GenAI Maker Session: Developing Quizzes and Problem Sets with Generative AI
Series: Generative AI Next Week Online
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Online Explore practical strategies for creating engaging quizzes and problem sets using Generative AI. This online session will provide best practices for developing these materials, followed by hands-on time to craft your own in a supportive, collaborative environment. Facilitators: Lucas Wright, Senior Educational Consultant, Learning Technology, CTLT Judy Chan, Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison (Land and (more…)
Inclusive Teaching: Virtual Coffee Drop-In – October 9, 2024
Series: Inclusive Teaching Next Week Online
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Online This drop-in session is for participants who have completed the asynchronous course, Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter. This is an opportunity to connect with CTLT facilitators and your peers, to ask questions about the content in the course, further explore your insights, and share other resources to support you (more…)
Generative AI Studios – October 9, 2024
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Online These sixty minute, weekly sessions – facilitated by Technologists and Pedagogy Experts from the CTLT – 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 (more…)
Celebrate SoTL: Panel: SoTL as Educational Leadership in Promotion and Tenure
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In-person The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) builds a bridge between teaching and research in the disciplines. SoTL is “the systematic study of teaching and/or learning and the public sharing and review of such work” (McKinney, 2006, p. 39) We are excited to announce the seventh annual UBC Celebrate SoTL Event, in-person, on Thursday, October (more…)
Inclusive Teaching: Universal Design for Learning – October 10, 2024
Series: Inclusive Teaching Next Week Online
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Intentionally implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approaches to teaching and learning can bridge accessibility gaps and support equitable/inclusive learning opportunities; therefore, it was one of the main recommendations from UBC’s Teaching and Learning Beyond COVID report. UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people, and is based on (more…)
Celebrate SoTL: Lightning Talks: Showcase your SoTL Work – October 10, 2024
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In-person The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) builds a bridge between teaching and research in the disciplines. SoTL is “the systematic study of teaching and/or learning and the public sharing and review of such work” (McKinney, 2006, p. 39) We are excited to announce the seventh annual UBC Celebrate SoTL Event, in-person, on Thursday, October (more…)
Accessibility Studio – October 10, 2024
Series: Accessibility Next Week Open Education
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Online Are you interested in making your course materials more accessible to all learners? Do you have specific questions about formatting Open Educational Resources (OER) or course content to ensure accessibility? Drop in to the Accessibility Studio for one-on-one guidance from specialists about designing course materials and OER so they are more accessible for all (more…)
WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Online Drop-In) – October 10, 2024
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Online 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 (more…)
TLEF-OER Fund Online Proposal Consultation Sessions – October 10, 2024
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Online Starting in October, the CTLT will host a series of online drop-in sessions for applicants planning on submitting Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) or Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund project proposals. Applicants can register for any of these online sessions to discuss their project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such (more…)
Conversations in Pedagogy: Why Think Deeply About Pedagogy?
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Designed for instructors, this session offers practical strategies for faculty and graduate students. It is sometimes tempting to think of teaching as a very nuts-and-bolts task, and often quite separate from lofty discussions of value, purpose, and philosophy, or that becoming a good teacher involves the development and mastery of skills and techniques, while thinking (more…)