Course Design
Open Dialogues: Designing learning resources with empathy
By Abigail Saxton on January 2, 2019
In a tiny sound studio on the third floor in the Chapman Learning Commons, students Selina Boan and Kenny Park are rushing to get the latest edition of their podcast series, in[Tuition], produced. The final exam period is creeping up and their topic of discussion is apt for a UBC student audience: procrastination.
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Curriculum Mapping in the Faculty of Arts
By Emi Sasagawa on August 31, 2016
Curriculum mapping is helping departments across UBC identify gaps or redundancies in their degree programs, and spot missed opportunities.
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5 High Impact Teaching Practices
By Michael Wong on July 29, 2015
At STLHE 2015, Dr. L. Dee Fink discussed five high impact teaching practices that have the most potential to transform teaching and learning in higher education.
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Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching – With or Without Technology
By Michael Wong on July 29, 2015
Dr. Marsha Lovett kicked off the 2015 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference by talking about how deliberate instruction can enhance teaching and learning, and how it can have a positive effect on the student learning experience.
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Open Badges UBC – Pioneering Badge-Based Learning Pathways
By Kate Kalil on July 29, 2015
Learn more about the Open Badges UBC project. Find out how UBC faculty and staff are implementing open badges in three pilot projects to encourage student engagement.
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Supporting Collaboration, Reflection, and Community Engagement in Diverse Learning Environments
By Amy Luo on July 20, 2015
Learn how community-based experiential learning and team-based learning approaches are being used in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
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Flexible Learning in Nursing
By Michael Wong on June 30, 2015
Learn how the School of Nursing is implementing a hybrid approach to course delivery in the undergraduate curriculum. Instructors share their experience, and discuss how the hybrid approach is enhancing student learning, engagement, and satisfaction.
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Join us in Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment
By Michael Wong on May 11, 2015
The next installment of Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment (T-BLE) will take place from June 3 – July 29, 2015. Hear what faculty members have to say about their experience, and how they are transforming their courses as a result of T-BLE.
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Giving Ownership of Learning back to the Students: Flat Space, Deep Learning
By Amy Luo on March 25, 2015
Earlier this year, Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University, joined UBC to share his team-based and project-based approach to an introductory physics course at Harvard.
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Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment (T-BLE)
By Terri Kennedy on January 6, 2015
Are you thinking of blending your course? Join us in Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment (T-BLE).
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