Faculty /ose/taxonomy/term/3/all en 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>Hilar</strong><strong>y 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 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 , 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 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 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 Strategies to foster equitable and inclusive learning environments /ose/channels/news/strategies-foster-equitable-and-inclusive-learning-environments-343030 <p><a href="/ose/people/diane-dechief">Diane Dechief</a> from the Office of Science Education and <a href="/biology/stephanie-weber">Stephanie Weber</a> from the Dept. of Biology were among several instructors who recently gathered to share their ideas for fostering equitable and inclusive learning environments.</p> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:49:40 +0000 fergus.grieve@mcgill.ca 6666 at /ose Online teaching strategies we can bring back to the classroom /ose/channels/news/online-teaching-strategies-we-can-bring-back-classroom-342811 <p>Considering which online teaching and learning strategies to keep using as we move back to in-person teaching? Explore the following list of instructional strategies from the Large Class Teaching Exchange that transfer well into the classroom.</p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://teachingblog.mcgill.ca/2022/10/13/online-teaching-strategies-we-can-bring-back-to-the-classroom/">Read more</a></div> Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:42:55 +0000 fergus.grieve@mcgill.ca 6661 at /ose