WordPress and Wiki Clinic (Drop-In) – November 24 2016
Series: Learning Technology
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The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and resolving those (more…)
SoTL Community of Practice
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Have you tried a new teaching technique (or want to) but remain unsure of whether it was effective? Have you heard of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) but are unclear of what this is or what types of scholarship can be done in this area? Are you wanting to evaluate teaching and learning (more…)
Are We Getting an A+ on Our Own Grading Strategies?
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Using a grading rubrics? Check! Providing timely feedback? Check! Come share some grading strategies with your fellow contract faculty members. Bring your questions, rubrics and strategies for grading, and we will work together as a community to come up with effective and efficient ideas to help our students learn from our feedback. Facilitators: Sarika Bose (more…)
DIY Media Learning Community: The Why What and How of DIY Media Production: Instructors’ Perspectives
Series: Learning Technology
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Join us in the UBC Studios to learn about the why, what and how of producing your own media (tutorials) to support student learning. Faculty members Judy Chan (Land and Food Systems) and Matt Yedlin (Electrical and Computer Engineering) will be on hand to share what they’ve learned about producing media for their students. They’ll (more…)
Learning Technology Studios – November 30 2016
Series: Learning Technology
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CTLT has developed and delivered a series of Learning Technology studios to provide participants with an innovative and creative space where they can explore and experiment with the different tools in the UBC learning technology ecosystem. Each studio begins with a 10-minute presentation on functionality, approaches and uses of the tool or platform in blended and (more…)
Instructional Design Community of Practice
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The ID CoP is a place where like-minded practitioners can come to connect with other Instructional/Learning/Course Designers at UBC, share ideas about integrating technology into learning environments, discuss hot topics and research, explore different platforms and trade examples such as problem-based learning, active learning, case scenarios, peer assessments and other learning modalities. (more…)
Addressing Campus Climate in Your Classroom
Series: Indigenous Initiatives
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Classroom Climate is shaped not only by course content and the relationships among members of the classroom community, but also by the broader contexts of place, history, institutional policies and culture, campus climate, and so on. How do we begin to address those contexts in how and what we teach? How do the events, policies, (more…)
DIY Media Support Session – November 30 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…)
Creating a Course in edX – November 17, 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 (more…)
Creating a Course in edX – November 2, 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 (more…)