Students hack away at educational data during Learning Analytics + Canvas API Hackathon
UBC held its fifth learning analytics Hackathon on March 29 and 30, bringing more than 100 students together to get experience analyzing and visualizing educational data and exploring the emerging field of learning analytics.
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.
Applying Principles of Learning to Teaching – With or Without Technology
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.
Open Badges UBC – Pioneering Badge-Based Learning Pathways
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.
Flexible Learning in Nursing
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.
Join us in Teaching in a Blended Learning Environment
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.
Lightboard Learning Technology – Free for UBC Faculty and Staff
Lightboard, a new lecture-capture technology at UBC, is free to use for all UBC faculty and staff.
SOILx Receives Platinum MarCom Award
SOILx, an educational resource for soil types and soil sites, has been awarded a 2014 Platinum MarCom Award in Mobile and Web-Based Technology.
Create Short, Dynamic Videos with Lightboard
From now until the end of May 2015, Lightboard, the brand new learning technology at UBC, will be free and available for all UBC instructors and staff.
UBC Lightboard lights up the classroom
Ground-breaking Lightboard technology enables teachers to record lecture notes, diagrams and more, for easy online viewing.
