October Graduate Student Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)


Event Date & Time

  • October 23, 2016 - October 30, 2016
    8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Event Description

*** Please note that the dates of this event are October 23, 25, 30 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 the workshop (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Student Check Point – October 25 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 25, 2016
    2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Use Connect? Love it? Hate it? Want to have your say about what UBC could / should be doing with online tools and applications to support your learning? In workshops led by students who are working on this project, you will hear what students have said they need for the renewal of the core of the (more…)

Preparing for the Unexpected in Class and During Office Hours


Event Date & Time

  • October 18, 2016
    12:30 am - 1:50 pm

Event Description

Come for a fun and interACTive session on some of the challenges we face as instructors. We will do some role-playing exercises and work through a variety of situations we might encounter in classrooms or office hours, and work together towards solutions.  Join us on October 18, from 12:30-1:50pm for this workshop in Room 256 (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Online Student Check Point – October 12 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 12, 2016
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Event Description

Use Connect? Love it? Hate it? Want to have your say about what UBC could / should be doing with online tools and applications to support your learning? In this online session led by students who are working on this project, you will hear what students have said they need for the renewal of the (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Student Check Point – October 13 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 13, 2016
    2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Use Connect? Love it? Hate it? Want to have your say about what UBC could / should be doing with online tools and applications to support your learning? In workshops led by students who are working on this project, you will hear what students have said they need for the renewal of the core of the (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Student Check Point – October 12 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 12, 2016
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

 Use Connect? Love it? Hate it? Want to have your say about what UBC could / should be doing with online tools and applications to support your learning? In workshops led by students who are working on this project, you will hear what students have said they need for the renewal of the core of the (more…)

Adopting Open Textbooks and Resources: TLEF Support Possibilities


Event Date & Time

  • October 24, 2016
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Event Description

**This event has been cancelled** Thinking about integrating open textbooks or other open education material into your course but would like additional support to review, integrate, develop, or adapt the material? Perhaps a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) grant could help.  These grants are financed by a portion of tuition fees paid by undergraduate (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Faculty Check Point – October 14 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 14, 2016
    10:30 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

Come and learn about what we have heard from faculty and students to be the emerging pedagogical and functional priorities for our new LTE that will be the replacement or upgrade for Blackboard Learn (locally known as Connect). By participating in these feedback sessions, facilitated by faculty secondees, your requirements will be used to help (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Faculty Check Point – October 13 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 13, 2016
    9:00 am - 10:00 am

Event Description

Come and learn about what we have heard from faculty and students to be the emerging pedagogical and functional priorities for our new LTE that will be the replacement or upgrade for Blackboard Learn (locally known as Connect). By participating in these feedback sessions, facilitated by faculty secondees, your requirements will be used to help (more…)

DIY Media Support Session – October 26 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 26, 2016
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

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…)