Job posting: Deputy Academic Director
The Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology (CTLT) is looking to appoint a tenured UBC Vancouver faculty member as Deputy Academic Director. The position is part of CTLT’s senior management team and will provide additional strategic academic leadership to the expanding range of key projects and activities supporting teaching and learning at UBC.
Registration is now open!
The 2019 TA Institute will take place from January 15-18 in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
CTLT’s Cindy Underhill wins BCcampus Award for Excellence in OpenED
Underhill, a learning design strategist, has championed students’ voices through her innovative, collaborative and creative approach to learning design leading to projects like the Digital Tattoo and the Learning Commons.
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.
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.
2018 SoTL Seed & Dissemination Fund Call for Proposals
Along with the ISoTL and CTLT, the Provost’s Office is excited to announce a new fund to support the publishing and and dissemination of SoTL work.
Associate Professor Maja Kzric honoured with Award for Excellence in Open Education
Maja Krzic, a soil scientist and associate professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems was named the eighth recipient of BCcampus’ Award for Excellence in Open Education for her work in establishing the Virtual Science Learning Resources (VSSLR) group.
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.
