The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and events and […]
UBC supports the Qualtrics survey tool. Qualtrics is a powerful tool that offers UBC faculty, and staff new functionality in survey creation, data analysis, and reporting. Join us for the monthly Qualtrics studio virtual workshop and drop-in session. The session is geared towards UBC faculty and staff using Qualtrics as a teaching and research tool. […]
The Working Mind is an evidence-based training program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce stigma in a workplace setting, established by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. It includes easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos of people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts. Participants will: Learn about the basic concepts, risk factors and causes of mental illness and mental […]
Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Join us for a discussion about how to design or adapt OER so they are more accessible for all learners. How can we help to make sure all learners can readily engage with the data and […]
Online These sixty minute, weekly sessions – facilitated by Technologists and Pedagogy Experts from the CTLT – are designed for faculty and staff at UBC who are using, or thinking about using, Generative AI tools as part of their teaching, researching, or daily work. Each session is broken into 3 parts. First, a weekly insights […]
Multi-access The Contract Faculty Colloquium has been convened for Contract Faculty at UBCV and UBCO for several years, and aims to bring together Contract Faculty from across campuses to showcase and share their intellectual work with other colleagues. This year’s 9th Annual Colloquium will feature papers by Contract Faculty colleagues from a range of disciplines. […]
Online This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Keynote speaker: Bryan Dewsbury Traditional models of education privilege technical growth over the cultivation of the mind and habits that make for a more peaceful and loving society. In this session we will discuss ways in which classrooms can be […]
In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Calling all past and current TDP and ISW participants to meet up to reminisce about those inspiring mini-lessons, aha!- and haha!-moments. There will be an opportunity to share instructional strategies that have been working well for you as […]
n-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. Do you consider how new generations of students bring different ideas and expectations about higher education? Do you often wonder whether most of our students choose to continue their education after graduation? This session will share highlights about […]
The Working Mind is an evidence-based training program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce stigma in a workplace setting, established by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. It includes easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos of people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts. This training is designed specifically for managers, supervisors, and team leads who are looking to further support their employees’ mental […]
Online Join us in this student panel to learn how UBC students are navigating this growing field of GenAI that is significantly impacting education. In this session, students from different disciplines will share how they are using GenAI in their learning and reflect on key considerations associated with its use. From where have we been […]
In-person: UBCO This event is part of the 2024 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 6–10, 2024. This interactive workshop will introduce the prevalence of trauma experience, and the impacts of trauma on students. We will also discuss a range of trauma responses to help attendees recognize some signs and symptoms of trauma in learners. […]