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Teaching Assistant Training
This manual is intended to summarise the information conveyed in the McMaster Engineering TA Training Workshop, as well as introduce some addition information which is not covered.
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McMaster University Policies
McMaster University Policies, Procedures and Guidelines which have been approved by the Senate and/or the Board of Governors can be accessed from this site. Documents on this site are deleted, amended or added on an ongoing basis by the University Secretariat. If there is a discrepancy between the electronic policy and the written copy, the written copy prevails.
Research, Integrity, Professionalism and Intellectual Property
Workshop presentation notes by Gay Yuyitung, McMaster Industry Liaison Office
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Best Practices for Writing a Strong Scholarship Reference Letter
The importance of writing strong scholarship reference letters for students cannot be underestimated. Students who’s scholarship application packages lack persuasive and informative reerence letrters will be less likely to be granted funding. Good students can lose out on important opportunities; the Faculty loses too when few students are awarded prestigious grants.
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Working Remotely
Workshop presentation notes on Access, Technology and Tools. Presented by the McMaster Engineering IT Team
Experiential Learning Asset Map
A Guide to McMaster Engineering Experiential Learning Ecosystem
Through collaborations among faculty members, staff and students, students have the opportunity to choose from a very broad range of options which enables them to expand and enhance their engineering education and develop the comprehensive “tool kit” necessary for the global engineer in 2025.
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Experiential Learning and Reflective Teaching
This document on Experiential Learning and Reflective Teaching was developed by Adam Sirutis and Maria Massi, as part of an initiative of the Faculty Development Academy
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Assessment Design Workshop Materials
The reiterative process of teaching and learning, particularly between making instructional (or program) decisions and acquiring (and interpreting) evidence of the learning outcomes, places quality assessment at the centre of continuous improvement in education.
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How to Navigate Intellectual Property when Mentoring Students and Working with Industry
Workshop presentation material by Glen Crossley, Assistant Director, Business Development, McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO) and Michael Thompson, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), Faculty of Engineering
- Recognize the rights of students to intellectual property in funded research and course-based projects
- Learn strategies on who to employ based on the needs of the work to be done•Learn how to transition a discovery from the lab to a patent, and when it can be publicly disclosed
- Understand how copyright and authorship affects the publishing of theses, papers, conference proceedings, etc.
- Understand who to approach at the university for assistance
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How to Be a Better Online Teacher
From the Chronical of Higher Education - advice on how to make your online pedagogy as effective and satisfying as the in-person version, including:
- 10 essential principles and practices of better online teaching
- Common misperceptions
- How to find help