CTLT Institute

The 2023 CTLT Winter Institute will take place online and in-person December 11-15. The CTLT Winter Institute focuses on cultivating a diverse community that sustains connected, equitable, and inclusive communities of learning. The Winter Institute serves as a platform for members of the teaching and learning community to create and optimize learning environments for all – faculty, staff, and students alike! 

These sessions are not designed to be completed in a particular sequence or as a whole cohort. Please sign-up for sessions individually as desired. For more info visit https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca

Inclusive Teaching Studio: What Does Your Syllabus Say About Your Course? – December 11, 2023


Event Date & Time

  • December 11, 2023
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. This session will be held in-person in the IKBLC Seminar Room 2.22.  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 (more…)

Integrating Climate and Well-being into Your Teaching


Event Date & Time

  • December 11, 2023
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Well-being in learning environments is foundational to achieving deeper learning and academic success. The need to highlight health and wellbeing in teaching and learning about climate change has been identified by UBC faculty, support units, and the Climate Emergency Task (more…)

In-Person UBC Studios Open House and Tour

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • December 11, 2023
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Learn what UBC Studios is all about at our in-person Open House! Our team will introduce our professional services including video, animation, graphic design and 3D scanning, as well as our easy to use Do-It-Yourself support services, including workshops, DIY (more…)

Navigating the GenAI Landscape: A Focus on Student Learning and Prompt Design


Event Date & Time

  • December 12, 2023
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. The rapid growth of Generative AI is impacting higher education and may change the process of teaching. Through this interactive workshop, participants will reflect on their teaching approach and discuss how to navigate this growing field of AI to positively (more…)

Decolonizing Academic Writing

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • December 12, 2023
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. This panel session invites faculty, students, and staff from across UBC to discuss what it means to decolonize and Indigenize academic writing and scholarly communication. Efforts towards UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) goal #4, “Indigenizing Our Curriculum,” are being made (more…)

Digital Assessments in a World with GenAI: A Story of Hope and Salvation


Event Date & Time

  • December 12, 2023
    1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Though Generative AI has its place in the world of higher education, many instructors are not yet comfortable embedding this technology into their courses, particularly given the moral and ethical considerations around its use. In this session, we will sketch (more…)

Collaborative Learning: Recommendations and Strategies for Use When Developing Collaborative Learning Activities in Your Classroom


Event Date & Time

  • December 13, 2023
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. In this panel, participants will be provided with recommendations and strategies to aid them when developing collaborative learning activities in their own classrooms. As panelists reflect on their own experiences, we will explore many benefits related to collaborative learning, such (more…)

Student Experience of Instruction: Making Sense of Student Feedback

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • December 13, 2023
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) quantitative data often consists of responses on a Likert-type scale (most commonly a 5 or 7-point scale). For many years, the mean (average) and standard deviation were used at UBC to summarize and present quantitative (more…)

The Trauma Aware Classroom: 5 Considerations That Will Have a Positive Impact on Your Students and Yourself

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • December 13, 2023
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. In this workshop, we will explore how to foster a supportive classroom environment for both students and instructors by acknowledging that everyone can experience and can be impacted by trauma. You will have the opportunity to reflect on your role (more…)

Building Community Across Campuses: Preparing to Teach a Multi-Campus (Distributed Learning) Course


Event Date & Time

  • December 14, 2023
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Multi-campus instruction (MCI), also known as distributed learning, is a course format that involves a single instructor in a classroom at one location (the “local” cohort) synchronously teaching “local” and “remote” cohorts of students situated at other campuses. Students in (more…)