Facilitating Effective Asynchronous Online Discussions in Canvas – July 8, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be online on Blackboard Collaborate. This session is also offered on July 29. Discussions are (potentially) a great way to engage students in online learning environments. They can be designed to cultivate a learning community and to scaffold content achievement in many ways, (more…)
POSTPONED: Is Netiquette Enough?: Cultivating Classroom Climate in an Online Environment – July 16, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate. What should you consider when establishing a classroom climate in an online environment that is conducive to learning for all students? Is following “netiquette” – guidelines around basic online behaviour – enough? This workshop invites participants to unpack (more…)
CANCELLED: Introduction to Community Engaged Learning Principles, Pedagogy and Practice – July 7, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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This session has been cancelled. Please register for the upcoming session on July 14, July 28 or August 4. In this session you can expect to get involved in thinking about how CEL tools and principles can be put to use in your context by engaging in discussions in small groups, and working with the syllabus (more…)
Teaching Remotely with Care: Introduction to Accessible Online Courses and Open Educational Resources (OER) – July 17, 2020
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate. In the last few months, educators across the globe have been struggling to figure out how to deliver their content to their students, how to assess them, how to connect with them and how to ensure they are (more…)
CANCELLED: Introduction to Community Engaged Learning Principles, Pedagogy and Practice – July 14, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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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 28 and August 4. In this session you can expect to get involved in thinking about how CEL tools and principles can be put to use in your context (more…)
Supporting Student Well-being in an Online Learning Environment – July 9, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be online on Blackboard Collaborate. This workshop is also offered on July 28. Everyone plays an important role in supporting student mental health and wellbeing. In this session, we will share how student well-being services and resources are operating in the current online (more…)
Inclusive Teaching Online
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be online on Zoom. This workshop is also offered on July 30. This session is for anyone who teaches at UBC who is looking for an introduction to inclusive teaching practices. Be introduced to the literature underpinning inclusive teaching and discuss why inclusive (more…)
Virtual Facilitation 201: Building Engagement – July 7, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will be online on Zoom. Explore facilitation tools and techniques to use in virtual meetings, workshops, seminars, events and programs. Participants will learn from a suite of activities designed to encourage collaboration and build relationships. Through brief role-playing activities, participants will facilitate brief conversations (more…)
Blended Learning From a Different Lens – July 7, 2020
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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Please click “Register Now” to register for this event. This event will hosted online on Zoom. This workshop is also offered on July 28. In this session, we will discuss ways of developing an online course based on a blended learning approach with a mix of real-time teaching (synchronous) and course material that students can (more…)
Learning Beyond the Computer: Place-Based Experiential Learning in Remote Contexts
Series: Online Online Teaching Program
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This event on July 6 has been cancelled. Please register for July 27 or August 7. 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 can be applied across diverse disciplines. Of particular importance in this session (more…)