Immersive Learning: Challenges and Opportunities of 360-degree Video for Educational Media

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 23, 2019
    11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Event Description

Use of immersive media in medical education has been the focus of a recent collaboration between UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and UBC Studios. Through this collaboration, a series of 360-degree educational videos have been produced that are designed to provide health care students with immersive and emotionally engaging simulated experiences in challenging clinical scenarios. This (more…)

Assessment Strategies

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 23, 2019
    9:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Assessment is the most powerful lever that teachers have to influence the way students respond to the course and behave as learners” – Gibbs, 1999 In this session we will explore ways that you can integrate assessment practices in your classes that support student learning. We will explore the concepts of assessment for, or and (more…)

Student Peer Assessment Tools at UBC: Exploring current opportunities and constraints

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 23, 2019
    11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Event Description

If you are keen to implement student peer assessment but are uncertain about the technology choices available—or would like to provide feedback on those you have used—please join us at this session. During the first hour, we will provide a short overview with faculty examples of different student peer assessment tools, and you will engage (more…)

Working with TAs to Support Inclusive Teaching

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 22, 2019
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Event Description

This session explores how instructors can work with Teaching Assistant (TAs) to support inclusive teaching efforts in classrooms, tutorials and labs. TAs often play an important part in setting the tone for a course, supporting students, and providing instruction in smaller group settings (and one-on-one), which means they have opportunities to consider equity, diversity and (more…)

Developing Classroom Guidelines: Thoughtful and Critical Approaches

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 22, 2019
    11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Event Description

Developing classroom guidelines is one of the strategies that instructors can take in order to set up a space that is conducive to learning for everyone. This strategy was also recognized as a helpful practice in a student panel session “Equity and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning: Student Perspectives” during the 2019 Celebrate Learning Week.  (more…)

Writing a Learner-Centered/Inclusive Syllabus

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 22, 2019
    9:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Your syllabus is an important document that introduces the course and you to the students. It also sets forth your responsibilities and those of your students. Though templates exist for syllabus creation, there are many choices and a multitude of subtleties to consider when designing this document. In this session, we explore the characteristics and (more…)

Promoting Wellbeing for Ourselves and Our Students

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 21, 2019
    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Join this lively discussion symposium to explore how to promote wellbeing for all involved in teaching and learning. We will engage in three short roundtable discussions on related topics before we dive in deeper in a facilitated discussion as a large group. The moderators at each round table will help set the context and provide (more…)

Education for Connection and Purpose: Exploring the Values, Principles and Models of Community Engaged Learning

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 21, 2019
    11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Event Description

In this workshop, we will introduce Community Engaged Learning, an experiential learning pedagogy where students have an opportunity to apply their academic earning within or in close collaboration with a community context, emphasizing mutual benefit, civic engagement and all parties sharing in the teaching and learning process. We will explore the values and principles necessary (more…)

Effective Lesson Planning

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • August 21, 2019
    9:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

This session aims to increase proficiency with the lesson planning process. We will discuss a variety of lesson planning frameworks that can be employed in a number of educational contexts. This session will address alignment between lesson plans, learning objectives and course assessment. You will get a chance to evaluate sample lesson plans and then (more…)

Teaching with Data and Computation Using Jupyter Notebooks


Event Date & Time

  • August 20, 2019
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Event Description

Jupyter notebook is a web application for interactive computing and is the industry standard for reproducible data science. This workshop will show instructors how to create data-enabled teaching resources with Jupyter notebooks and how to deploy them easily in their courses. The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) created ubc.syzygy.ca to host Jupyter notebooks (more…)