Can I Use This? Exploring Copyright & Working with Open Educational Resources
Series: CTLT Institute Open Education
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If you are preparing resources for your teaching, from PowerPoint slides to online modules, chances are you’ll want to incorporate readings, images, video clips, problem sets, or other materials from different sources. There are millions of openly licensed educational resources, from full courses and textbooks to tests banks and images, that are available for others (more…)
Writing Effective Learning Objectives and Course Outcomes
Series: CTLT Institute
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As you design or redesign your course, have you considered what you intend your students should take away from your course? What they should be able to know/do/feel by the end? Have you considered how these larger goals can be broken down into smaller objectives that can be addressed within each class of the course? (more…)
Framing Conversations with Distressed Students
Series: CTLT Institute
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As Student Services Staff, Faculty, and Teaching Assistants, you play an important role in supporting students through the opportunities and challenges of their UBC experience. This session introduces a developmental advising framework that can be applied when having supportive conversations with students who are struggling or in distress. The training includes helpful approaches to making (more…)
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A teacher’s perspective
Series: CTLT Institute
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Accessibility has become a central aspect of education in Canada. Students are more diverse than ever before, and more students with disabilities reach and succeed in higher education. This pushes educators to teach in a more broadly accessible manner while maintaining the same high quality learning outcomes. In the last several years, Universal Design for (more…)
Navigating Your Role as an Instructor
Series: CTLT Institute
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A light breakfast will be provided and you will have an opportunity to network with your fellow colleagues. New instructors are invited to join Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Professional Development, kele fleming, and CTLT educational development staff to learn about how CTLT may support your teaching and learning needs, discuss UBC’s teaching and learning (more…)
New Staff – 2019 Welcome to UBC STAFF Orientation
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Welcome to UBC! We are pleased you have joined our vibrant, supportive UBC community! We know our staff and faculty are the most important resource we have – working side-by-side to shape the future of research, learning, and work. Jointly presented by the Department of Human Resources and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (more…)
New Faculty – 2019 Welcome to UBC FACULTY Orientation
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Welcome to UBC! We are pleased you have joined our vibrant, supportive UBC community! We know our faculty and staff are the most important resource we have – working side-by-side to shape the future of research, learning, and work. Jointly presented by the Department of Human Resources and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (more…)
EML Weekly Drop-in Demo Sessions – August 27, 2019
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. Location: Emerging Media Lab, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room 183 (more…)
EML Weekly Drop-in Demo Sessions – August 20, 2019
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. Location: Emerging Media Lab, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room 183 (more…)
EML Weekly Drop-in Demo Sessions – August 13, 2019
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. Location: Emerging Media Lab, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room 183 (more…)