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
- Session Format:
- Online
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 - "Generative AI Studios"
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- CANCELLED
- Date
- July 1, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- July 15, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- July 29, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- August 12, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- August 26, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- September 9, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- September 23, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- October 7, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Facilitators
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Richard Tape
Programmer Analyst, CTLT
Make-a-thon: Developing Teaching Materials with AI
- Session Format:
- In-person
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 - "Make-a-thon: Developing Teaching Materials with AI"
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- In-person
- Date
- August 19, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Facilitators
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Lucas Wright
Senior Educational Consultant, CTLT