Intentional Technology Use for Impactful Teaching
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. In March 2020, various web tools and associated peripherals (like webcams and tablets) abruptly became essential teaching resources. This happened within an existing technological context of photocopiers, partial use of Canvas, occasional lecture recording, and much else. Sometimes, a technology is (more…)
Leading Online Synchronous Discussions… When Should I? How Should I?
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. As TAs in the online environment, we want to find creative ways to actively engage our students. One of the strategies we might consider is the use of discussions. However, introducing and leading discussions can be daunting and fraught with uncertainty. (more…)
Asynchronous Teaching: Meaningful Participation, Discussion, and Assessment
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. “Asynchronous teaching” means any activity done by learners while the instructor is not present. Even though many courses typically include asynchronous components (e.g. readings, essays, or homework), the present context of emergency remote teaching invites us to reflect more deeply on (more…)
Online Presentation and Lecturing Skills
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. With the shift to online teaching and learning, TAs are being asked to deliver material through new mediums. In this module we will focus on how to avoid common missteps when we’re tasked to do this, and to better make use of (more…)
Learning Analytics
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Learning analytics is an emerging field that explores how students engage with and learn from course materials, with a view to improving instructional design and student outcomes. In this workshop, we will provide an introduction to learning analytics and the analytics tools currently available at UBC, such as Canvas Analytics, Threadz, and OnTask. Participants will (more…)
Presentation and Guest Lecturing Skills (for TAs)
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Your supervisor is out of town and has asked you to guest lecture for them next term. Oh no! The TA institute is here to help. In this workshop we will cover the planning and delivery of presentations, including presentation planning basics, how to effectively use powerpoint presentations and other technologies, and overcoming personal challenges (more…)
Canvas as an Experiential Learning Space
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Canvas is a learning management system that offers a variety of tools to support student learning in different disciplines. Did you know that you could make your students create videos and share them with the rest of the class on Canvas? In this session, we will discuss the different tools and how you can use (more…)