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Building trust: How UBC’s Students as Partners initiative improved the Middle East Studies’ undergraduate learning experience

By Remy Corbet posted on February 2, 2023

Learn how UBC’s Students as Partners initiative helped improve students’ input by involving them in the design, delivery and assessment of a course.
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UBC 8th Learning Analytics Hackathon – Untapping Canvas potential

By Remy Corbet posted on November 15, 2022

This one-day event gave 100 UBC students a chance to showcase their learning analytics project and data skills, and to optimize the teaching and learning experience on Canvas.
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Redesigning the Bachelor of Media Studies experience

By Remy Corbet posted on November 8, 2022

Dr. Richard Arias-Hernandez and Christine D'Onofrio share how their team transformed the upcoming Bachelor of Media Studies' curriculum to create a more unified learning experience for students.
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Learning a foreign language with a little help from the local community

By Remy Corbet posted on October 18, 2022

In this story, learn how the Department of Asian Studies leveraged the local community to create a positive and interactive learning environment of Chinese language and culture that brings students, instructors and communities together.
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Indigenous Initiatives Design Series: Decolonizing Teaching and Learning in STEM

By Remy Corbet posted on July 27, 2022

As Indigenous perspectives are being more integrated into curricula, STEM has often been thought to be a challenging area to approach for change. In this story, three instructors share how, through their experiences with the Indigenous Initiatives Design Series workshops, they implemented durable change in their courses.
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