PURE: Program for Undergraduate Research
Broadening access to and enhancing undergraduate research experiences is a central priority in UBC’s new strategic plan. As such, the university has committed $1 million in strategic funds over two years to fund the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE).
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
Killam Award winners share inspiration, joy of teaching
Five graduate students who recently completed CTLT’s Certificate in Advanced Teaching and Learning are honoured with the prestigious Killam Awards.
Open Dialogues: Using wiki pages to advance student-created knowledge
Students in the Faculty of Forestry are no strangers to producing engaging content surrounding natural resources management — the medium is changing though.
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.
Students Crack Data at Learning Analytics Hackathon
First ever learning analytics hackathon at UBC attracted over 70 participants.
