Rehearse Online Teaching Approaches Using Zoom or Collaborate


Event Date & Time

  • July 21, 2020 - August 28, 2020
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to complete the first half of the registration process.  Great teaching can happen anywhere, but teaching online requires different skills, strategies and tools than in a traditional face-to-face classroom. To help you succeed in teaching your course online, here is an opportunity to rehearse or practice teaching in the online classroom (more…)

New Faculty Teaching Orientation – 2020

Series: Online


Event Date & Time

  • August 18, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:15 am

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be hosted online on Zoom.  Welcome to UBC! We are pleased you have joined our vibrant, supportive UBC community! We know our faculty and staff are the most important resources we have – working side-by-side to shape the future of research, learning, and (more…)

Cultivating Solidarity and Nurturing an Anti-racist Teaching Practice – August 5, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 5, 2020
    9:00 am - 10:30 am

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Zoom.  2020 is an exceptionally challenging and wildly important time to be an educator, as our students grapple with traumatic images in the media, isolation from their regular social connections, and some big questions that arise as a result of (more…)

Contract Faculty: Teaching Online for the First Time – August 27, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 27, 2020
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be hosted online on Zoom.  This session was created specifically for contract faculty (sessionals and Lecturers). Please only register for this session if that description fits you.   In this session, we will be going through some of the basic practical steps in (more…)

Online Teaching Check-in with Contract Faculty – August 20, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 20, 2020
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be hosted online on Zoom.  This session was created specifically for contract faculty (sessionals and Lecturers). Please only register for this session if that description fits you.   As Contract Faculty go into the Fall term as virtual teachers in virtual classrooms, we (more…)

CANCELLED: Learning Beyond the Computer: Place-Based Experiential Learning in Remote Contexts – August 7, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 7, 2020
    9:00 am - 10:30 am

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be online on Blackboard Collaborate. This session is also offered on July 27 and July 6. In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of place-based experiential learning through a mix of content delivery, guided reflection, and experiential techniques that (more…)

Writing a (mindful) Learner-Centered and Inclusive Syllabus – August 4, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 4, 2020
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be hosted online on Zoom. This workshop is also offered on July 8.  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 (more…)

Supporting Student Bandwidths in Online Learning Environments – August 5, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 5, 2020
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

This session has been cancelled. Next session will be on August 24. Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate. What can we do to support students and instructors as they learn online? When we consider student learning in online environments, it is not enough to (more…)

CANCELLED: Introduction to Community Engaged Learning Principles, Pedagogy and Practice – August 4, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • August 4, 2020
    3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Event Description

Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate. This session is also offered on July 7, July 14, and July 28. Are you interested in learning that takes students out of the classroom and into the community, even virtually? Shadi Mehrabi from UBC’s Centre for Community (more…)

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