Upcoming Events
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) provides free in-person and online workshops and events for UBC graduate students, instructors, faculty and staff. Never miss an upcoming event, sign up for the monthly CTLT events newsletter.
Upcoming Events
Series: Generative AI Online Pro-D for New Faculty
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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…)
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In-person Welcome to the 2024 New Faculty Teaching Orientation! This event is for new faculty only. We are excited to have you join us in person! This year’s agenda is packed with valuable sessions and activities designed to help you acclimate to our institution and excel in your role as a faculty member. Our goal (more…)
Series: Indigenous Initiatives Online
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Online Do you have questions about how to thoughtfully integrate Indigenous content and representation into your course work? Curious about how to offer meaningful land acknowledgements in online meetings or events at UBC? Indigenous Initiatives’ Virtual Coffee Drop-ins are great place to explore these topics, connect with others on the same learning path, or just (more…)
Series: Accessibility Open Education
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Online Are you interested in making your course materials more accessible to all learners? Do you have specific questions about formatting Open Educational Resources (OER) or course content to ensure accessibility? Drop in to the Accessibility Studio for one-on-one guidance from specialists about designing course materials and OER so they are more accessible for all (more…)
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Online 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 (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute
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In-person This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Want to start your semester off strong? In this interactive 60-minute workshop, we’ll reimagine the first day of class. Through group discussion and a mapping activity, you’ll create a plan to align day 1 student experiences with your course goals, (more…)
Series: Inclusive Teaching Online
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Please note that registering on this page constitutes enrolment for the Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter Asynchronous Course. This cohort will begin on August 19, 2024 at 9:00 am. Register now and you will receive an email with a link to self-enroll in the course. This lightly facilitated asynchronous course (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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Online This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. As a Teaching Assistant, you will be working closely in different roles with an experienced instructor to teach. When this relationship goes well, it can be rewarding, educational and fun. When it does not, it can be frustrating and overwhelming. (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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Online This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Teaching Assistants (TA) play a significant role in students’ learning. They are often expected to teach in face-to-face classrooms, facilitate discussions, conduct tutorials and labs in-person and/or online, grade electronically submitted papers, and perform many other duties to assist instructors (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute
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In-person This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Teaching online during the pandemic forced us to re-examine our assessment practices and re-imagine ways to assess students’ true ability in the real-world environment. In the past years, faculty members explored many authentic assessment methods to assess students remotely during (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Generative AI
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In-person This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Join your peers in an interactive workshop where you will reflect, assess and re-imagine a writing assignment from one of your courses. AI’s emergence presents serious challenges for many of our written assessments. Collaborate with your peers to understand and (more…)
Series: Accessibility CTLT Institute Multi-access
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This is a multi-access event. This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Technology is incredible and greatly enhances access, but it isn’t always reliable. Have you ever had a Monday where everything that could go wrong with your computer did? Learning management systems (LMS) like Canvas are a (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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Online This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Multi-campus instruction (MCI), also known as distributed learning, is a course format that involves a single instructor in a classroom at one location (the “local” cohort) synchronously teaching “local” and “remote” cohorts of students situated at other campuses. Students in (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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Online This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Do you want your students to enjoy working and learning together, all while producing a shared document that showcases their best work? Are you afraid of being “that instructor” who creates a collaborative assignment that students loathe — that they (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute
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In-person This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 19–22, 2024. Join us for a session dedicated to enhancing classroom engagement through active learning techniques. This workshop will delve into practical strategies and activities designed to foster student participation and enhance learning outcomes. Whether you’re looking to invigorate your lectures, facilitate (more…)