New to citation management, don't know where to start, or trying to get familiar with the free tools supported at UBC? This workshop compares the two citation management tools supported at the Research Commons, Zotero and Mendeley, including a discussion of the similarities and unique features of each tool. We will also go over some commonly encountered challenges, […]
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. […]
In this workshop, participants will dive into the fascinating world of neural networks. Neural networks have emerged as powerful models for solving complex and nonlinear problems. This workshop begins with an introduction to neural networks, covering their architecture, activation functions, and training algorithms. Participants will gain insights into how neural networks can effectively capture and […]
Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on […]
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for file formatting. Join us to learn more about data formats, data access, and preservation. Location: ONLINE (A Zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before the event starts.)
The Generative AI Drop-In clinics are open for all faculty and staff at UBC and UBC Okanagan on teaching and learning topics to do with the use of tools such as ChatGPT, Stability AI, Google Bard and others. The sessions will be in an open-hours format where the questions will be answered such that all […]
If you have opened RStudio before, know what packages are, and know how to read files into R but not much beyond that, this workshop is for you! If your expertise is not at this level yet, please register for Beginner R Part 1 first (January 18, 2-3pm). The workshop is one hour, followed by […]
Join us virtually on February 1 at 11 am on a journey into the world of green laboratories as we showcase ingenious projects that are reshaping the scientific landscape. These teams are turning small grants from UBC Green Labs into big sustainability wins for their labs. Delve into energy conservation, waste management, and resource optimization […]
Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Do you have specific questions on how to format your OER to be accessible for all learners? Drop-in to an OER Accessibility studio to chat one on one with specialists about how to design or adapt […]
Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources division for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Enduring Work: Experiences with Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program”.
Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout) is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time. This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get […]
This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: List common tools and what they might be useful for Identify […]
The growth of social media and networked technologies has allowed for new and interactive ways for scholars to circulate their research, expand their scholarly networks, and track their research impact. Understanding how your academic identity and your research outputs (articles, books, patents, conference proceedings, posters, data contributions, videos, blog posts, etc.) are tracked and showcased […]
This workshop focuses on Large Language Models (LLM) to provide participants with a foundational understanding of LLM, their working, and how to fine-tune a pre-trained LLM for your own data. In this workshop, we will use cloud-based platforms, so you don’t need to have Python installed. Please make sure that you have a Google Colaboratory […]
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 […]
We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. Location Details Location: *ONLINE* If […]
Do you have questions and challenges about creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for your students? Maybe you want help in the process of teaching your course in online, hybrid or blended modes. Request a virtual one on one course consultation with a Learning Designer to explore ways to enhance your students’ learning experience. This […]
This workshop will first give an introduction to web maps, including the differences between digital maps and web maps, their structure, and how they work. The second part of the workshop will be a short hands-on session where we will create our own web map showing UBC campus buildings – with clickable with popups – […]
Are you a foundational scientist wanting to collaborate on a research project with a clinician? In this meeting and networking session, you will learn from researchers who have achieved successful partnerships between foundational scientists and clinicians, on how to initiate new collaborations to advance your precision health and translational medicine research. The meeting will consist […]
UBC's Decision Insights for Business & Society (UBC-DIBS) is excited to announce our 2023-2024 Behavioural Insights Seminar Series featuring an exciting set of researchers and practitioners sharing their field and lab projects using the behavioural and decision sciences to "nudge for good". Register to attend at https://bit.ly/DIBSseminars. Join us on select Fridays at 1-2pm Pacific […]
Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. During this session, participants will: Learn the best ways to use Zotero to keep all of your citations in order throughout your research; Gain tips and tricks to get the most out of Zotero and your citation management tracking […]
Recent years have seen rising concerns about housing affordability in Canada, spurring policy debates at the federal, provincial and municipal level. In this context, academic researchers have increasingly sought out reliable housing data. The presentation will introduce three sources of housing data at Statistics Canada – The Canadian Housing Statistics Program (CHSP), the Canadian Housing Survey (CHS) and the Census of Population. Presenters […]
