The New Learning Technology: Lightboard Demo Session (Session 2)
The New Learning Technology: Lightboard Demo Session (Session 2) Date & Time: Friday, October 31, 12:00pm – 12:45pm Location: Room B-32 (in the basement), Woodward Instructional Resource Centre, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, V6T 1Z3 (location on the map) Description: Lightboard is a new learning tool/technology at UBC designed for facilitating the process of teaching and learning for both […]
The New Learning Technology: Lightboard Demo Session (Session 1)
The New Learning Technology: Lightboard Demo Session (Session 1) Date & Time: Friday, October 31, 11:00am – 11:45am Location: Room B-32 (in the basement), Woodward Instructional Resource Centre, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, V6T 1Z3 (location on the map) Description: Lightboard is a new learning tool/technology at UBC designed for facilitating the process of teaching and learning for […]
What Next? Creating Your Own Community Experience
What Next? Creating Your Own Community Experience Date & Time: Thursday, October 30, 9:00 am – 11:00 am Location: Brock Hall, 1874 East Mall Description: Connect to Community and Chapman & Innovation grant winners share how they took past experiences and shaped an exciting new project with community. At this event, you’ll meet and mingle with the […]
Wall Wednesdays Afternoon Series – Indisciplines
Wall Wednesdays Afternoon Series – Indisciplines Date & Time: Wednesday, October 29, 4 – 5pm Location: University Centre, Lower Level, Room 176, 6331 Crescent Road Description: Please join us for a talk with Manuel Piña Baldoquín, Wall Scholar, Art History, Visual Art & Theory, UBC. This event is part of a series of talks – the Wall Wednesday Afternoon Series. Attendees enjoy […]
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 […]