:31:11 +0000 brent.jamsa@mcgill.ca 6752 at /ose Dan Petrescu Speaker Series: Presentation by Dr. Sanjay Sarma /ose/channels/event/dan-petrescu-speaker-series-presentation-dr-sanjay-sarma-342273 <p><b>Host: </b>SciLearn Program, Office of Science Education<br /> <b>Presentation</b>: Rethinking Learning<br /> <strong>Date: </strong>Friday, October 21, 2022, 1:00 - 2:00 pm</p> Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:43:14 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6656 at /ose Learning Technology Teaching Exchange /ose/channels/event/learning-technology-teaching-exchange-348180 <p><strong>Hosted by the Office of Science Education</strong><br /> <br /></p> Thu, 04 May 2023 17:31:13 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6709 at /ose The Undergraduate Poster Showcase 2023: Gather with us! /ose/channels/news/undergraduate-poster-showcase-2023-gather-us-346528 <p><i>Office of Science Education Student Engagement Administrator <b>Ezelbahar Metin</b> and Communications Assistant <b>Bhavya Bhushan</b> sat down with presenters to discuss the upcoming Undergraduate Poster Showcase. This year, the highly-anticipated hybrid event will be hosted on March 15, 6-8 PM ET in the University Centre (SSMU) Ballroom and via livestream. <b>Register here to attend: </b></i><strong><em><a href="https://mcgillups.eventbrite.com/">https://mcgillups.eventbrite.com/</a></em></strong><b><i> </i></b></p> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:21:01 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6689 at /ose SciLearn Speaker Series: Presentation by Dr. Faria Sana /ose/channels/event/scilearn-speaker-series-presentation-dr-faria-sana-333833 <p><b>Workshop for instructors:</b> Taking the Big 3 into the Classroom<br /> <strong>Friday, October 29,<sup>  </sup>11:30am – 1:00pm</strong></p> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:49:52 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6577 at /ose SciLearn Speaker Series: Presentation by Dr. Joe Kim /ose/channels/event/scilearn-speaker-series-presentation-dr-joe-kim-333832 <p><b>Presentation</b>: Motivating Durable Learning: Focused Attention through Instructional Design<br /> <strong>Friday, October 22, 11:30am – 12:30pm</strong></p> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 13:41:53 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6576 at /ose The Undergraduate Poster Showcase 2021: The show must go on! /ose/channels/news/undergraduate-poster-showcase-2021-show-must-go-329386 <p><i>Office of Science Education Communications Assistant <strong>Brent Jamsa</strong> sat down with four students to discuss their upcoming presentations at the second annual Undergraduate Poster Showcase. This year, the highly-anticipated event will be hosted on March 16, 6-8 PM EST via Zoom. <b>Register here to attend: </b></i><a href="https://mcgill.ca/x/odx"><b><i>https://mcgill.ca/x/odx</i></b></a><b><i>.</i></b><i> </i></p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:35:56 +0000 davis.hepnar@mcgill.ca 6498 at /ose Pursuing an Arctic research dream /ose/channels/news/pursuing-arctic-research-dream-344163 <p>Lizz Webb, a PhD student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (and OSE Science Education Fellow) here at 91, spent a week in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago barely 1,000 kilometres from the North Pole, as part of her studies.</p> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:27:50 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6678 at /ose The Dan Petrescu Speaker Series presents: Rethinking Learning with MIT’s Dr. Sanjay Sarma  /ose/channels/news/dan-petrescu-speaker-series-presents-rethinking-learning-mits-dr-sanjay-sarma-344149 <p>By <strong>Hilary Sweatman</strong></p> <p><em>“The big mistake is this: we assume that the professor has a pen and the student's brain is a sheet of paper and all the professor has to do is write on the sheet of paper and declare victory.” – Dr. Sanjay Sarma. </em></p> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:30:33 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6676 at /ose SciLearn helps connect students with course material outside of the classroom /ose/channels/news/scilearn-helps-connect-students-course-material-outside-classroom-344147 <p>"On a Monday afternoon during midterm season, the cafeteria of Royal Victoria College is the place to be."<br /> In this 91 Tribune feature, Gillian Cameron captures the spirit of <a href="/ose/initiatives/scilearn/scilearn-peer-collaboration">SciLearn Peer Collaboration</a>, a collaborative learning environment for U0 & U1 students in Science courses.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:12:17 +0000 kira.smith@mcgill.ca 6675 at /ose