First-Year Educators’ Symposium
For faculty and staff who are passionate about and interested in teaching and student engagement in relation to the first-year experience (FYE) at UBC.
Call for proposals for small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) innovation projects is open
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic invites faculty, staff and students to submit proposals for small TLEF innovation projects.
New Faculty Orientation Guide
The 2018/19 New Faculty Orientation Guide provides a helpful collection of materials most commonly of interest to new faculty in their first year of teaching at UBC.
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.
TLEF snapshot: Bringing design-making and building tools to architecture students
A TLEF project helps School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture students build and use 3-D printing, laser cutting and robotic milling.
CTLT’s Ido Roll honoured with the President’s Staff Award in Leadership
Ido Roll, the Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation for UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, has been awarded with the President’s Staff Award in Leadership.
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.
Checkpoints help PharmD students self-assess learning
Weekly quizzes are helping students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences test their understanding of course material.
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.
Announcement: The Appointment of Dr. Simon Bates, Associate-Provost, Teaching and Learning
On May 28, 2018, Professor Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President Academic announced the appointment of Dr. Simon Bates to the role of Associate-Provost, Teaching and Learning.
