CTLT Events Newsletter
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Upcoming Events
Series: edX Learning Technology
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**Please note that October 15 edX will be from 11:30 am-12:30 pm instead of the usual 12-1 pm** For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here. edX/Edge is part of UBC’s Learning Technology Ecosystem and can be used to provide a blended learning experience for campus-based courses, as well as blended and fully online (more…)
Series: Canvas Training CanvasStudio
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (SoTL CoP) Event! “Measuring the Impact of your SoTL Work” You have a project mapped out and are ready to begin. Or, perhaps the project is already well underway and you have heaps of data. Regardless of what stage you are at, you understand the ins and outs (more…)
Series: Community of Practice (CoP)
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Please join us for the next Arts in Health Community of Practice. We will have a discussion about the function & sustainability of the group and will review the trailer for the award-winning documentary ‘DeeJ’ – a film produced by DJ Saverese, an individual living with autism. (more…)
Series: Learning Technology Professional Development for Faculty Professional Development for Grad Students
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In this workshop, we will survey the literature on Social Network Analysis, introduce Threadz, and walk through use cases of how you can effectively use Threadz to monitor and reflect on your Canvas Discussions. Threadz is a plugin tool for Canvas that allows users to visualize the social dynamics of their discussion forums. The tool (more…)
Series: TLEF
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CTLT and Faculty support units will be hosting a series of drop-in sessions to help applicants in the development of their Large and Small TLEF Project proposals. Applicants can drop in to any of these sessions to talk about their project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as pedagogy, assessment, media development, (more…)
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…)
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Registration for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on Monday September 3 at 9am PST and closes on Friday September 14 at 4:30pm. ***Click “Register Now” to register for the WAITLIST only (registering for the waitlist doesn’t guarantee a spot). IF you are chosen to participate, you will be contacted directly by our office*** *** Please note that (more…)
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Registration for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on Monday September 10 at 9am PST and closes on Friday September 21 at 4:30pm. ***Click “Register Now” to register for the WAITLIST only (registering for the waitlist doesn’t guarantee a spot). IF you are chosen to participate, you will be contacted directly by our office after registration closes*** *** (more…)
Series: Canvas Training CanvasStudio
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
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In this session we will explore such topics as general navigation of the Canvas interface, notifications and communication, content creation and organization, and assignments (including quizzes, discussions). This workshop is an introduction to Canvas for new users. ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
Series: Indigenous Initiatives
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Indigenous Initiatives Design Series (“II-Design Series”) A three-part workshop series is for anyone who is interested in integrating Indigenous content into a course or learning project they are developing. The series has been intentionally designed to span 3 months, where participants have the opportunity to reflect on their learnings in between sessions and adapt the (more…)
Series: Open Education
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“When we think about ‘open’ and labor, who do we imagine doing the work? What is the work we imagine being done? Who pays? Who benefits? (And how?)” – Audrey Watters In recent years, the open scholarship movement has gained momentum by aiming to fundamentally transform how knowledge is created and shared. Making open access, open (more…)
Series: Learning Technology Qualtrics
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Qualtrics Studio This year UBC adopted a new survey tool Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC Faculty, and staff with new functionality in survey creation, data-analysis, and reporting. Join us for the the bi-weekly qualtrics studio to explore qualtrics together and to receive support and guidance using this tool. The session is (more…)
Series: TLEF
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CTLT and Faculty support units will be hosting a series of drop-in sessions to help applicants in the development of their Large and Small TLEF Project proposals. Applicants can drop in to any of these sessions to talk about their project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as pedagogy, assessment, media development, (more…)