This workshop focuses on regression models to provide participants with a foundational understanding of machine learning concepts, techniques, and tools used for linear and nonlinear regression. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will gain practical experience with regression algorithms, one of the most popular machine-learning techniques. The workshop begins with an overview […]
Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Do you have specific questions on how to format your OER to be accessible for all learners? Drop-in to an OER Accessibility studio to chat one on one with specialists about how to design or adapt […]
Cohosted by UBC’s Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI) and Advanced Nanofabrication Facility (ANF), the inaugural event of the 2024 Unboxing Quantum Series: Navigating the Nanoscale for Novel Applications takes place virtually from 10:00 to 11:00am (PT) on February 14, 2024. Featuring speakers active in both academia and industry, the panel is an opportunity for […]
The Statistics Canada Library is happy to invite you to a virtual presentation that will highlight how you can access historic Statistics Canada data. In this presentation, you’ll learn: How to use the Statistics Canada Library’s catalogue How to search the historical catalogue to find the information you need How to navigate the Historical Resources […]
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. About this workshop: A loving relationship can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. Early on, people tend to focus most of their energy and attention on their partner and the relationship — laughter and compromise come easy, and the relationship may […]
This workshop will introduce the Unix shell, a powerful way to communicate with your computer more directly through a command line interface. There are many ways to interact with a computer. Most of the time we click on things and select options with a cursor through a graphical user interface (GUI). A command line is […]
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 […]
Do you have questions about how to thoughtfully integrate Indigenous content and representation into your course work? Curious about how to offer meaningful land acknowledgements in online meetings or events at UBC? Indigenous Initiatives’ Virtual Coffee Drop-ins are great place to explore these topics, connect with others on the same learning path, or just get […]
R is a popular free software program. This workshop will introduce concepts and tools for visualizing data in R, with emphasis on the ggplot2 package. Participants are expected to be familiar with R and the RStudio environment. The workshop is one hour, followed by an optional 30 minute practice period to reinforce what you learned or […]
Intentionally implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approaches to teaching and learning can bridge accessibility gaps and support equitable/inclusive learning opportunities; therefore, it was one of the main recommendations from UBC’s Teaching and Learning Beyond COVID report. UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people, and is based on scientific insights […]
This workshop is intended for anyone with a basic understanding of web mapping who wishes to expand their skillset and design more customizable maps. There are 3 main sections: an introduction to Mapbox and its products, a guided developer environment set-up, and a hands-on portion where we will modify given code to design an interactive […]
Join UBC’s Drs. Jeff Clune and Gail Murphy in a discussion of how to best access and use these tools ethically and to our advantage, while understanding the risks they bring.
The Association of Canadian Archivists Student Chapter at the University of British Columbia (ACA@UBC) is pleased to present its 15th annual conference — Archives and the Environment: Land, Colonialism, and the Climate Crisis. This event will be held virtually on Zoom on Friday, February 16th, 2024, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (PST). Through virtual discussions and presentations, […]
This is an introductory workshop for Kaltura. For advanced workshops click here. Kaltura is a media platform where you and your students can create, store, and share multimedia content in Canvas. Join us for this one-hour introduction to Kaltura, where we will also delve into the latest features available in the new Kaltura cloud environments. In […]
Online Active learning techniques are now seen as the gold standard in many classrooms (Freeman et al., 2014; Shi et al., 2019; Tutal & Yazar, 2022). To make room for interactive classrooms, many instructors have moved their content online. The shift to online education has been sharply accelerated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic (Pokhrel et […]
Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration. Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository. GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your work. Together, Git and GitHub provide a […]
This Indigenous Speakers Series session brings together a panel of senior political representatives working across the four pillars of BC First Nations Health governance: the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), the First Nations Health Council (FNHC), the First Nations Health Directors Association (FNHDA), and the Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health (TCFNH). We will have […]
Aimed at grad students and faculty researchers, this Data Bites workshop reviews the key components of a data management plan (DMP) and offers guidance on using the DMP Assistant, a bilingual tool for preparing data management plans. Location: ONLINE (A zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before event start.)
