By Michael Wong on March 28, 2013
Gregor Kiczales discusses the role and challenges of online assessment in MOOCs.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Assessment, Course Design, Course Development, Course Technologies, Coursera, Learning Design, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, Peer Assessment, Student Engagement
By Marissa Ho on December 13, 2012
During Celebrate Learning Week, students and instructors engaged in dialogue about midterm evaluations of teaching.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Celebrate Learning, Course Development, Events, Learning Design, Student Engagement, Teaching Practice
By Marissa Ho on November 27, 2012
This workshop, part of Open UBC, highlighted the benefits and challenges of adopting open strategies in teaching and learning.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Course Design, Course Development, Events, Learning Spaces, Open Education Resources, Open UBC, Student Engagement, Wiki
By Tammy Yasrobi on September 27, 2012
Read more about the transition to UBC’s new Learning Management System.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Connect, Course Technologies, CTLT Newsletter, Learning Spaces, Student Engagement, WebCT Vista
By Amy Perreault and Sarah Ling on September 25, 2012
Learn more about this year-long series, which combines mini-class lectures, interactive group activities, and one-on-one discussions.
Posted in Aboriginal Initiatives, Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Aboriginal Initiatives, Classroom Climate, Events, Student Engagement
By Maria Trujillo on September 5, 2012
Maryel Sparks Cardinal discusses how her film course project raised awareness of Aboriginal history, and encouraged dialogue.
Posted in Aboriginal Initiatives, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Aboriginal Initiatives, Events, Student Engagement
By Lilian Coutts on August 15, 2012
At the 2012 CTLT Institute, Carol Naylor discussed how faculty can make use of UBC student survey results and other related statistics to understand their students’ needs.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Course Design, CTLT Institute, Events, Student Engagement, Teaching Practice
By Renee Mok on July 20, 2012
Representatives from England and Italy came to UBC to discuss the use of mobile devices and social networking in education.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Course Design, Course Technologies, Engagement, Events, Learning Design, Mobile Learning, Personal Learning Environments, Student Engagement, Teaching Practice
By Maria Trujillo on May 3, 2012
At the Reading Break Refresher Series, attendees discussed ways to create a classroom environment that supports diversity and inclusion.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Events, Graduate Student Refresher Series, Learning Spaces, Student Engagement
