Giving Ownership of Learning back to the Students: Flat Space, Deep Learning
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.
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.
Where Are We in the World? – Film Screening
Where Are We in the World? is a series of films that feature sites around the Lower Mainland shaped by often ignored or hidden histories of struggle and agency. Join us for a debut screening event on Friday, March 6, 2015.
This Changed My Teaching: Transforming Large Classes into Interactive Learning Environments
A team of UBC Linguistics instructors discuss how using a flipped classroom model has changed their teaching and is changing the learning experience for their students.
Reshaping the Campus Experience: Learning Environment Design Workshop
From November 3 – 7, join UBC’s Dr. Simon Bates and University of Melbourne’s Professor Peter Jamieson to redesign the UBC campus for tomorrow’s digital world.
Flexible Learning Open House, June 9 – 10
A keynote address by Derek Bruff (Director, Vanderbilt University Centre For Teaching) features as part of the 2014 CTLT Institute.
A Space of One’s Own
Melbourne University’s Peter Jamieson on how one landmark event or idea can be the catalyst for future successes.
Team-Based Learning: Effectively Flipping Your Course
UBC’s Jim Sibley on this unique and powerful form of small group learning, first developed at the University of Oklahoma in the 1970’s.
CTLT partners with the Dean’s Office on the Arts Outcomes Project
New project asks: What does it mean to communicate as a linguist, a philosopher, or a classicist?
Truth and Reconciliation at UBC: Reconciliation and LFS 350
Dr. Eduardo Jovel discusses how he was able to engage students in his LFS 350 course with the TRC.
