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What we’re reading 2019 highlights
“What we’re reading” is a regular feature in Dialogues, the CTLT’s bi-monthly newsletter. This edition, we are pleased to present a look at this year’s highlights with contributions from Christina Hendricks, Afsaneh Sharif, Ido Roll, Hanae Tsukada, Jeff Miller and Jackie Stewart.
Why sexual assault awareness month should matter to us all
As UBC approaches the tenth year of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it’s important to reflect on the efforts to date and how the university can further support this impactful initiative. Read the interview with Sasha Wiley-Shaw to learn more.
When will we be ready? Sharing responsibility for Indigenous engagement in teaching and learning
Panelists shared their experiences and practices on topics related to Indigenous content including: mandatory curricula, the roles and responsibilities of instructors, the impact of sharing responsibility on student learning and more.
With access to five years of course data, students create new apps at the Learning Analytics Hackathon
Over 50 students, researchers, and instructors spent a weekend creating apps and dashboards to improve student learning and experiences.
Peer Review of Teaching
In the November edition of Edubytes, our guest editor, Isabeau Iqbal, will be exploring the topic of peer review of teaching. Isabeau is a Senior Educational Consultant, Educational Leadership, at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT). She leads UBC’s formative peer review of teaching program for faculty members and is involved in various summative peer review of teaching initiatives.
Celebrate SoTL 2019
On October 24, the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) hosted the second annual Celebrate SoTL event. This full-day event gave Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) practitioners, new faculty and students across UBC the opportunity to engage in dialogue around teaching and […]
Teaching as Performance
Aaron Langille approaches teaching as performance, he shared his six strategies with UBC faculty: voice dynamic, eye contact, audience involvement, pop culture, humour, and improvisation.
What we’re reading: Jackie Stewart
Each edition, we ask one CTLT staffer to share their reading list and inspiring stories. This edition, we are pleased to present a look at the bookshelf of Jackie Stewart, deputy academic director. Is there a specific book that inspired you to transform your teaching practice? This summer I spent a lot of time thinking […]
Free textbooks, an open problem library and more open educational resources being developed at UBC
On October 1, UBC staff and faculty were invited to attend a panel discussion exploring experiences in implementing open educational resources (OER) projects at the University of British Columbia. Christina Hendricks, academic director at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, moderated the panel, in her introduction she defined OER as “any teaching and learning […]
Open Education
In the October edition of Edubytes, our guest editors from the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), Christina Hendricks, academic director; Lucas Wright, senior educational consultant; and Will Engle, strategist of open education initiatives, have curated the first part of this edition where they will be exploring open education.
