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:

  • Bi-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 other 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

Online
Series:

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

  • Online
    August 12, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    August 26, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    September 9, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    September 23, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    October 7, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    October 21, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    November 4, 2026
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Online
    November 18, 2026
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

Make-a-thon: Developing Teaching Materials with AI

In-person
Series:

In this session, faculty will work on developing their own teaching material using AI, with facilitators available for guidance, feedback, and troubleshooting. By the end of the session, participants will leave with a draft resource they can use or adapt in their teaching, along with practical strategies for integrating AI into their workflow.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    August 19, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Facilitators

Beyond Prompting: Creating Teaching Materials with Claude Skills and NotebookLM

Series:

This 90-minute online hands-on workshop explores how generative AI can support the development of teaching materials and curriculum resources in higher education. Moving beyond prompting and generating outputs, participants will experiment with richer AI-supported workflows that combine source materials, iterative refinement, research tools, lightweight agents, and structured inputs such as syllabi and learning outcomes to (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    September 2, 2026
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

Rethinking Assessment with Generative AI

Series:

Generative AI is challenging educators to reconsider what assessments measure, how students demonstrate learning, and which skills should remain independently developed. Drawing on the AI-supercharging and AI-proofing (ASAP) framework developed by Bhalla, Goedhart, and Fussner-Dupas (2026), this interactive session will explore how assessment can be redesigned to respond to these changing conditions. Participants will apply (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 7, 2026
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Facilitators

Supporting Personalized Learning in the Classroom

Online
Series:

One area where generative AI has generated significant interest is personalized learning. Using AI chatbots and other tools, learning activities, resources, and assignments can be adapted to better meet the needs of individual learners. In this online session, we will explore practical examples of AI-supported personalized learning in higher education. Through demonstrations, hands-on activities, and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 10, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators