- Events
- Subject – Personal And Professional Development – Students
In-Person UBC Studios Open House and Tour
University Services Building (USB) 2329 West Mall, VancouverImpact of Multi-Access Delivery on Student Learning and Sense of Course Community
Online/Virtual EventLearn to Create Interactive Computational Learning Experiences with Jupyter!
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description VancouverHow Can We Equitably Support Students’ Access, Engagement and Expectations, Across Hybrid and Multi-access Modalities?
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description VancouverTeaching as Research: Defining Your Research Question & SoTL Methods – May 31, 2023
Online/Virtual EventHow do Instructors Design Experiential Education Activities in Large, First Year Courses in the Faculty of Arts?
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description VancouverStudent Experience of Instruction: How to Interpret the Stats in Instructor Reports
Online/Virtual EventConscious Learning and Academic Integrity: Designing Reflective Paths Towards Student Learning
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver- No events scheduled for June 3, 2023.
- No events scheduled for June 4, 2023.
Week of Events
Teaching and Learning in the Time of ChatGPT
Teaching and Learning in the Time of ChatGPT
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. ChatGPT’s release in late 2022 – followed by similar generative artificial intelligence tools from Bing and Microsoft, among others – clearly has significant implications for teaching and learning in higher education, raising concerns about authorship, academic integrity, and assessment, among […]
Designing Your Life and Career
Designing Your Life and Career
Each day is an opportunity to think like a designer – to be curious, try things out, collaborate with others, reflect, and be mindful when making choices. In this workshop, we challenge you to think about the multiple possible futures you can design for your life and career.
In-Person UBC Studios Open House and Tour
In-Person UBC Studios Open House and Tour
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Learn what UBC Studios is all about at our in-person Open House! Our team will introduce our professional services including video, animation, graphic design and 3D scanning, as well as our easy to use Do-It-Yourself support services, including workshops, DIY […]
Students as Partners in Course Re-design: Reflections from Student, Faculty, and Staff Partners on Learning Through Partnership
Students as Partners in Course Re-design: Reflections from Student, Faculty, and Staff Partners on Learning Through Partnership
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. In 2021, UBC Vancouver made a commitment to position students as collaborators in the academic mission of the university through the Students as Partners (SaP) Initiative. The Initiative compensates undergraduate students working with faculty in the redesign and scholarly evaluation […]
Exploring the Opportunities and Ethical Considerations of Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
Exploring the Opportunities and Ethical Considerations of Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Generative AI is increasingly being explored in the academic teaching and learning sphere, presenting new opportunities for interdisciplinary learning and critical thinking through data analysis and synthesis. At the same time, it raises important questions about academic integrity and ethics, […]
Ungrading Student Presentations: Toward Some New Paradigms for Evaluating Student Speaking
Ungrading Student Presentations: Toward Some New Paradigms for Evaluating Student Speaking
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Scholarly speaking is regularly expected and evaluated in classrooms across our campus—through in-class discussions, individual or group oral presentations, or other multimedia assignments (e.g. podcasts). Yet many of us, not being trained to teach “public speaking,” must assume that effective […]
Introduction to Oxygen XML editor
Introduction to Oxygen XML editor
Oxygen is a popular tool for editing and publishing XML documents and is frequently used to create Digital Editions when working with TEI XML. This workshop will provide a basic introduction to Oxygen and best practices around editing scholarly XML documents. At the end of this workshop participants will be able to: Idenfity features of […]
Impact of Multi-Access Delivery on Student Learning and Sense of Course Community
Impact of Multi-Access Delivery on Student Learning and Sense of Course Community
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. As the world emerges from the pandemic, students are increasingly requesting more courses to be offered in a hybrid or multi-access format to provide greater flexibility during times of need. However, concerns have been raised about whether virtual participation will […]
Learn to Create Interactive Computational Learning Experiences with Jupyter!
Learn to Create Interactive Computational Learning Experiences with Jupyter!
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Data is an important part of many disciplines – either as an object of study, or to illustrate an object of study. We want students to deeply understand the patterns and relationships present in data, in order to create meaningful […]
How Can We Equitably Support Students’ Access, Engagement and Expectations, Across Hybrid and Multi-access Modalities?
