Open Dialogues: Designing learning resources with empathy
In a tiny sound studio on the third floor in the Chapman Learning Commons, students Selina Boan and Kenny Park are rushing to get the latest edition of their podcast series, in[Tuition], produced. The final exam period is creeping up and their topic of discussion is apt for a UBC student audience: procrastination.
Apps for students, by students, at the Canvas API Hackathon
UBC held its first Canvas API Hackathon on Oct. 27 and 28, with more than 100 students signing up to spend their weekend creating apps and dashboards for Canvas, UBC’s new online learning platform.
ePortfolios elevate student voice and work
The Faculty of Arts wants each of their students to cross the graduation stage with confidence—confidence in their skills, their future and the potential of their degree. But in a faculty with more than 12,000 students across 25 programs, this is no easy feat.
Open Dialogues: Using augmented reality to enhance learning
In a media-rich world, UBC geography professor Siobhan McPhee is using technology for her students’ advantage.
CIRTL Summer Institute
Join us for a five-day teaching intensive that combines an emphasis on learning evidence and theory-based approaches to teaching and learning with the opportunity to apply those theories in practice.
Online peer assessment workshop teaches students critical evaluation and feedback skills
When Dr. Peter Graf was an undergraduate student, the only time he was exposed to the work of his peers was when he went to pick up his graded essay in a box outside his professor’s door. Curious, he picked up a stack papers and sat down to read through them. “I really wanted to […]
Learning Technology: Enhancing WordPress as a learning technology
Philosophy professor Christina Hendricks created Studiorum, a set of plugins for WordPress, to improve the critiquing process for students in her Arts One.
Learning Technology Environment Renewal Project
Faculty and students are being consulted university-wide to evaluate future options for the core of our Learning Technology Environment. Your feedback is essential to capture the pedagogical and functional requirements that support faculty in meeting their teaching goals and students in their learning.
Learning Technology Hub Open House
Attend the LT Hub Open House to speak with skilled and knowledgeable LT educational consultants about integrating learning technologies into your face-to-face, blended or online course.
Using In-Class Student Behaviour Data to Inform Predictive Analytics
Join us for a thought provoking presentation discussing how data that is mined using the Echo360 Active Learning Platform is used to develop models for predicting student success based on a student’s background and behaviours during class.
