McGraw-Hill Education has announced the launch of McGraw-Hill Learning Institute. The initiative is a professional development programme created to keep institutions and instructors up-to-date on the latest education technologies and provide guidance in determining which emerging technologies and best practices are right for their needs. As part of the McGraw-Hill Learning Institute launch, McGraw-Hill Education and Magna Publications have also announced a new agreement to jointly develop and offer professional development products and services to educators and institutions.
While education technology promises to help instructors better achieve their teaching and learning goals, technologies are emerging and evolving at a tremendous pace, it has been observed. It is challenging to know which technologies are right for a specific instructor's or institution's needs. The McGraw-Hill Learning Institute brings together faculty and thought leaders in education technology, course development and instructional effectiveness to share strategies, ideas and techniques for implementing instructional technology and research-based approaches to teaching in the college classroom. The Learning Institute designs and hosts faculty development experiences such as teaching and learning symposia, workshops and webinars.
The Learning Institute seeks to offer best practice-based training in areas such as teaching and learning in blended and online learning environments, flipped classrooms, teaching with technology, administration of learning environments, student engagement, course design and redesign and assessments. It can also work with institutions to develop customised curriculum design and professional development resources and online or classroom-based training to specifically meet the needs of their faculty.
Through its Teaching Professor and Online Classroom newsletters to its 20 Minute Mentor programmes to the Magna Commons, an on-demand cloud-based faculty development site, Magna Publications offers institutions a range of products dedicated to proven strategies for creating a better learning environment. As a result of the new partnership with McGraw-Hill Education, Magna Publications' library of resources will be made available through the McGraw-Hill Learning Institute.
