Teaching & Learning in Connect: Principles, Strategies and Tools

Thu, May 30, 2013 9:15 AM - 11:45 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. This hands-on workshop is designed for faculty who want to learn more about the science of learning and discover 7 research-based principles and...

Teaching Portfolios for Promotion and Tenure

Wed, May 29, 2013 1:15 PM - 3:45 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Evidence of your teaching and research accomplishments should be gathered with equal commitment and care. In developing a teaching portfolio, you learn to...

Learning Experiences of English as Additional Language (EAL) Students

Wed, May 29, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Consider the UBC student population: 79% speak two or more languages, and 50% speak English as their mother tongue. How can instructors draw the full...

Weaving Artistic Practices into Teaching and Learning: Exploring Possibilities

Wed, May 29, 2013 9:15 AM - 11:45 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. In this workshop we will explore how arts-based activities and creative expression can support learners to develop understandings of concepts and theories...

Implementing Formative Student Feedback on Teaching: Benefits and Challenges

Tue, May 28, 2013 1:15 PM - 4:15 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Students can provide useful formative (during a course) feedback for continuous teaching improvement. Asking for, providing, and responding to this...

Team-based Learning: Transforming the Use of Learning Groups in the Classroom

Tue, May 28, 2013 9:15 AM - 11:45 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. In this highly interactive session you will get an opportunity to not only learn about Team-Based Learning (TBL), but also to experience it firsthand. TBL...

Open Courses, Open Pedagogies

Mon, May 27, 2013 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. The word “open” is increasingly being mentioned in conjunction with teaching and learning. Open education is an effort to eliminate access barriers, such...

Adoption of Instructional Methods: What is the Role of Evidence?

Mon, May 27, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. How do education research results inform post-secondary teaching practice? This session will include some lessons learned from the Carl Wieman Science...

2013 CTLT Institute

Mon, May 27, 2013 12:00 AM - Fri, May 31, 2013, 12:00 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. The CTLT Institute offers you an opportunity to network with colleagues and share practice and experiences around teaching, learning...

The rocket science of sustainability: What alien worlds teach us about our own

Tue, May 21, 2013 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM See description. FREE. Water is important to all of us, but it has recently become especially exciting to astronomers hunting for alien worlds. We are now finding planets that orbit in the "habitable zones" around...

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