Student Peer Assessment Planning
Series: CTLT Institute
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This workshop introduces ways in which student peer assessment can align with course or program learning outcomes. By introducing participants to some of the benefits of student peer assessment and by providing specific examples, we will demonstrate how to set up one’s course to incorporate the use of student peer assessment. Instructors will begin to (more…)
Creating Exceptional Online Learning: Online Course and Resource Design Studio
Series: CTLT Institute
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Are you wondering if there are ways that you can improve your online course design, course structure, or course materials to support better learning? Are you thinking about creating a new course or revising an existing course? Are there learning tools or resources you might want to explore or ask about? The Instructional Design Studio (more…)
Best Practices for Designing a Seamless Online Learning Experience
Series: CTLT Institute
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Well-designed and well-structured courses help to support student learning. In recent UBC student surveys conducted by the Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project and the Wellness Centre), students stated that their learning can be more supported when a course is well-organized and easy to navigate, and is structured in a way to foster the communication with (more…)
Using LOCR (Library Online Course Reserves) to Customize Student Reading Lists
Series: CTLT Institute
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This session is for instructors and instructional support staff who may already be using LOCR, or are interested in learning more. This is an opportunity to bring together Library specialists who represent every piece of the LOCR service from copyright and permissions to frontend and backend LOCR support. The first half of the session will (more…)
Providing Effective Feedback on Writing Assignments
Series: CTLT Institute
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Registration is full. Please sign up for the waitlist here This workshop introduces feedback strategies that focus on using educator time efficiently and encouraging students to both use feedback and take responsibility for the quality of their writing. The workshop benefits both new and experienced educators by providing participants the opportunity to reflect on their (more…)
The One Question We’re Not Asking Our Students
Series: CTLT Institute
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We all work hard at making our courses stronger so that students gain many benefits from the thoughtfulness each of us have put into our efforts. But the success of a course and a teacher is not manifested on paper alone. If a student doesn’t learn, we haven’t taught them well. Teaching is more than (more…)
Leaving & Coming Back to the Classroom: Making Meaning out of Learning
Series: CTLT Institute
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As educators we are constantly reflecting on our practice in order to best meet the needs of our students. We think deeply about our instructional strategies and assessment practices, as well as how we will create learning environments that are challenging and engaging. Spending years perfecting our teaching can have an all-too-great risk of forgetting (more…)
What am I Really Learning? Using Reflection to Enhance Student Metacognition
Series: CTLT Institute
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In-class reflection is associated with numerous benefits for student learning (see Harrington & Zakrajsek, 2017). Providing students with in-class activities which explicitly teach metacognitive strategies has been shown to increase motivation, autonomy, responsibility and ownership of learning (Machaal, 2015), which can in turn improve academic performance (Aghaie & Zhang, 2012; Tanner, 2012). This workshop outlines (more…)
Celebrations of Connections
Series: CTLT Institute
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Please note, this session is designed for Institute Facilitators and graduates from the folloing programs: Faculty Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW), Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment (T-BLE), and Course Design Intensive (CDI). Registration is by invitation only. Join us to reflect on and articulate what you’ve learned, risks you’ve taken in your classrooms, areas you’ve (more…)
Qualtrics Studio – December 20, 2018
Series: Learning Technology Qualtrics
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Qualtrics Studio This year UBC adopted a new survey tool Qualtrics. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC Faculty, and staff with new functionality in survey creation, data-analysis, and reporting. Join us for the the bi-weekly qualtrics studio to explore qualtrics together and to receive support and guidance using this tool. The session is (more…)