TA Training Poster Information Session
TA Training Poster Information Session Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 12:30pm – 4:30pm Location: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (3rd Floor) Description: This session will showcase the different processes departments and faculties use to train their teaching assistants. It is intended to provide information to students who may be interested in becoming TA’s. […]
Approaches and innovations in an integrated basic science/clinical curriculum
Approaches and innovations in an integrated basic science/clinical curriculum Date & Time: Tuesday, October 28, 9am – 11:30am Location: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Robert Sindelar Seminar Room, #3340 Description: There is a trend across health professional education to move towards more integrated curricula, ones that integrate horizontally across disciplines and vertically between basic and clinical sciences. Such […]
Our Truth: UBC’s Engagement with the TRC One Year Later
In this panel discussion, invited Faculty and Students reflect on their exploration and engagement with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, last year on September 18, 2014, and how they are bringing awareness of Indigenous content into their teaching and learning environments now…one year later. During the session, participants are invited to reflect on their own engagement with the topic, pose questions to panelists, and encouraged to go deeper in their own practice.
Film Screening: RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Film Screening: RiP! A Remix Manifesto Date & Time: Thursday, October 30, 4pm – 6pm Location: Room 216, Koerner Library Description: Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age. In the process they dissect the media landscape of the 21st century and shatter the wall between […]
To Flex Your Learning or Not? Choices on this Evolving Spectrum and Some Implications for Educators
To Flex Your Learning or Not? Choices on this Evolving Spectrum and Some Implications for Educators Paul Cubbon Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 3pm – 3:50pm Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: Flexible learning is all the rage. It’s got to be good hasn’t it? Flexibility sounds so desirable for busy students. But […]
Debate: Are MOOCs Good for Higher Education?
Debate: Are MOOCs Good for Higher Education? Jon Beasley-Murray, Gregor Kiczales, Christina Hendricks. Moderated by Angela Redish Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2pm – 2:50pm Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are subject to both hype and criticism. In 2012, the New York Times declared it was the […]
Flexible Learning: Enabling Greater Access to Learning at UBC
Flexible Learning: Enabling Greater Access to Learning at UBC Jeff Miller Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 1pm – 1:50pm Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: Open education can be understood as a collection of practices that utilize online technology to freely share knowledge and to increase access to learning. The creative act of […]
Brown Bag Session: Open Education Resources – Where Do I Put My Stuff
Brown Bag Session: Open Education Resources – Where Do I Put My Stuff Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 12pm – 12:50pm Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: While finding open education resources for your course is complicated on its own, organizing and storing these resources to make them easily usable and findable also […]
The Student as Producer: How UBC Courses are Transforming Learning by Contributing To and Improving Wikipedia
The Student as Producer: How UBC Courses are Transforming Learning by Contributing To and Improving Wikipedia Patrick Earley and Rose Marie Déchaine Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 11am – 11:50am Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: The student as producer pedagogical model emphasizes the role of the student as collaborators in the production […]
Open Adventures in Educational Gaming – From Trading Cards, to Game Design Teacher Hackathons, to Role Playing our Global Future
Open Adventures in Educational Gaming – From Trading Cards, to Game Design Teacher Hackathons, to Role Playing our Global Future David Ng Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 10am – 10:50am Location: Lillooet Room, 3rd Floor, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Description: The AMBL (the educational arm of the Michael Smith Laboratories) lab of late has been exploring the […]