Teaching and Learning Professional Development – Online Course
Series: Online Professional Development for Faculty Professional Development for Grad Students Professional Development for Staff
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This self-paced online course aims to support a broad and diverse group of instructors – faculty, staff and students – in their teaching and learning professional development. This asynchronous course is offered on an ongoing basis. Please note that the current offering is developed for those who are beginning to teach and are looking to (more…)
Foundations of Pedagogy – January, February & March 2020
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At the end of the one-term course, you will be able to use concepts in evidence-based teaching to effectively teach a lesson in an undergraduate classroom, with emphasis on alignment of learning objectives, activities and assessment. UBC graduate students and postdocs from all disciplines are invited to participate. Successful completion involves participation in 7 out (more…)
Advancing Education Renewal – Consultation Session, January 21, 2020
Series: Education Renewal
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In December and January, CTLT will host a series of drop-in sessions to help applicants who are developing proposals in response to Shaping UBC’s Next Century Strategic Plan Call for Proposals: Advancing Education Renewal funding. Applicants can drop in to any of these sessions to talk about their project ideas and receive feedback and advice (more…)
Learning in Place
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Exploring resources to support learning about Musqueam’s history, governance, laws and ongoing leadership on campus. During this session we will share resources that have been created in collaboration with Musqueam as a way to bring these important discussions into the classroom. Art and culture can provide pathways for faculty and students to consider our location (more…)
Online Learning Course Design Support Studio – January 23, 2020
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Join us face-to-face or virtually for one on one consultations with Learning Designers to explore ways to enhance your students’ online learning experience. Bring your courses, ideas and questions, and together we will explore how to incorporate new approaches into your teaching practice. We can give guidance to incorporate online instructional strategies that support: Motivating students (more…)
WordPress and Wiki Clinic (Drop-In) – January 23, 2020
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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 resolving those (more…)
Understanding and Supporting Indigenous Students
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Registration is now full. To sign up for the waitlist please click here What would support for Indigenous students look like in departments, faculty and by staff? What are some of the ways in which Indigenous students approach and experience their education processes differently from other student groups? This session invites you to approach (more…)
Canvas Studio – January 27, 2020
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
Introduction to the Tapestry Tool
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Are you looking for ways to improve student engagement and interaction with online course content? This workshop will introduce the Tapestry Tool, being developed here at UBC by Dr. Steven Barnes and his colleagues. We’ll be showcasing examples of how it is already being used in classrooms, and you will get a chance to try (more…)
DIY Media Support Drop-In Session – January 29, 2020
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Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: where do I start? what resources are available on (more…)