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.
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 CTLT, shares her reading list […]
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.
Recap: 2019 Celebrate Learning Week
The eleventh annual Celebrate Learning Week took place April 29 through May 5 at UBC’s Vancouver campus, featuring 21 events from 9 departments showcasing teaching and learning at UBC. This year’s inclusive-teaching themed week welcomed 400 attendees.
What we’re reading: Ido Roll
“What we’re reading” is a regular feature in Dialogues, CTLT’s bi-monthly newsletter. In each edition, one staffer at CTLT will share what they’re currently reading and offer some poignant suggestions for your reading list. Ido Roll, ISoTL director and a senior manager for research and evaluation at CTLT, shares his reading list from the May […]
Celebrating Teaching Excellence: Nominating a 3M National Teaching Fellow
In March 2019, a group of recent 3M National Teaching Fellows at UBC came together and shared their practical experience of preparing for the nomination with aspiring educational leaders.
Students hack away at educational data during Learning Analytics + Canvas API Hackathon
UBC held its fifth learning analytics Hackathon on March 29 and 30, bringing more than 100 students together to get experience analyzing and visualizing educational data and exploring the emerging field of learning analytics.