How Can We Equitably Support Students’ Access, Engagement and Expectations, Across Hybrid and Multi-access Modalities?
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Join us for a collaborative workshop designed to explore hybrid and multi-access learning in diverse teaching contexts. This interactive session will focus on fostering equitable access and engagement in these learning modalities while acknowledging the creativity often needed to navigate […]
Increasing the Accessibility of Video
Increasing the Accessibility of Video
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. How to make video more accessible? Captions, ASL, descriptive video…. it can be overwhelming. During this presentation, Educational Media Producer Michael Sider from UBC Studios will reveal solutions from free and do-it-yourself to professional. You’ll find practical tips, guidance and […]
Teaching as Research: Defining Your Research Question & SoTL Methods – May 31, 2023
Teaching as Research: Defining Your Research Question & SoTL Methods – May 31, 2023
TAR Workshops are designed to give interns authentic teaching experiences and to apply their understanding of evidence-based teaching practices in the classroom or in an informal science education or outreach setting. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, together with their teaching partner, identify a challenge to student learning in the classroom, develop new teaching resources or […]
Literature Reviews: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation
Literature Reviews: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation
Literature reviews accomplish several purposes for scholars. In the introduction to a research article, research paper, or thesis chapter, for example, writers review relevant research in order to establish a research gap, problem, or need that the current study addresses. But how do writers summarize the scholarly conversation already underway and, then, join that conversation? […]
New and Creative Ways to Embed Climate and Sustainability in your Class: Approaches from Five Faculties at UBC
New and Creative Ways to Embed Climate and Sustainability in your Class: Approaches from Five Faculties at UBC
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. A growing number of UBC faculty from across disciplines are incorporating sustainability and climate change content into their courses and programs. Participants in this session will hear from faculty members from Applied Science, Arts, Education, Medicine, and Science who have […]
Work in Progress Seminar — Citizen Science — A method to engage the public in asking and answering novel research questions
Work in Progress Seminar — Citizen Science — A method to engage the public in asking and answering novel research questions
The Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) is presenting a hybrid Work in Progress seminar with CHÉOS Research Associate Alison Hoens, CHÉOS Scientist Dr. Linda Li, and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Codie Primeau who will be sharing how to engage the public in asking and answering novel research questions. This CHÉOS WiP session will […]
How do Instructors Design Experiential Education Activities in Large, First Year Courses in the Faculty of Arts?
How do Instructors Design Experiential Education Activities in Large, First Year Courses in the Faculty of Arts?
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. This interactive panel brings together faculty members who have strong evidence-based beliefs in the teaching and learning outcomes that are possible through high quality experiential education (EE) in the classroom. Instructors from departments across the Faculty of Arts will share […]
From Theory to Practice: Streamlining Flexible Assessment with Canvas
From Theory to Practice: Streamlining Flexible Assessment with Canvas
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Are you tired of the traditional approach to grading, where instructors decide how much each assignment or exam is worth? Do you want to empower your students to take charge of their own learning by giving them control over how […]
Student Experience of Instruction: How to Interpret the Stats in Instructor Reports
Student Experience of Instruction: How to Interpret the Stats in Instructor Reports
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) quantitative data consists of responses on a Likert-type scale (most commonly a 5 or 7-point scale). For many years, the mean (average) and standard deviation were used to summarize and present quantitative data in instructor […]
Conscious Learning and Academic Integrity: Designing Reflective Paths Towards Student Learning
Conscious Learning and Academic Integrity: Designing Reflective Paths Towards Student Learning
This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from May 29–June 1, 2023. This 60-minute workshop will address some of the concerns raised by instructors about the effect of ChatGPT and similar AI platforms on academic integrity and deep learning. I propose that by designing a course with regular self-reflection about learning processes, […]
Employer Info Session: HCL Technologies Canada
Employer Info Session: HCL Technologies Canada
HCL Canada Inc. is seeking Front-end and Back-end Junior Software Developers to join our award winning and growing team at Vancouver, British Columbia. We will be hosting an in-person site visit of our Downtown Vancouver office for candidates who have applied for the openings and have successfully completed the technical assessment. You will have a […]