University of Waterloo: Teaching Fellows Program
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The Teaching Fellow program at the University of Waterloo was established in 2012 in response to recommendations by a task force examining innovative teaching practices on campus. Each faculty has a Senior Teaching Fellow whose purpose is to provide leadership in teaching within their faculty and to work closely with the academic support services such (more…)
DIY Media Support Session – February 24 2016
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Are you working on an educational media project? Are you planning to produce media content for your course but don’t know how to start? UBC Studios is offering a support session where professional media specialists can provide answers to your media production questions. If you are wondering where to start on a media production, what (more…)
Writing Across the Curriculum: Strategies for Student Success Workshop
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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This 90-minute workshop focuses on teaching and mentoring strategies for helping students develop a better writing process. Participants will consider how to structure writing assignments to help students better engage with scientific concepts, more thoughtfully plan their writing and arguments, and take greater responsibility for the development of their writing skills. To register for the (more…)
edX Studio: Creating a Course in edX – February 18 2016
Series: Learning Technology
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For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here.
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 platform and then provide you with a space for hands-on work and guided support.
In this session, we will explore how to create a course using edX’s web-authoring tool Studio. We will explore such topics as structural hierarchy of an edX course, managing content publishing, and controlling content visibility
edX Studio: Creating a Course in edX – February 4 2016
Series: Learning Technology
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For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here.
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 platform and then provide you with a space for hands-on work and guided support.
In this session, we will explore how to create a course using edX’s web-authoring tool Studio. We will explore such topics as structural hierarchy of an edX course, managing content publishing, and controlling content visibility.
Early March Graduate Student Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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*** Please note that the dates of this event are February 29 and March 2, 7 (2016). To register, please click on the link below to fill out an application ** Workshop Overview: This 3-day workshop consists of teaching practice, theory application, and topical sessions specifically relevant to Teaching Assistants and Graduate Students at UBC. During (more…)
DIY Media Learning Community – February 18th 2016
Series: Learning Technology
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We are a group of people with an interest in DIY media development and a role in supporting Faculty who are engaged in these projects. We meet monthly to share ideas, challenges and resources. Our group includes media specialists, learning designers, students, instructional support staff and sometimes faculty who come to share their projects in (more…)
Indigenous Content Across Diverse Disciplines
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A workshop for contract (Sessional) faculty interested in sharing resources and initiating discussion around how to introduce and incorporate Indigenous content in their courses. Facilitators: Evan Mauro and Janey Lew (more…)
Changing the Climate: Practicing Inclusivity in the Classroom
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It’s one thing to say we value diversity, inclusivity, and equity in our pedagogy, but what do these values look like in practice? In the session, participants will: examine and synthesize critical frameworks for classroom climate, social justice literacy, and ethical intervening in discussions self-reflect on, discuss and share their own experiences with practicing inclusivity (more…)
The classroom as a space of feeling: Pedagogical challenges and opportunities
Series: Indigenous Initiatives
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Emotions are one important mode through which members of a learning community literally feel their relationships with each other and with course content. They are thus crucial to how students and teachers understand their place in classroom spaces. In some instances, emotions in the classroom can become so excessive that they challenge the capacity of (more…)