CTLT Summer Institute
Join us for the CTLT Summer Institute from August 19–29 and September 4–6 for free professional development workshops for new instructors and TAs with a focus on the fundamentals of teaching and learning.
UBC and Amazon Web Services announce Canada’s first Cloud Innovation Centre
UBC and Amazon Web Services to launch Canada’s first university-based Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC). Students, staff and faculty will get to collaborate in a team-based, hands-on environment as they leverage the power of AWS cloud technology in their work.
UBC brings a new focus on teaching to Congress 2019
For the 88th annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, UBC introduced the Pedagogy Hub. This new programming brought together hundreds of faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from across disciplines to explore diverse topics in teaching and learning.
Online and Blended Learning: A Catalyst in Higher Education Reforms
In the June edition of Edubytes, our guest editors, Chris Crowley and Afsaneh Sharif, will be exploring online learning. Afsaneh is a Faculty Liaison and Senior Project Manager at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and has twenty years of experience in open, online and technology-enhanced course and program development. She has been listed as one of the top 90 Canadian researchers in online, blended and distance education and has taught an online course called “Designing and Teaching Online Courses” internationally for many years.
What we’re reading: Hanae Tsukada
“What we’re reading” is a regular feature in Dialogues, CTLT’s bi-monthly newsletter. In each edition, one staff member at CTLT will share what they’re currently reading and offer some poignant suggestions for your reading list. Hanae Tsukada, educational strategist at UBC’s Equity & Inclusion Office who works in partnership with the CTLT, shares her reading […]
Jaclyn Stewart appointed CTLT Deputy Academic Director
CTLT is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jaclyn (Jackie) Stewart as the new Deputy Academic Director. Her three-year term begins on July 1, 2019.
Recap: 2019 Spring Institute
The 2019 Spring Institute, hosted on May 21–24 offered educators within the UBC teaching and learning community opportunities to interact with this year’s theme of Embracing Creativity & Risk-Taking.
Call for Letters of Intent for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund projects
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver, invites individuals to submit Letters of Intent for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Transformation projects.
Pedagogy Hub at Congress
Join us June 1-6 at the Pedagogy Hub at Congress, creating a physical and intellectual space for Circles of Conversation around teaching and learning, inviting crossover discussions among associations and disciplines.
Teaching Assistantship as Teaching Preparation
In the May edition of Edubytes, we will be exploring teaching assistantship as teaching preparation. Our guest editor, Joseph Topornycky, has curated the first part of this edition of Edubytes. Joseph is a manager of graduate student programs with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT).
