Generative AI

This year, AI has emerged as a significant tool in education, and faculty at UBC are grappling with its integration in the classroom. The UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) has introduced a new educational series, GenAI in Teaching and Learning. This series aims to help educators transition from concerns to understanding to seeing the opportunities generative AI presents.  

This series is offering: 

  • Weekly GenAI Support Clinics: One-hour drop-in clinics on teaching and learning topics to do with the use of tools such as ChatGPT, Stability AI, Google Bard and others, every Wednesday. 
  • Integrating GenAI in Education at UBC 30+30 Workshops: 30-minute interactive presentations followed by 30-minutes of discussion designed to assist faculty and staff in navigating this new landscape. 
  • AI in Teaching and Learning website: A hub for ongoing support and up-to-date tools and resources for leveraging Generative AI for teaching and learning. 

Generative AI Studios – May 7, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 7, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

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…)

Generative AI Studios – May 14, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 14, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

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…)

Generative AI Studios – May 21, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 21, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

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…)

Generative AI Studios – May 28, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 28, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

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…)

Course Design Studio: Generating Visual Elements Using Napkin AI, ChatGPT


Event Date & Time

  • IN PERSON
    June 3, 2025
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Description

In this session, we will explore how GenAI tools (Napkin AI, ChatGPT), can help generate infographics or transform text into visuals elements to effectively communicate ideas. No need for complex prompts, you can simply paste text, and Napkin generates a variety of options for visual elements tailored to your input. You can select the design that best aligns (more…)

Reimagining Assignments with Generative AI: Enhancing Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Authentic Assessment


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    June 5, 2025
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Description

Online How can Generative AI be leveraged to create meaningful, engaging, and authentic assessments? Join this interactive, 1.5 faculty workshop to explore innovative ways to integrate Generative AI into assignment and assessment design. Designed for faculty at all levels of AI familiarity, this session offers a collaborative space to exchange strategies, learn from colleagues, and (more…)

POSE Open Research Chat: How Generative AI (GenAI) Impacts Perceptions of Critical Thinking Skills and Practices


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    June 23, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Online Open Research emphasizes the importance of transparency for replicability and reproducibility of research, which can advance the overall impact of the work. Transparency includes developing open workflows, which show the steps taken and decisions made over the course of a research project: from conception to publication.  Transparency of project processes and datasets (e.g., methodologies (more…)

Gen AI and Open Educational Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    July 16, 2025
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Event Description

Online Join us for an interactive online workshop where we will explore the challenges, contradictions, and opportunities at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER). In this session we will discuss the potential of AI in generating dynamic content, including interactive textbooks, and its potential in developing open educational resources and (more…)