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Mandate

The TLSWG鈥檚听mandate is to:

1. Develop and maintain research-based Principles for designing teaching and learning spaces.
2. Apply principles and standards to try to ensure that the design of teaching and learning spaces is consistent with the Working Group鈥檚 vision.
3. Identify teaching and learning space needs at the University: set priorities for the creation of new spaces; set priorities for renovating existing spaces.
4. Recommend priorities for funding the creation, upgrade and maintenance of teaching and learning spaces and the equipment within them, based on established criteria and procedures. Whenever possible, drawing on partner funding should be considered.

For further information about this project, please tls [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Query%20about%20Teaching%20and%20Learning%20Spaces) (contact us).

Composition

Reporting to the Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs), the Working Group is composed of the following representatives:

Chair: Associate Director, Learning Environments, Teaching and Learning Services or delegate

Secretary: Teaching and Learning Planner

• Manager, Campus Planning & Development Office or delegate
• Dean, Libraries or delegate
• Director, Enrolment Services or delegate
• Associate Vice-Principal (University Services) or delegate
• Chief Information Officer or delegate
• Director, Network and Communication Services or delegate
• Faculty representatives:
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  • School of Continuing Studies
  • Faculty of Dentistry
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Law
  • Desautels Faculty of Management
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Schulich School of Music
  • Faculty of Science
• A technical representative from each Faculty (optional)
• SSMU representatives (2 students)
• PGSS representative (1 student)
• Resources:
  • Representatives of relevant IT units involved in teaching and learning spaces as delegated by the CIO
  • Director, Building Operations, Facilities Management & Ancillary Services
  • Director, Design Services, Facilities Management & Ancillary Services
  • Delegate, Project Management, Facilities Management & Ancillary Services
  • Sustainability Manager, 不良研究所 Office of Sustainability, Facilities Management & Ancillary Services
  • Director, Office for Students with Disabilities or delegate
  • Project Manager, Teaching and Learning Projects, Facilities Management & Ancillary Services
  • Teaching and Learning Planner, Teaching and Learning Services
  • Administration and Finance Officer, Teaching and Learning Services

Membership

Faculty (academic and alternate or technical) representatives:

Resources:

Meetings

2023/24 meetings to be announced soon.听

Criteria for prioritizing and funding

The criteria for prioritizing and funding requests for renovation and IT upgrades and installation include the following data points:

1. Faculty priority:

   • Faculties indicate first and second priorities for major renovation requests, and may additionally submit several minor renovation requests.
   • Faculty priorities are respected when prioritizing projects.

2. Impact on students and their learning:

   • The extent to which requests address five Principles for Designing Teaching and Learning Spaces:[1]
     1. Academic challenge
     2. Learning with peers
     3. Experiences with faculty
     4. Campus environment
     5. High-Impact Practices

3. Room use:

   • Determines total student hours of use per week and the percentage of room capacity used.
   • Consideration is given to rooms that are heavily used and that serve multiple faculties.

4. Site visit priorities:

   • Classroom projects recommended for funding are visited and ranked based upon criteria developed by the working group, including the message they communicate about teaching and learning, the level of urgency, and other concerns.

5. Strategic budget management:

   • Requests exceed the funding available; prioritizing strives for an annual balance between larger ($100,000+) and smaller projects
   • Allow economies through bulk purchasing
   • Avoid partial renovations
   • Spread funding across faculties
   • Include projects with high impact for cost
   • Manage expectations within budget limitations

All projects that receive funding must become centrally scheduled and adhere to the Provost鈥檚 Policy on Open Access, where applicable:

These principles are available at /tls/spaces/tlswg/principles, and are freely adapted from: .听Retrieved June 20, 2023.