Celebrate Learning Week

Celebrate Learning Week is an initiative to celebrate the teaching and learning opportunities at UBC. Members of the UBC teaching and learning community are encouraged to attend and participate in Celebrate Learning Week by either attending and/or coordinating events. Events include: open lectures, information sessions, student advising activities, poster sessions, workshops and more. For more info visit https://celebratelearning.ubc.ca

Lecture to Dialogues – Make Your Lesson Materials More Engaging With ChatGPT


Event Date & Time

  • May 7, 2024
    4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. How can generative AI help make your lesson materials more engaging? Instead of using GPT to generate lesson contents, this workshop will demonstrate the potential of using GPT to present your pre-written contents in a new way. Specifically, we (more…)

Educators and Facilitators Retreat


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    8:30 am - 2:00 pm

Event Description

In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Join the UBCO Educators and Facilitators Community of Practice to develop community and support and discuss the unique needs of educators and facilitators in higher education. For the context of this retreat educators and facilitators are those (more…)

Faculty Panel – Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI at UBC


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. This panel will explore the landscape of teaching and learning in the era of Generative AI. Faculty members will share their experiences, insights, and visions, covering a range of topics: Key learnings integrating Generative AI into teaching practices. (more…)

Online Exams in In-person Classes: An Open Conversation on Accessibility, Flexibility, and Academic Integrity in the Age of AI


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Online examinations became a necessity during the quick transition to online learning in 2020. Following the return to the classroom, many instructors opted to resume traditional in-person examinations, often citing academic integrity as a primary concern. While in-person (more…)

Exploring the Integration of Large Language Models in Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethical Considerations


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Description

In-person: UBCV This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have ignited substantial interest among educators and higher education institutions. While LLMs offer promising capabilities to support various aspects of learning and teaching, their integration into educational settings presents inherent limitations (more…)

Gen AI and Student Careers: The Potentialities of Integrating Learning, Career Development, and the Job Market


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Join us for an intriguing exploration of how Gen AI is influencing our students’ career paths and outcomes. In this complex technological landscape, how can we establish a student-centered ecosystem that integrates teaching, learning, career development, and job (more…)

Generative AI Studios- May 8, 2024


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

Online These sixty minute, weekly sessions – facilitated by Technologists and Pedagogy Experts from the CTLT – are designed for faculty and staff at UBC who are using, or thinking about using, Generative AI tools as part of their teaching, researching, or daily work. Each session is broken into 3 parts. First, a weekly insights (more…)

Cultivating the Reciprocal Benefits of Wellbeing Practices for Faculty and Students


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Event Description

In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Join us for a dynamic workshop to explore the integration of evidence-based wellbeing practices into your teaching environment, whether it be a classroom, lab, or online class. Research shows that instructor and student wellbeing are interrelated in that (more…)

Public Service Announcements and Other Quick Imperfect Student Creations


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Event Description

In-person: UBCV This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. In this session, participants will create any one of: quick videos, cartoons, infographics, audio recordings, immersive experiences or interpretive dances. Participants will be tasked to create a product in 5 or 10 minutes that captures the essence of (more…)

Using AI for Student Learning and Support


Event Date & Time

  • May 8, 2024
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. This interactive session will demonstrate the technologies and techniques for utilizing AI in classes, including chatbots for question answering and student support, and tools that students may use for completing assignments. Instructors will learn about the capabilities and (more…)