Events

Literature Reviews for Humanities, Social Sciences and Education

This online workshop is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education. Topics include: what is a literature review, finding the right databases, search strategies, finding scholarly articles, and resources to help you keep track of your research. Registration is required.

Ink Dance

The Canadian Society for Asian Arts and the UBC Asian Library are presenting an online overview and demonstration of Chinese calligraphy. Introductions to “the four treasures of the scholar’s studio” (ink stick, ink stone, writing brush and paper), coupled with demonstrations will animate the talk. Registration is required.

Balancing Life and Learning Online: Self-Care and Productivity

Drawing from advice and experiences of CLC Assistants, you will develop approaches to working remotely that keep your wellbeing in mind and consider how your unique context might impact your work-life balance. You’ll leave with resources to support your success. Registration is required.

Lay Summaries: Writing

Lay summaries offer researchers opportunities to increase the visibility and accessibility of their scientific studies and thus invite public dialogue. This workshop introduces graduate researchers to some of the ways in which lay summaries differ from scientific abstracts, the multiple purposes of lay summaries, and how lay summaries enhance science communication. Participants will write or revise a draft lay summary during dedicated writing time and receive feedback from facilitators and peers. Registration is required.

Metadata basics: describing research data

Metadata is information that describes a resource (i.e. data about data). When used effectively, metadata helps with usability, discovery, and storage of research. After completing this workshop, participants will be able to articulate what metadata is and how it is used, select a metadata standard that best suits their project and discipline, and select an appropriate tool for creating and maintaining metadata. Registration is required.

Honouring Indigenous Writers – Learning to Edit Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia based on a model of open community-generated knowledge. However information gaps, biases, exclusions, and assumptions about “neutrality” means there remains lots of work to be done but in order to change the space we need to know how to edit. Join us for this hands-on session on how to edit Wikipedia. Registration is required.

Open Education Lightning Talks and Panel

Want to learn more about what working on an Open Education or OER project actually looks like from the instructor’s perspective? Join the Lightning Talks and Panel session with instructors who will share their experiences moving their teaching into the open. Registration is required.