STLHE 2015 Reprise Series: Using Mid-Course Evaluations of Teaching to Improve Teaching and Learning
Series: CTLT Institute
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**This event has been cancelled** In this STLHE 2015 Reprise Series, we are inviting UBC presenters at the recent Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference to bring their presentations back to the UBC community. This session on mid-course evaluation marks the beginning of the series. Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are (more…)
Taking Classroom Climate Online
Series: CTLT Institute Indigenous Initiatives
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A faculty roundtable and discussion on how to address issues of identity in online and blended learning environments, considerations of place and location when using digital technologies, and articulating cyberspace in the context of Indigenous studies. Facilitators: Natalie Clark, Mique’l Dangeli, David Gaertner Mique’l Dangeli is of the Tsimshian Nation of Metlakatla, Alaska. She is a dancer, choreographer, (more…)
Improving Your Presentation Skills
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This workshop on presentation skills is designed for participants who expect to present their research in a podium presentation, are preparing to defend a thesis or dissertation, or are taking part in job interviews. This workshop will enable participants to increase their confidence through discussing common fears and challenges with public speaking and testing strategies (more…)
Tipping Points: Integrating Community-Identified Issues with Student Learning using Flexible Approaches
Series: CTLT Institute
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Providing students with opportunities to apply theoretical concepts to real-world, community-identified issues is one of the key objectives of the Land, Food and Community (LFC) series in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Across the LFC series, students from all degree specializations within the faculty work in interdisciplinary groups with community partners to collaboratively (more…)
Fostering Student Wellbeing in the Learning Environment: You Have a Vital Role to Play
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Within the university context, academic performance and success are highly dependent on students’ mental health and wellbeing. Instructors, including faculty members and TAs, have a vital role to play in supporting mental wellbeing in their day-to-day interactions with students. Moreover, a commitment to excellence in teaching and learning can be supported by an ethic of (more…)
New Faculty Mid-Year Check-in
Series: CTLT Institute
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As a follow-up to the New Faculty and Staff Orientation and the Orientation to Teaching this summer, new faculty are invited to a mid-year check with UBC’s Senior Advisor Teaching and Learning and Academic Director CTLT, Simon Bates, and CTLT educational consultant staff. Please join us for a morning of networking, discussion, and reflection. CTLT (more…)
Open for Learning: Exploring the Possibilities for your Classroom
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Open practices are enabling faculty, staff and students at the University of British Columbia to open their classrooms, incorporate new resources and perspectives in their learning environments and contribute to their students’ learning beyond the classroom. Through open practices, learners can connect their work with authentic audiences rather than only engaging in what David Wiley (more…)
Maximizing Your Effectiveness in Difficult Conversations for Student Learning and Well-Being
Series: CTLT Institute
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Have you wondered just what to say in those split-second awkward moments in the classroom?—When you’ve just witnessed something disconcerting about racism, homophobia, or another conflicting bias? Or perhaps when you have been challenged for inadvertently saying something inappropriate? A negative classroom moment not only affects students’ ability to learn but can also have an (more…)
edX Studio Session
Series: Learning Technology
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UBC is adding edX to the “evolving ecosystem of learning technology platforms, tools and applications on campus”. edX can be used to provide a blended learning experience for campus-based courses, as well as UBC online and distance courses. In each of these sessions we will be highlighting a tool or functionality of the edX Edge (more…)
December Course Design Intensive
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The Course Design Intensive (CDI) is a 3-day workshop in which participants work, individually and collaboratively, to design or re-design a course they are (or will be) teaching. Throughout the workshop, participants will acquire a broadened understanding of course design concepts, and will gain skills and tools they can apply to their own course. The (more…)