UBCV Keynote – For What World Do We Prepare? Education Beyond Content
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Keynote speaker: Bryan Dewsbury Traditional models of education privilege technical growth over the cultivation of the mind and habits that make for a more peaceful and loving society. In this session, we will discuss ways in which classrooms can (more…)
Reunion for UBCO Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) and Teaching Development Program (TDP) Participants
Series: Celebrate Learning Week UBCO
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In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Calling all past and current TDP and ISW participants to meet up to reminisce about those inspiring mini-lessons, aha!- and haha!-moments. There will be an opportunity to share instructional strategies that have been working well for you (more…)
Keeping Students in the Loop: Using Institutional Data to Inform Course Design and Teaching Practices
Series: Celebrate Learning Week UBCO
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In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Do you consider how new generations of students bring different ideas and expectations about higher education? Do you often wonder whether most of our students choose to continue their education after graduation? This session will share highlights about (more…)
Student Panel – Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI at UBC
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Join us in this student panel to learn how UBC students are navigating this growing field of GenAI that is significantly impacting education. In this session, students from different disciplines will share how they are using GenAI in (more…)
Navigating Responsible Use of GenAI in Teaching & Learning – Developing UBC-Wide Principles and Guidelines
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. GenAI tools have made an impact in the world of higher education, raising questions around ethical and responsible use of the tools in the classroom for both instructors and students. Since September 2023 an Advisory Committee for GenAI (more…)
2024 TLEF and ALT-2040 Online Showcase
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. The TLEF and ALT-2040 Virtual Showcase will celebrate the innovative work of TLEF and ALT-2040 project teams and showcase a diverse range of projects from both the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses. During this 2-hour Virtual Showcase, TLEF and (more…)
Keeping Wellbeing in the Teaching Loop
Series: Celebrate Learning Week Online UBCO
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. In May 2023, a team of UBC researchers ran the Teaching Practices Survey to better understand how faculty across both campuses structure learning for students and perceive the teaching climate at our institution. A total of 855 complete responses (more…)
Lecture to Dialogues – Make Your Lesson Materials More Engaging with ChatGPT
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. How can generative AI help make your lesson materials more engaging? Instead of using GPT to generate lesson contents, this workshop will demonstrate the potential of using GPT to present your pre-written contents in a new way. Specifically, we (more…)
Educators and Facilitators Retreat
Series: Celebrate Learning Week UBCO
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In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Join the UBCO Educators and Facilitators Community of Practice to develop community and support and discuss the unique needs of educators and facilitators in higher education. For the context of this retreat educators and facilitators are those (more…)
Faculty Panel – Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI at UBC
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Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. This panel will explore the landscape of teaching and learning in the era of Generative AI. Faculty members will share their experiences, insights, and visions, covering a range of topics: Key learnings integrating Generative AI into teaching practices. (more…)