McMaster New Faculty-Knowledge & Scholarship through Experiential Learning

Experiential learning covers a broad spectrum of learning experiences that engage students in applying course content in a practical setting. This experience helps students deepen their knowledge and understanding of a subject area, develop skills beyond those learned in the academy and refine life values and perspectives.

This session offers an introduction to experiential learning, highlighted by:

• Definition and different types of experiential learning
• Essential components to integrate experiential learning into a course – why, how, and when
• Assessment in the experiential learning context
• Experiential learning in the virtual and face-to-face settings
• Available resources and supports

Facilitators:

Catherine Grise, Associate Professor, English & Cultural Studies.

Margaret Secord, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences.

Panelists:

Amanda Montague, Postdoctoral fellow, Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship.

Karen Balcom, Associate Professor, History/Gender & Social Justice and Academic Director, Community Engaged Teaching and Learning.

Katie Moisse, Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Science.

Matthew Minnick, Assistant Professor and Associate Undergraduate Chair, Department of Engineering Physics.