Engagement
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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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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UBC Lightboard lights up the classroom
By Sophie Gardner on October 15, 2014
Ground-breaking Lightboard technology enables teachers to record lecture notes, diagrams and more, for easy online viewing.
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Truth and Reconciliation at UBC: Reconciliation and LFS 350
By Michael Wong on March 27, 2014
Dr. Eduardo Jovel discusses how he was able to engage students in his LFS 350 course with the TRC.
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həm̓ləsəm̓ and q̓ələχən House Films Released!
By Sarah Ling on February 19, 2014
Find out about a new educational film series being developed by CTLT’s Aboriginal Initiatives team.
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Truth and Reconciliation at UBC: Engaging Biology Students with the TRC
By Michael Wong on January 29, 2014
Find out how Shona Ellis and Pam Kalas were able to engage over 200 BIOL 121 students with the TRC.
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