Exploring the SoTL Explorer Tool


Event Date & Time

  • October 3, 2016
    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Are you interested in developing a research project that would assess a component of your teaching or student learning (the Scholoarship of Teaching and Learning – SoTL) but don’t know how to get started?  Would you like to see examples of other SoTL projects at UBC to give you ideas on what you might study (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project Town Hall


Event Date & Time

  • October 6, 2016
    3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Event Description

Come and hear from Dr Angela Redish, Provost and Vice President Academic (Vancouver) about how the LTE Renewal project supports UBC’s teaching and learning mission, from faculty and student secondees who have been leading the project, and what the project team has learned from gathering faculty and student feedback from surveys, feedback sessions, and interviews. (more…)

Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project – Faculty Check Point – October 3 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 3, 2016
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

Come and learn about what we have heard from faculty and students to be the emerging pedagogical and functional priorities for our new LTE that will be the replacement or upgrade for Blackboard Learn (locally known as Connect). By participating in these feedback sessions, facilitated by faculty secondees, your requirements will be used to help (more…)

Instructional Design Studio at LT Hub – October 3 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 3, 2016
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Event Description

“Instructional Design is about bringing evidence-based pedagogical research and practice into course development. It aims to produce an active learning experience for desired learning outcomes through the appropriate use of learning technologies in different teaching and learning contexts.” – Mark Bullen Would you like to integrate a learner-centred active learning experience into your teaching practices?  (more…)

EKM Brown Bag: Curriculum Reimagination and Transformation


Event Date & Time

  • October 11, 2016
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Event Description

In this session,  Dr Karen Theobald, Director of Academic Programs at Queensland University of Technology School of Nursing, will share their undergraduate nursing curriculum redesign. Examples of flexible learning strategies, including their use of the technology Nearpod, will be shared as well. Dr Karen Theobald is responsible for providing leadership for the School’s learning and teaching activities and collaborating with the (more…)

Developing Your Skills as a Peer Reviewer of Teaching: Introductory Workshop (for Graduate Students)


Event Date & Time

  • October 4, 2016
    1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Event Description

Join us for this experiential  workshop suitable for all graduate students and TAs who will be involved in peer observation or peer review of teaching, as reviewers/mentors and reviewees/mentees.  The peer review of teaching process introduced in this workshop is intended primarily as a form of formative (and developmental) feedback. By the end of this (more…)

Creating a Course in edX – October 19, 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 19, 2016
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Event Description

For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here. UBC is adding edX to the “evolving ecosystem of learning technology platforms, tools and applications on campus”. edX can be used to provide a blended learning experience for campus-based courses, as well as UBC online and distance courses. In each of these sessions we will be (more…)

Creating a Course in edX – October 13, 2016


Event Date & Time

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    October 13, 2016
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

For a list of upcoming edX sessions, click here. UBC is adding edX to the “evolving ecosystem of learning technology platforms, tools and applications on campus”. edX can be used to provide a blended learning experience for campus-based courses, as well as UBC online and distance courses. In each of these sessions we will be (more…)

Graduate Student Teaching Drop In – October 19 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 19, 2016
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Are you a Graduate Student or TA with questions about teaching? How to deal with challenges in lesson design, marking, or handling office hours? The Grad Team Office Hours are a drop in session for graduate students or TAs where you can ask questions and get one-on-one support around issues in teaching and learning from (more…)

Graduate Student Teaching Drop In – October 3 2016


Event Date & Time

  • October 3, 2016
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Are you a Graduate Student or TA with questions about teaching? How to deal with challenges in lesson design, marking, or handling office hours? The Grad Team Office Hours are a drop in session for graduate students or TAs where you can ask questions and get one-on-one support around issues in teaching and learning from (more…)