WordPress and Wiki Clinic (Drop-In) – December 6, 2018
Series: Learning Technology
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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 resolving those (more…)
Canvas Studio – Grading and Canvas – December 17, 2018
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
Canvas Studio – Grading and Canvas – December 10, 2018
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
Canvas Studio – December 3, 2018
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Canvas Studio is a drop in space for anyone with questions related to UBC’s new learning management system Canvas. Here’s your chance to sit down with a Canvas expert and review your course design, explore migrating a Connect course to Canvas, and troubleshoot any challenges… ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
Collective Learnings and Building Each Other Up: Engaging with Equity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity in the Classroom
Series: CTLT Institute
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This session will offer a space for faculty to talk to each other about how questions of Indigeneity, inclusion and equity show up in the classroom and how to engage these questions responsibly, meaningfully, creatively, and with curiosity. This event is oriented towards looking back to the semester that has just ended, reflecting on individual (more…)
Preparing Students to Work with Communities
Series: CTLT Institute
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In this workshop we will revisit the core principles of CEL and how this connects with the notion of student preparation, an important aspect of CEL. Participants will hear from instructors in two different CEL courses about how they prepare students to engage ethically with community organizations, why they feel this is important, and their (more…)
The Application of Educational Technologies in the Internationalization of Curriculum
Series: CTLT Institute
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UBC’s large international student body for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL), is increasing every year with the inclusion of special programs such as Vantage One, the English Language Institute and the Coordinated Arts Program (CAP). At the same time, faculty are being asked to move towards more student-centered learning and away from the (more…)
Student and Teacher Wellbeing: Simple Strategies for Positive Impact
Series: CTLT Institute
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Are you looking for teaching strategies that will benefit your students’ sense of wellbeing? How do you cultivate wellbeing in your classrooms? Join us for an interactive session to: learn about, discuss and brainstorm ideas for incorporating wellness activities into your course design and delivery, explore why wellness matters to both students and faculty, discuss (more…)
Strategies for Integrating Diversity Through UDL: Inclusive Classroom Practices and Course Design
Series: CTLT Institute
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While universities are having important conversations about accessibility, diversity and inclusion, what this means for our classroom practices is not always clear. This workshop will provide hands on strategies to incorporate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into participants’ own course design and teaching practices. As faculty members, all of us have had the experience of (more…)
Minding the Gap: Fostering Academic Integrity in our Classrooms
Series: CTLT Institute
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Academic integrity is a core expectation of how we conduct ourselves in the scholarly community. But, beyond warnings to not commit academic misconduct, we don’t typically address this topic with our students, the newest members of this community. This gap between implicit expectation and explicit instruction can cause serious challenges for students, who don’t necessarily (more…)