a special meeting to discuss ways to teach courses in a "blended learning" way
Dear members of the math and stats department,
I would like to invite you to a special meeting to discuss ways to teach courses in a "blended learning" way (broadly speaking, teaching in a physical space but allowing for online interactions as well).
This meeting will happen Wednesday next week, Nov 16, 11:35am-12:25pm in room BURN 1205 or online through zoom . Our own Linan Chen will be there to tell us about blended learning, and we will discuss what we think of this way of teaching and how it could be done in our courses. Linan can then take this back to the NewMAD working group to be considered when they make recommendations to the administration about blended learning. So it's important we make our voices heard!
See below for more details, including how to share your thoughts if you cannot make it to the meeting. We hope to see you there!
Rosalie Bélanger-Rioux, PhD
Faculty Lecturer
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Mathematics and Statistics Department
rosalie.belanger-rioux [at] mcgill.ca
Burnside Hall Room 1131
Gender pronouns: she/her/hers
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The New Methods of Academic Program Delivery (NewMAD) Work Group is tasked with making recommendations on future models for course and program delivery, based on our experiences in the past two years. After the initial round of consultations with the departments and units on (rather general) NewMAD topics, the Work Group has identified specific points for further considerations. Therefore, we, Professors Laura Pavelka (NewMAD Work Group Member), Tamara Western and Linan Chen (NewMAD Faculty Liaisons), are reaching out to the Faculty of Science community for a second time. In particular, the Work Group is preparing to recommend including the blended learning models​​ as acceptable modalities for course delivery in the future. In order to carry out this change properly, we need your feedback and comments on important issues such as "what is contact hour"​​, "what is blended learning​​", "what is the procedure to implement a blended learning course", and related questions. You will find all the points for discussions in the attached document "Considerations for Blended Learning" prepared by Laura Pavelka.
If you are not able to join us for discussions at the meeting, we invite you to use the MURAL (also set up by Laura) to provide your feedback (you will need to log in with your McGill ID, but the comments are collected anonymously):
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or to directly email us at (tamara.western [at] mcgill.ca and (linan.chen [at] mcgill.ca).
The deadline for feedback on the MURAL and by email is Nov 30.
Thank you for your consideration!