Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – October 21, 27 & 28 2018 (ApSci ISW)
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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Workshop Overview: This 3-day workshop consists of teaching practice, theory application, and topical sessions specifically relevant to Teaching Assistants and Graduate Students at UBC. During the workshop you will teach 3 short lessons and receive feedback from your peers. You will work closely with peers and trained facilitators (who are themselves UBC graduate students). In this (more…)
EML Weekly Drop-in Demo Sessions – October 30, 2018
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. (more…)
EML Weekly Drop-in Demo Sessions – October 23, 2018
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Come join us at our weekly drop-in demo sessions, where you can learn more about the Emerging Media Lab and try out some VR/AR experiences! This event is open to anyone from the UBC community, including staff, students, and faculty. (more…)
EML Monthly Immersive Learning Orientation
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To learn about the emerging technology, tools, and current projects at EML, sign up for our Immersive Learning Orientation. Happening on the last Wednesday of every month, participants will be able to learn about available technology and its possibilities. (more…)
Animal Realities: AR & VR’s Role in Veterinary
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Spatial computing, which incorporates both Virtual & Augmented Reality, is technology that is already fundamentally changing how we experience, learn, teach, and even offer treatments. It’s applications are, however, not limited to the realm of humans. Join veterinary surgeon and technologist, Dr. Chris Shivelton Queen, The Nerdy Vet, as he explores the myriad ways that (more…)
VR Prototyping with WebVR (3-day Workshop)
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In this introductory 6-hour workshop, Meehae Song will introduce various VR Prototyping techniques using A-Frame, a web-based open source VR system (WebVR). Over the 3 days, she will cover emerging fundamentals of 3D space and UX/UI considerations for prototyping VR applications. The attendees will have a chance to work in A-Frame, quickly creating and exploring (more…)
THRIVE: How to Thrive as a TA
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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TAs are at risk of experiencing stress because of their positionality and their dual role to support undergraduate students and to carry out their own academic responsibilities. Professional development for TAs often doesn’t emphasize TA wellness. As our first step to address this, we are creating a place for TAs to develop strategies to thrive. (more…)
Lunch’n’Learn: Introduction to Canvas Basics – October 22, 2018
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In this session we will explore such topics as general navigation of the Canvas interface, notifications and communication, content creation and organization, and assignments (including quizzes, discussions). This workshop is an introduction to Canvas for new users. ⚒ Hands-on Session Type
THRIVE: Green Folder and Early Alert Orientation
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Green Folder; 2:30pm – 3:00pm Everyone plays an important role in supporting student mental health and wellbeing. The Green folder is a quick guide for faculty and staff to know what to look for, say, and do when having a supportive conversation with a student. This session serves as an introduction to the Green Folder (more…)
Open but not Free: Invisible Labour in Open Scholarship (Open Access Week 2018)
Series: Open Education
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“When we think about ‘open’ and labor, who do we imagine doing the work? What is the work we imagine being done? Who pays? Who benefits? (And how?)” – Audrey Watters In recent years, the open scholarship movement has gained momentum by aiming to fundamentally transform how knowledge is created and shared. Making open access, open (more…)