Faculty /ose/taxonomy/term/3/all en Foster equitable and inclusive learning environments: Change one thing! /ose/channels/event/foster-equitable-and-inclusive-learning-environments-change-one-thing-359308 <p>Want to make your classroom a more equitable and inclusive learning environment, but unsure where to start?</p> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:32:37 +0000 admin 6831 at /ose Developing meaningful assessment criteria /ose/channels/event/developing-meaningful-assessment-criteria-358056 <p>Under PASL, instructors must include explicit criteria to describe the key elements of students’ learning. But did you know that having meaningful assessment criteria also allows you to see whether students are learning what you want them to?</p> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:40:37 +0000 admin 6829 at /ose Undergraduate research takes center stage at Poster Showcase /ose/channels/news/undergraduate-research-takes-center-stage-poster-showcase-357139 <p>On the evening of March 19, more than 500 members of the 山ǿ community gathered in celebration of student work at the fifth annual Undergraduate Poster Showcase. Hosted each March by the <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/ose">Office of Science Education (OSE)</a>, the Showcase invites students from across the University to share their scientific research, field work, in-class assignments, passion projects and more.</p> Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:42:18 +0000 admin 6815 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 山ǿ, 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 山ǿ 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