Upcoming Events

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) provides free in-person and online workshops and events for UBC graduate students, instructors, faculty and staff. Never miss an upcoming event, sign up for the monthly CTLT events newsletter.

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Teaching inclusively involves supporting the success of a diverse mix of learners, with different social identities, life experiences and ways of knowing. Students will have different abilities to demonstrate their learning. This requires educators to revise assessment practices that allow for this range of diversity; not one size fits all. In this hands-on workshop, participants (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 20, 2025
    11:30 am - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

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 (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • November 20, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • November 27, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • December 4, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • December 11, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • December 18, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

How accessible is your course for diverse students? Accessibility goes beyond providing individual accommodation. It means proactively removing barriers and offering flexible options so all students can thrive. In this 90-minute workshop, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your course and learn practical strategies, informed by both accessibility guidelines and Universal Design for (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 24, 2025
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open education and scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 24, 2025
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    January 26, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    February 23, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    March 30, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    April 27, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    May 25, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    June 29, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Online
    July 27, 2026
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Will Engle
    Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
  • Erin Fields
    Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian, UBC Library
  • Rie Namba
    Educational Resource Developer – Open Resources

UBC supports the Qualtrics survey tool. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC faculty, and staff new functionality in survey creation, data analysis, and reporting. Join us for the monthly Qualtrics studio virtual workshop and drop-in session. The session is geared towards UBC faculty and staff using Qualtrics as a teaching and research tool. (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 24, 2025
    3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Facilitators

Student engagement is a critical factor known to significantly enhance student learning outcomes. Learning technology can play an important role in fostering this engagement in university courses. In this workshop, we will explore different active learning techniques and demonstrate how learning technology can help leverage these techniques to foster student engagement in both in-person and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 25, 2025
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Facilitators

We teach because we care deeply about the subject, or because the course landed on our plate. But what if we paused to ask: Why does this course matter? And who are we really teaching it for? In this interactive workshop, experienced GenAI users will explore how to use AI tools to clarify the deeper (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 25, 2025
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

Are you planning on applying for an OER Fund grant? Register for any of these online sessions to discuss your project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as open resource design, pedagogical approach, copyright and open licenses (Creative Commons), learning technology integration, OER evaluation, accessibility, project scope, and budget development.  During these online (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 25, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    December 10, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    January 7, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    January 12, 2026
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Jeff Miller
    Senior Associate Director, Projects and Faculty Partnerships, CTLT
  • Will Engle
    Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT

Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 26, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Online
    January 28, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Online
    February 25, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Online
    March 25, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Online
    April 29, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Teaching inclusively involves supporting the success of a diverse mix of learners, with different social identities, life experiences and ways of knowing. A key aspect of inclusive teaching is supporting student’s sense of belonging within a program of study and within a discipline. Your course syllabus is a representation of all of the thought and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 26, 2025
    10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Facilitators

These sixty minute, bi-monthly sessions – facilitated by Technologists Experts from LTIC – are designed for faculty and staff at UBC who are using, or thinking about using, Generative AI tools as part of their teaching, researching, or daily work. Each session is broken into 3 parts. First, a weekly insights presentation which will talk (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • November 26, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • December 10, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

Goals At the end of the one-term course, you will be able to use concepts in evidence-based teaching to effectively teach a lesson in an undergraduate classroom, with emphasis on alignment of learning objectives, activities and assessment. UBC graduate students and postdocs from all disciplines are invited to participate. Requirements Successful completion involves participation in (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • November 26, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • December 3, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Facilitators

When preparing teaching materials—whether slides, online modules, readings, or problem sets—you may want to include content from various sources. Fortunately, millions of openly licensed resources are freely available, ranging from full courses and textbooks to test banks, images, and videos. This session introduces the essentials of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP), (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 27, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

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