WordPress and Wiki Clinic (Drop-In) – May 31, 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 – May 28 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 – May 14 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
Integrating data science across undergraduate STEM curriculum
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Transformative Learning Our world is increasingly inundated with data; it amasses in spaces from social media to advertising to personal medicine. This is especially true in the life sciences where next-generation sequencing has revolutionized the way we study living organisms and results in more than 24 TB of new data each day. Thus, it (more…)
Partnership Development and Sustainability in Community Engaged Learning Courses
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Community and Global Engagement This 90-minute session will begin with a short presentation by Madeleine Zammar, a staff member from UBC’s Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), on partnership development and sustainability in community engaged learning courses, followed by a case study from Leeann Donnelly, Assistant Professor in Dentistry, and Shawn Bayes, Executive Director (more…)
Framing Conversations with Students in Distress
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Transformative Learning As Faculty, you play an important role in supporting students through the opportunities and challenges of their UBC experience. This session introduces a developmental advising framework that can be applied when having supportive conversations with students who are struggling or in distress. The training includes helpful approaches to making effective referrals, up-to-date (more…)
Best Practices in Teaching Communication – Developing a Well-Rounded Professional Skill Set
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Transformative Learning Attend this workshop to explore teaching and learning practices that support the development of personal and professional communication skills for degree success and success outside of the university. Participants will cycle between tables to engage with short presentations about teaching methods being used at UBC, such as listening, nonverbal communication, clarity & (more…)
Spaces and Places in Education: Enhancing Engagement by Creating Connected Curricula
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: People and Places “Place-based education enhances students’ learning by recognizing the significance of cultural, historical, ecological and spiritual ties to landscape. Incorporating the local environment offers unique, rich opportunities to strengthen engagement for students from all backgrounds. For example, geography students learning about land use mapping could be introduced to maps and planning relating (more…)
Transforming Teaching in Innovative Learning Spaces
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Transformative Learning The origins of using auditorium spaces for education date back to 1079 when Pope Gregory VII decided that the clergy needed to be uniformly educated in Christian dogma to spread a consistent message around his expanding kingdom. Gutenberg’s printing press would not be invented for another 400 years but the clergy lived (more…)
Provide Immediate Feedback on a Summative Exam by Adding a Group Phase
Series: CTLT Institute
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Pillar: Transformative Learning Two-phase collaborative exams or group exams, in which students first complete the exam individually and then form groups to complete the same or similar questions are a flexible and effective method for adding immediate formative feedback to what is traditionally a summative experience. This workshop will support participants to engage with the (more…)