CTLT Events Newsletter
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Upcoming Events
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Join us for this one-hour introduction to recording and sharing videos using Kaltura. Kaltura is a video platform for instructors and students to record and share video content within Canvas. Whether you want to create short videos to introduce yourself to your students, create lecture videos for your course, or record and share your synchronous (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) create space each week for instructors to deepen their practice of student-centred teaching and learning and foster meaningful conversation that prompts personal and professional growth. This session will provide an example of a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) in the Department of Biology; loosely described as a diverse team of faculty from (more…)
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This has been a demanding year of learning and adjustment for many educators. Yet throughout this, some educators continued to dig into critical classroom issues that centre Indigenous voices, experiences and initiatives, even in the online space. Join us for this panel session with members of the Indigenous Initiatives Learning Community who will share their (more…)
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Featuring SoTL activity across UBC, this session will provide an opportunity to learn about SoTL projects and disseminate project outcomes, successes and pitfalls. For this e-poster session, posters presented will focus on the Spring Institute theme: “Embracing creativity and risk taking in the new normal.” For those considering embarking in researching their teaching practice, this (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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At the 2020 Winter Institute, we presented the challenges and benefits of multi-campus instruction, focusing on technological pedagogical knowledge in multi-campus course design, facilitation, and maintenance. Courses taught using information communication technologies (ICTs) that span campuses offer many benefits to students, instructors, and institutions, but broad questions remain on how technology and pedagogy may work (more…)
Series: CTLT Institute Online
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In this session we will present the new metrics used in the Student Experience of Instruction (SEI), with focus on the 3 reported statistics, namely: The Interpolated Median (IM), Dispersion Index (DI) and Percent Favorable (PF). In particular, we will address how these measures are interpreted within the context of SEI and discuss how they (more…)
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Click ‘Register Now’ to submit your application for the CIRTL Summer Institute. Your application will be reviewed and you will be notified by email if your registration is confirmed. The CIRTL Summer Institute is an 8-day (divided into two weeks) teaching intensive that combines an emphasis on learning evidence and theory-based approaches to teaching and (more…)
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Now that many of us have been teaching using Zoom, let’s work together to learn about ways of engaging students in synchronous classes. During this session we take a deeper dive into learning and engagement using Zoom. Join us for this session to share and learn active approaches to synchronous teaching and ways of using (more…)
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Zoom is a web-conferencing application for moderating classes, meetings, or other group collaborations virtually. Join us for this session to learn more about Zoom and best practices in using it for teaching virtual classes. Note: For this session, we will be facilitating a practice space from 1:00 – 2:00 pm, after session completion. Please feel free (more…)
Series: Online Pro-D for New Faculty
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As we consider the potential return to the in-person classroom in fall 2021, we face the challenge of planning for this uncertain environment. How can we design online and blended options to give students flexibility in how they attend the course? Which online and blended strategies and approaches from the last year do we want to continue using? Join us on June 14th for the one-week short course, Blending Across Modalities (BAM). During the course we will address these questions and explore strategies and (more…)
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Registration for this workshop is full. Please add your name to the waitlist HERE. You can register for other workshops in the series HERE. This workshop has been designed for instructors who are interested in joining conversations about anti-racism and looking for an entry point to their learning journey. This session introduces fundamental concepts such as (more…)
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Do you have questions and challenges about creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for your students? Maybe you want help in the process of teaching your course in online, hybrid or blended modes. Request a virtual one on one course consultation with a Learning Designer to explore ways to enhance your students’ learning experience. This (more…)
Anti-Racist Teaching Series: Exploring Complex Classroom Dynamics Using Case-Studies – June 21, 2021
Series: Anti-Racist Teaching Series Inclusive Teaching Indigenous Initiatives Online TDP for New Faculty
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This session is also part of the Indigenous Initiatives Classroom Climate series. Note: This is an application session where participants will apply their learnings from previous workshops in the Anti-Racist Teaching Series. Because of this, we recommend that participants have attended at least one other session in the series before participating in this workshop, and/or bring equivalent prior (more…)
Series: Online
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To register, please click “register now” to fill out an application. Please Note: This workshop has been moved online. The updated schedule can be found below. Schedule: June 22nd: 10:00am – 12:00pm July 6th: 9:30am – 3:30pm July 7th: 9:30am – 3:30pm July 12th: 9:30am – 3:30pm July 14th: 9:30am – 3:30pm Workshop Overview: (more…)
Series: Online TDP for New Faculty
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The formative peer review of teaching is a process designed to provide feedback to instructors about their teaching. It is an opportunity for all involved to engage in collegial conversations about teaching and student learning. Please join us for this experiential workshop suitable for reviewers and people being reviewed. The peer review of teaching process introduced (more…)