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 […]
Online The Instructional Design Community of Practice (ID CoP) serves as a hub for professionals with similar interests to network and exchange thoughts on a range of subjects including learning design, educational technologies, current trends and research, diverse platforms, and various examples such as accessibility, open education, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), inclusive design, peer […]
Online In this workshop, participants will learn about classroom climate through the What I Learned in Class Today project and what it means to go beyond “just integrating” content to what it means to hold discussions with care in the classroom and how this can make a supportive and safer learning experience for all students. […]
Do you have questions and challenges about creating meaningful and successful learning experiences for your students? Maybe you want help in the process of teaching your course in online, hybrid or blended modes. Request a virtual one on one course consultation with a Learning Designer to explore ways to enhance your students’ learning experience. This […]
Please note that registering on this page constitutes enrolment for the Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter Asynchronous Course. This week-long asynchronous course will go live on February 26, 2024 at 9:00 am. Register to pre-enrol. Enrol Now This lightly facilitated asynchronous course is for anyone who teaches at UBC and who is […]
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Mendeley is a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and then add citations and bibliographies to word-processed documents. This workshop is meant for those using or considering Mendeley as a Citation Management tool. Attendees will learn to add, edit, and organize references; create bibliographies; manage PDF and use the Mendeley Papers […]
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 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 […]
Online The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) uses systematic and methodological inquiry into teaching and learning (behaviours/practices, attitudes, and values) with the goal of improving teaching and learning by making findings public (Hutchings, & Shulman, 1999; Potter & Kustra, 2011). During this session, we will: Break down the definition of SoTL Explain how to […]
This workshop offers an exploration of machine learning models for clustering and classification. With the increasing availability of large datasets, these models play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights and making informed decisions. In this workshop, participants will gain insight into clustering algorithms such as K-means, explore popular classification algorithms like decision trees, and […]
Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on […]
Join Vancouver Coastal Health and Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Respectful Environment, Diversity, and Inclusion on Wednesday, February 28th, 2024, from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST) for “Beyond Representation: Celebrating Black Excellence in BC Healthcare” to learn about and celebrate the important contributions made by Black professionals in BC healthcare. During this session, the panelists will […]
In this fourth session featuring Dr. Julie Robillard, we will explore the impact of social robot use in the context of brain health and illness, and discuss key ethical implications surrounding their use. Dr. Julie Robillard is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia and Scientist in Patient Experience at BC […]
About the talk While the extant literature has established the barriers to accessing care that transgender and gender diverse communities face, less attention has been paid to where gender-affirming care is provided and how geographically accessible it is. This talk focuses on a case study modeling access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in Texas, and looks […]
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30-minute workshop highlights practical techniques for directory structure conventions and directory names that will help organize your files in a way that is meaningful to both you and others. Location: ONLINE (A zoom link will be sent to registrants 3 hours before event start.)
Multi-access This CoP session will describe how the Social Impacts Lab Toolkit developed by the Centre for Community Engaged Learning was applied to a 4th year engineering design course to support student engagement with their community-based project partners. The session will include examples of lessons and assignments developed using the toolkit, as well as an […]
Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Do you have specific questions on how to format your OER to be accessible for all learners? Drop-in to an OER Accessibility studio to chat one on one with specialists about how to design or adapt […]
This workshop presents some of the major packages in the tidyverse package in R. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Know what tidyverse is. Understand the uses of data manipulation packages. Have an idea of where to start looking for answers when manipulating your data. The workshop is one hour, […]
Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Improving Marketplace Inclusion: Understanding the Experiences of Underrepresented Minority Consumers in Financial Services” by Maura Scott, Dr. Persis E. and Dr. Charles E. Rockwood Eminent Scholar in Marketing at Florida State University. Seminar abstract: Underrepresented […]