Exploring the SoTL Explorer Tool
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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
Series: Learning Technology
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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
Series: Learning Technology
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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
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“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
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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)
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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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
Series: Learning Technology
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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
Series: Learning Technology
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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
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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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
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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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…)