Integrating Climate and Well-being into Your Teaching

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Well-being in learning environments is foundational to achieving deeper learning and academic success. The need to highlight health and wellbeing in teaching and learning about climate change has been identified by UBC faculty, support units, and the Climate Emergency Task Force […]

In-Person UBC Studios Open House and Tour

University Services Building (USB) 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 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 video […]

Navigating the GenAI Landscape: A Focus on Student Learning and Prompt Design

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. The rapid growth of Generative AI is impacting higher education and may change the process of teaching. Through this interactive workshop, participants will reflect on their teaching approach and discuss how to navigate this growing field of AI to positively impact […]

Decolonizing Academic Writing

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. This panel session invites faculty, students, and staff from across UBC to discuss what it means to decolonize and Indigenize academic writing and scholarly communication. Efforts towards UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) goal #4, “Indigenizing Our Curriculum,” are being made in […]

Collaborative Learning: Recommendations and Strategies for Use When Developing Collaborative Learning Activities in Your Classroom

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. In this panel, participants will be provided with recommendations and strategies to aid them when developing collaborative learning activities in their own classrooms. As panelists reflect on their own experiences, we will explore many benefits related to collaborative learning, such as […]

Student Experience of Instruction: Making Sense of Student Feedback

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) quantitative data often 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 at UBC to summarize and present quantitative data […]

The Trauma Aware Classroom: 5 Considerations That Will Have a Positive Impact on Your Students and Yourself

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. In this workshop, we will explore how to foster a supportive classroom environment for both students and instructors by acknowledging that everyone can experience and can be impacted by trauma. You will have the opportunity to reflect on your role as […]

Building Community Across Campuses: Preparing to Teach a Multi-Campus (Distributed Learning) Course

Online/Virtual Event

Multi-campus instruction (MCI), also known as distributed learning, is a course format that involves a single instructor in a classroom at one location (the “local” cohort) synchronously teaching “local” and “remote” cohorts of students situated at other campuses. Students in the “remote” cohorts attend through Information and Communications Technology (ICT) such as video conferencing equipment. […]

Event Series WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In)

WordPress & Wiki Clinic (Drop-In)

Online/Virtual Event

The Drop-In Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress and Wiki for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared with a list of questions specific to their sites when attending this session. Specialists at the clinic will assist you in addressing and resolving […]

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Reflective Decision-Making: Social Impact Lab Toolkit Applied to a 4th Year Engineering Capstone Course

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Are you designing or teaching a course with learning outcomes related to teamwork, project management and risk, or student self-reflection? The department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) and the Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) developed a series of workshops for the ECE Capstone Design course. These workshops were based on CCEL’s Social Impacts […]

Orientation to the Early Alert Program at UBC

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Winter Institute, taking place from December 11-15, 2023. This session is for faculty and instructors, staff and teaching assistants. Expect to learn what the Early Alert (EA) program is, how it supports students in distress, and how it connects to your role. Specific focus will be on when to […]