Navigating Indigenous Topics with Care in Online and In-Person Classroom Environments
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. Facilitating discussions may be challenging for TAs, especially when those discussions involve Indigenous issues. In the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action and the 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan, UBC members have the responsibility to navigate Indigenous issues with (more…)
Navigating and Managing Online Communication: Designing and Fostering a Respectful Learning Environment
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. Establishing respectful learning environments can be challenging when students have diverse learning experiences, and even more so in classrooms that use both synchronous and asynchronous online environments. This session will provide opportunities for TAs to establish practical guidelines for designing respectful (more…)
Holding Space for Anti-Racism and Solidarity in Teaching Practice: Recognizing and Interrupting Harmful Classroom Dynamics
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. Registration for this workshop is full. Please add your name to the waitlist HERE. In this session we will identify key concepts in anti-racism and solidarity. Through an interrogation of complex identities in teaching practice, we will provide session participants with (more…)
Teaching Effectively with Faculty: Navigating Professional Relationships in Online Teaching
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. More than ever, effective working relationships between TAs and instructors are key for students to feel supported in their learning. This workshop is intended for TAs who are thinking about how best navigate their interactions with faculty members in online course(s). (more…)
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…)
Time Management Skills for Graduate Students and TAs
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. Are you struggling to balance the many tasks of being a graduate student and teaching assistant? Are you a procrastinator? Has working online changed your workflow? If you answered yes to either of these, this session is for you! Through reflection (more…)
The Early Alert Orientation – Connecting Students with Support
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. Early Alert (EA) helps students who are facing academic or wellness challenges before they become overwhelming. Faculty, staff and TAs can easily use the Early Alert Program to connect UBC students with the support they need, when they need it. Join (more…)
Accessibility-Centred Design: Creating Inclusive Asynchronous Learning Environments
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Note: This session is intended for Graduate Students, and Undergraduate and Graduate TAs only. This session will discuss the importance of making accessibility a core principle in designing online classroom learning activities. We will identify actionables for eliminating barriers in asynchronous learning and enabling meaningful access in the online environment. We will also discuss the (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…)