Teaching and Learning Strategic Planning Process: Focus Groups

Help build the future of teaching and learning at McMaster!

Over the past three months, McMaster’s Teaching and Learning Strategic Planning team has been gathering input from students, faculty and instructors about the strengths, challenges and future of teaching and learning at McMaster via surveys and focus groups.

As part of this process, the planning team also interviewed faculty from leading universities around the world to hear their thoughts on the future of teaching and learning. Read report

Based on our broad, university-wide consultations, several key themes have emerged that the team would like to explore in more detail as part of the next phase in this strategic planning process.

All students and faculty are invited to participate in virtual focus groups that will explore the themes identified by the McMaster community as important to the future of teaching and learning at the university.

Students and faculty can register for focus groups using the links provided below.

Please note that for faculty focus groups, there are a number of different times available with a maximum of 15 spaces for each time slot. Please sign up for just one time slot. Register now, space is limited.

Student Focus Group:

June 16^th: 1–3pm EDT

Faculty Focus Groups:

We look forward to building the future of teaching and learning together!

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<strong>Help build the future of teaching and learning at McMaster!</strong>

Over the past three months, <a href="https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/strategic-planning-process-to-shape-the-future-of-teaching-and-learning-at-mcmaster/">McMaster’s Teaching and Learning Strategic Planning team has been gathering input</a> from students, faculty and instructors about the strengths, challenges and future of teaching and learning at McMaster via surveys and focus groups.

As part of this process, the planning team also interviewed faculty from leading universities around the world to hear their thoughts on the future of teaching and learning. <a href="https://macdrive.mcmaster.ca/f/9922ceff90444cbaa8d9/">Read report </a>

Based on our broad, university-wide consultations, several key themes have emerged that the team would like to explore in more detail as part of the next phase in this strategic planning process.

<strong>All students and faculty are invited to participate in virtual focus groups</strong> that will explore the themes identified by the McMaster community as important to the future of teaching and learning at the university.

Students and faculty can register for focus groups using the links provided below.

Please note that for faculty focus groups, there are a number of different times available with a maximum of 15 spaces for each time slot. Please sign up for just one time slot. <strong>Register now, space is limited.</strong>
<h6><strong>Student Focus Group:</strong></h6>
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-and-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-registration-106258919288"><span lang="EN-CA">June 16<sup>th</sup>: 1–3pm EDT</span></a></li>
</ul>
<h6><strong>Faculty Focus Groups:</strong></h6>
<ul>
 	<li><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-tickets-104199030104">June 19<sup>th</sup>: 1–3pm EDT</a></strong></li>
 	<li><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-tickets-104199565706?utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=post_publish&amp;utm_content=EBLinkEvent&amp;utm_term=fullLink">June 23<sup>rd</sup>: 9–11am EDT</a></strong></li>
 	<li><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-tickets-104199643940?utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=post_publish&amp;utm_content=EBLinkEvent&amp;utm_term=fullLink">June 25<sup>th</sup>: 9–11am EDT</a></strong></li>
 	<li><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-and-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-registration-106428901710">June 25<sup>th</sup>: 1–3pm EDT</a></strong></li>
 	<li><strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-teaching-learning-at-mcmaster-virtual-focus-group-tickets-104199740228?utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=post_publish&amp;utm_content=EBLinkEvent&amp;utm_term=fullLink">June 26<sup>th</sup>: 1–3pm EDT</a></strong></li>
</ul>
We look forward to building the future of teaching and learning together!

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