Invited Scholars Seminars – Torgny Roxa – 2008
2008 University teachers have strong ownership over what happens in the university classrooms and are often internally motivated. This seminar will deal with how these individuals can be influenced toward a more scholarly approach to teaching. The purpose of the presented perspective is to reach a state where teaching is continuously improved. A socio-cultural approach […]
Invited Scholars Seminars – John McKnight – 2008
2008 For nearly three decades, John McKnight has conducted research on social service delivery systems, health policy, community organizations, neighborhood policy, and institutional racism. He currently directs research projects focused on asset-based neighborhood development and methods of community building by incorporating marginalized people. McKnight has been associated with many of the Institute’s major research projects […]
Invited Scholars Seminars – Mary Taylor Huber – 2006
2006 The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The pedagogical landscape of higher education is changing. Undergraduate teaching still involves a familiar mix of lectures, laboratories, and seminars. But around the world, faculty are redesigning courses and curricula to engage students in more active, collaborative, and community-based learning; exploring the best ways to make […]
Invites Scholars Seminars – Mick Healey – 2006
2006 Linking research and teaching is a contentious topic of international interest. The links may take many different forms and vary by the nature of the discipline and institution of higher education. The main aim of this seminar/workshop is to explore interactively the complexity and contested nature of the research-teaching nexus. It is argued that […]
Invited Scholars Seminars – Allyson Hadwin – 2006
June 2006 Dr. Allyson Hadwin is currently an assistant professor at the University of Victoria and the Learning and Teaching Scholar (2005-2006) at the Learning and Teaching Centre. Her research focuses on the social aspects of self-regulated learning, as well as the ways technologies can support self, shared-regulation and co-regulation. Dr. Hadwin uses multiple methodologies […]
Invited Scholars Seminars – Catherine Finnegan – 2005
2005 Dr. Catherine Finnegan is the Associate Director for Assessment and Public Information with the Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG). ALT coordinates System-wide efforts to standardize processes and to efficiently and effectively design instructional opportunities for use by multiple campuses, through the facilitation of […]
Invited Scholars Seminar – Dan Bernstein
2006 Dan Bernstein received an A.B. in psychology from Stanford University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at San Diego in 1973. He was a Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln from 1973 until 2002, when he became Director or the Center for Teaching Excellence […]
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology: New Organizational Structure
Below is a message from David H. Farrar, Provost and Vice President Academic, regarding the new organizational structure of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. You can view the full pdf document here. May 10, 2010 To: All Members of the University Community From: David H. Farrar, Provost and Vice President Academic Re: Update, […]
e-Portfolios at a Glance: Report and Business Writing at the UBC Writing Centre
Recently, we sat down with Ramona Montagnes, Director of the UBC Writing Centre and the instructor of Report and Business Writing, to discuss the use e-Portfolios and the level of effectiveness it has contributed to her class.
UBC Distance Learning in the News
The Metro newspaper recently did a series on continuing education in Canada. The series includes three articles which feature distance learning at UBC.
