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In this session, John will describe an internal CTLT initiative to support the development of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects within the unit.

This session will provide participants with different techniques and guidelines to make their online environments more accessible.

Successful TLEF applicants are invited to showcase their projects via a poster presentation. Project teams are available to chat about their progresses and discuss their results.

This workshop is intended to help prospective applicants understand the criteria and other key elements for TLEF approval.

Come and join this session if you are interested in examining the qualities and research potential for qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Are you looking for new strategies that will engage your students in active learning, critical thinking, and real world problem solving? Why not try debate?

Communication is a key component of successful teaching, and technology can help create a dialogue both inside and outside of the classroom. Participate in this Hands-On session.

This Lunch 'n' Learn is a continuation of the Peer Eval Showcase session immediately preceding this.

In this session, we’ll explore three peer evaluation tools available at UBC: iPeer, Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) and TurnItIn.

This will be a very interactive session! It will introduce you to the very powerful Team-Based Learning (TBL) instructional strategy.

Facilitators will present two research projects that have been developed to assist in finding ways to have more in-depth discussions of contentious classroom conversations around Aboriginal content.

Each year, the Edge Foundation , a network of prominent scientists and creative thinkers assembled by New York literary agent John Brockman.

How is teaching like acting? Find out in the fifth encore performance of this popular workshop.

During this interactive seminar, we will discuss the benefits and challenges of concurrent evaluation and use simulations and guided practice to prepare for implementation.

In this session, we will explore mobile technology as it relates to teaching and learning in higher education.

Communicating Science (SCIE 300) is a new, highly interactive course in the Faculty of Science that aims to promote the development of scientific communication skills.

Teaching portfolios are being increasingly used by faculty members as a way to chart and reflect on their practice, as well as for tenure, promotion, and hiring in the context of higher education.

Being interviewed by the media about your research can be intimidating. Professors and researchers are often concerned about being misquoted, or taken out of context.

The discovery and illumination of a life-centric and transformative worldview is central to my research, education, and mindmapping goals.

This session will explore some of the available collections across academic disciplines, discuss the issues related to Creative Commons and fair use of copyrighted materials.

Come to this session to take a look at a few eReaders and to hear about what we’ve been learning from our pilot project!

The objective of the DL format is to allow practicing public health professionals to remain in the workforce while attending classes, and to encourage application of knowledge in their own community.

This session will cover Access Copyright, copyright, and alternatives that faculty may choose to use instead.

This session will provide an overview of eight research-based findings about highly effective teachers, and how those findings relate to contrasting perspectives on teaching in higher education.