Exploring Zoom – January 5, 2021


Event Date & Time

  • January 5, 2021
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Event Description

Zoom is a web-conferencing application for moderating classes, meetings, or other group collaborations virtually. Join us for this session to learn more about Zoom and best practices in using it for teaching virtual classes. Note: For this session, we will be facilitating a practice space from 1:00 – 2:00 pm, after session completion. Please feel free (more…)

Supporting Student Awareness of Learning: Using Metacognition as a Tool in Teaching – February 11, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • February 11, 2020
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Description

***Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. We invite Faculty and Staff to sign up for our sessions during CTLT’s Spring, Summer, and Winter Institutes. This session is rescheduled from January 15, 2020. Are your students constantly asking you why they got this mark? In this session we (more…)

Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – February 11, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • February 11, 2020
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

***Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. We invite Faculty and Staff to sign up for our sessions during CTLT’s Spring, Summer, and Winter Institutes. This session is rescheduled from January 15, 2020. Have you ever left a classroom wondering if the new teaching approach you tried worked? (more…)

Creating Spaces of Belonging in Academia – February 5, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • February 5, 2020
    2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Event Description

***Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. We invite Faculty and Staff to sign up for our sessions during CTLT’s Spring, Summer, and Winter Institutes. This session is rescheduled from January 15, 2020. Do you belong here? We all need to find a sense of belonging in our (more…)

Advancing Education Renewal – Consultation Session, January 21, 2020


Event Date & Time

  • January 21, 2020
    2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Event Description

In December and January, CTLT will host a series of drop-in sessions to help applicants who are developing proposals in response to Shaping UBC’s Next Century Strategic Plan Call for Proposals: Advancing Education Renewal funding. Applicants can drop in to any of these sessions to talk about their project ideas and receive feedback and advice (more…)

Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning


Event Date & Time

  • January 15, 2020
    11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Event Description

***Please note this session has been canceled due to the weather conditions.*** Have you ever left a classroom wondering if the new teaching approach you tried worked? How you could  your students overcome a typical challenge to learning? Wondered how students approach certain problems? In this session, we will explore the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, also (more…)

Developing Your Teaching Portfolio and Philosophy


Event Date & Time

  • January 16, 2020
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Description

***Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. We invite Faculty and Staff to sign up for our sessions during CTLT’s Spring, Summer, and Winter Institutes. Do you want to pursue a career in teaching? If so, then this workshop is a must! Together, we will break down the (more…)

Engaging Learners with Technology: Educating in the Digital Era


Event Date & Time

  • January 16, 2020
    12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

***Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. We invite Faculty and Staff to sign up for our sessions during CTLT’s Spring, Summer, and Winter Institutes. The classroom is increasingly moving into the digital realm. The use of technology, as both an adjunct to and substitute for the traditional (more…)

Supporting Community Engaged Learning Course Assessment


Event Date & Time

  • January 16, 2020
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

In this workshop, we will show TAs how to support evaluation work in a Community Engaged Learning course. We will walk them through a set of guidelines to conceptualize, implement and evaluate students’ community engaged learning (CEL) in courses. With the use of different interactive activities, we will help TAs to get a better understanding (more…)

Creating Spaces of Belonging in Academia


Event Date & Time

  • January 15, 2020
    2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Event Description

***Please note this session has been cancelled due to unsafe travel conditions.*** Do you belong here? We all need to find a sense of belonging in our places of learning and teaching. For people with disabilities, this can be particularly challenging in environments that are inaccessible and unwelcoming. In this workshop you will have the (more…)