2016 Events

The Pedagogy of Open Science: The ‘Open Turn’ and Research, Teaching, and Learning.

Date & Time Monday May 2nd, 9:30-10:15am Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Seminar Room (2.22) Description The open science movement responds to an urgent need to rethink the production and dissemination of scientific research in contemporary society. Open science emphasizes engaging with open source software, open data, open access publishing, and […]

Student Peer Feedback: Why and How?

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 10:30am-12:30pm Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Seminar Room (2.22) Description Student peer feedback is a reciprocal process whereby students provide feedback on the work of peers and receive feedback from peers on their own work. It has several benefits which include providing learners with a greater […]

Celebrating Educational Leadership

Date & Time Wednesday May 4th, 8:00am-5:00pm Location UBC Point Grey – Pharmaceutical Sciences, Room 3340 Description Educational leadership is becoming increasingly important across the UBC campus yet what it means, how to document it, and how it maps onto the teaching and learning activities of faculty remains unclear. This Celebrate Learning Week event, hosted […]

3 Minutes, 3 Slides + Roundtable Discussion

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 1:30-3:30pm Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room (301) Description Come to this lively gathering with faculty members from UBC and beyond, who will share their teaching practices in a roundtable format. The session with begin with a brief introduction of all topics. Participants will […]

UBC Studios Open House

Date & Time Wednesday May 4th, 1:30-3:30pm Location UBC Point Grey – University Services Building, UBC Studios Description With support from the provost office, UBC Studios has recently setup new educational media support services and studios for all UBC faculty and staff. This hands on studio tour will introduce you to our new services. The […]

Teaching in the Vantage One Science Program: Sharing Our Curricular and Pedagogical Insights from Teaching English Language Learners

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 10:30am-12:30pm Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Chilcotin Room (256) Description This session will showcase how we, as faculty members, have adapted and improved our instructional approaches as a result of teaching in the Vantage One science program. This first-year experience program offers international students the […]

The Scholarship of Educational Leadership (SoEL) Within and Across UBC’s Diverse Disciplinary Contexts

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 10:30am-12:30pm Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room (301) Description Universities around the world recognize the importance and complexity of providing high quality and high engagement student learning experiences in diverse, internationally-responsive and technology-enabled undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In research-intensive university (RIU) environments, for […]

Effective Strategies for In-Class Review

Date & Time Tuesday May 2nd, 9:30-10:15am Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Seminar Room (2.22) Description Managing the variation in students’ background understanding is one of the greatest challenges for successful university teaching. Many instructors devote significant class time to reviewing concepts from previous courses in the hopes of creating a […]

How Can We Use Flexible Learning Strategies to Increase Student Engagement and Learning?

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 9:30-10:15am Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Chilcotin Room (256) Description Flexible learning strategies (including flipped classrooms and blended learning environments) have great potential to engage learners and enrich their learning experience. However, it can be challenging to add these elements to a course so that […]

Using the ‘Rapid Reflection on Learnings Process’ in Graduate Teaching

Date & Time Tuesday May 3rd, 9:30-10:15am Location UBC Point Grey – Irving Barber Learning Centre, Lillooet Room (301) Description In this session, we critically evaluate the use of what we call a ‘rapid reflection on learnings’ process in the context of our graduate teaching. The process involves use of an open-ended set of questions […]