Features
Open UBC snapshot: Use of open resources continues to increase
By Will Engle on January 11, 2018
The adoption and use of open resources at UBC continues to increase, with student savings in academic year 2017 estimated at $1.4 to $2.2 million.
TLEF snapshot: UBC Himalaya Program integrates language learning and community engaged learning
By Heather McCabe on January 10, 2018
Sara Shneiderman talks about how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project will help develop the UBC Himalaya Program.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC
By Wendy Chan on January 8, 2018
January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) at UBC.
Instructors share innovations in teaching at UBC’s Tech Showcase
By Heidi Wudrick on December 20, 2017
The Learning Technology Hub’s Teaching with Technology Showcase brought together nearly 200 faculty and staff members for hands-on demonstrations of innovative uses of technology in education.
Muslim literacy workshop explores and challenges narratives
By Wendy Chan on December 11, 2017
On November 9, UBC staff, faculty, and students were invited to discuss and deconstruct narratives about Muslims and marginalized communities.
Open Dialogues: How to use open tools and resources for problem sets
By emi1989 on November 30, 2017
For a long time engineering instructors have had homework problems for students in UBC’s Learning Management System (LMS). That is, until recently, when they found that students preferred the WeBWorK problems they were getting in their math courses.
Panel explores tension and risk in open scholarship
By emi1989 on November 17, 2017
Last month UBC, in partnership with BCIT, SFU and BCcampus, held a panel discussion exploring the tensions and risks on open scholarship, as part of International Open Access Week.
Confronting uncomfortable conversations in the classroom: the pedagogy of emotion
By Erin Yun on November 6, 2017
According to Jude Walker and Shayna Hornstein, “catching yourself” during a moment of high emotion involves a practice of awareness and attunement to our own body’s reaction to the situation
New course tackles ‘wicked problems’ with strategic design methodology
By Julia Burnham on October 31, 2017
Starting in January 2018, undergraduate students will have the chance to participate in the pilot of an experiential learning course focused on ‘wicked problems’.
Future health professionals receive crucial training in Indigenous culture
By Erik Rolfsen, UBC Public Affairs on October 18, 2017
Students from 11 of UBC’s health-related programs will come together for the first time on Thursday for a new learning experience designed to help them better serve Indigenous people.
The CTLT is located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. These lands have long been a place of learning for Musqueam, with cultural and traditional knowledge passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.