Event Tag Archives: IKBLC

The ComPAIR Project: Student Experiences with a New Teaching Technology

This presentation introduces ComPAIR, an innovative peer-feedback and teaching technology being developed at UBC. Participants will engage with the application hands-on to learn about this new way to integrate comparison and peer feedback into other modes of teaching. We will then review the results of an extended assessment of student experience with ComPAIR through three […]

Credit: PexelsEvaluation of Teaching: Integrated Reporting of Summary Statistics

Student Evaluation of Teaching (SEoT) summary statistics are going through a transition and a new Integrated Reporting tool is now implemented. The Reporting Tool will be accessible to department heads and directors. If you are involved in using the results for evaluating instructors in your program, come to this session to learn about the steps […]

writing-notes-idea-conferenceWriting Assignment and Assessment Design

This three-hour workshop introduces best practices for designing more effective formal science writing assignments, including the importance of context, active thinking and learning strategies, and assessment (e.g. rubrics). During the workshop, participants will focus on audience, purpose and genre for writing assignments, will have the opportunity to assess the design of their own assignment and […]

Developing a Course-Level Graduate TA Program

Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) play a pivotal role in undergraduate education; however, they often receive insufficient professional development to prepare them for effective teaching in a university setting. In the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, we have incorporated a course-level GTA development program into a large-enrollment course with 10 GTAs in order that the […]

IKBLC students. Photo credit: Martin Dee / UBC Communications & MarketingBuilding Digital Literacies: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Wikipedia-based assignments can engage students in an authentic learning experience that involves open collaboration, critical thinking, and knowledge building for a global audience. When students write or edit in wikipedia, they are not using the same format or skills that they would in writing a research paper or persuasive essay – they are applying new […]

Flexible Learning in the Sauder School of Business

In this session we will discuss and explore the benefits, challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of the Sauder’s Flexible Learning Initiatives. In 2013, UBC launched the Flexible Learning Initiative, which aimed to provide an agile yet deliberate approach to transforming and enhancing student learning experience. The Flex Comm Minor project (7 courses for […]

Frankly Speaking: Indigenous Education

  Please note this event has been cancelled. Dr. Blye Frank, Dean, Faculty of Education, the University of British Columbia, hosts the second annual FRANKLY SPEAKING event on October 4, 2017. In the spirit of ideas worth advancing, the theme will be Indigenous Education. FRANKLY SPEAKING provides alumni and friends of UBC’s Faculty of Education […]

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary Exhibitions

Ten years ago, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) celebrated its grand opening on UBC’s Vancouver campus. As a technology-forward place of learning, the four-story building is a focal point of education for students and researchers and has become an innovative fixture on campus.

In celebration of this 10-year milestone, UBC Library is installing two temporary exhibitions on Levels 1 and 2 of IKBLC.

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary exhibitions are on display from August 27 through October 30, 2018.