Certificate in Advanced Teaching and Learning: fostering grad students’ teaching expertise
In December 2016, the first cohort of participants graduated from the Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning.
Session addresses the intersection between campus and classroom climate at UBC
Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal discusses issues of responsibility and positionality in conversations around classroom and campus climates.
UBC narrows down list of vendors for new learning technology ecosystem
Find out more about UBC’s project to help shape the university’s next generation learning technology ecosystem (LTE).
UBC professors discuss importance of territory acknowledgements
UBC professors discuss the meaning and importance of territory and land acknowledgements, their broader cultural meaning, and how to meaningfully incorporate them into the classroom.
Open textbooks save UBC Math students $1,000,000
UBC Math instructors have widely adopted open or freely accessible textbooks, saving students money and providing them with a more customized learning experience.
Open Dialogues: How to engage with a new generation of learners
Jon Festinger, an instructor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, explains how he has been using open education tools to engage students in a course about video game law.
Developing original learning technology
English professor Tiffany Potter wanted to bring learning technology into her classroom but struggled with how to make technology serve her discipline, rather than the other way around.
New faculty and staff welcomed to UBC
This year’s orientation, hosted in late August by CTLT and UBC Human Resources, welcomed more than ninety new faculty and staff members from a range of units, departments, and faculties.
Designing good learning environments
Instructors talk about how to design good learning environments on campus.
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.
