Lunch & Learn Resources: Best Practices
Lunch & Learn Series: Final Exams with Gabriel Smith
Our next session will be held on Friday, December 10 at noon. Gabriel Smith of the LFS Learning Centre will be leading this session. In this week’s Lunch & Learn, Gabriel will discuss the following topics in anticipation of the final exam period: Final Exam OptionsExam AccomodationsLessons learned from final exam delivery over the past […]
December 9, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Mid-Course Feedback with Gail Hammond & Adrian Granchelli
This session will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at noon. Gail Hammond & Adrian Granchelli (of LFS Learning Centre) will lead the discussion this week. This week, we will look into effective ways to collect student input in the form of Mid-Course Feedback. Mid-course feedback is a great way to get insights on […]
October 13, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Rich Media Assignments with Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, September 17 at noon. Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh of the LFS Learning Centre will be leading this discussion. Have you fully explored the breadth of what students are capable of? There are innumerable options for what students can create in order to demonstrate their learning. From videos […]
September 16, 2021
Contingency Planning for Course Delivery with Adrian Granchelli
This session will be held on September 10, 2021 at noon. Adrian Granchelli of LFS Learning Centre will lead the session this week. “If plan A doesn’t work, just remember there are 25 more letters.” This school year is filled with uncertainties, and we may need to shift our teaching strategies overnight. Learn about methods […]
September 7, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Perfecting your Course Syllabus with Gabriel Smith
This session will be held on Friday, September 3 at noon. Gabriel Smith of LFS Learning Centre will be leading this session. Are you working on your course syllabus right now? In this week’s Lunch & Learn, join the LFS Learning Centre for a discussion on syllabi, including the following topics: Design best practices UBC […]
August 31, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: MS Teams with Edmund Seow and Wayne Tamagi
This session will be held on Friday, August 27, 2021 at noon. Edmund Seow and Wayne Tamagi of LFS Learning Centre will be our presenters this week. MS Teams enables users across the University to connect via instant messaging, video conferencing, online meetings, and simultaneously work on files in real-time together. In this session, Edmund […]
August 25, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Navigating the AV sea with Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, August 20 at noon. Duncan McHugh of LFS Learning Centre will be our presenter this week. For those coming back to campus to teach in-person this September, there are many considerations with regards to the audio-visual technology you’ll use. This lunch-and-learn will help demystify that tech, and inform […]
August 17, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Ensuring exams are effective tools for learning and assessment by Candice Rideout and Gregory Paradis
This session will be held on Friday, August 13, 2021 at noon. Candice Rideout (Associate Prof. of Teaching, LFS) and Gregory Paradis (Assistant Prof., Forest Resources Management, Forestry) will be our guest presenters this week. The recent period of remote teaching has posed many pedagogical challenges, including how (or if) we should administer midterms and […]
August 10, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: LFS Canvas Template with Adrian Granchelli
This session will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021 at noon. The LFS Canvas Template aims to create a coherent student experience across the whole Faculty of Land and Food Systems. This week we will take a look at everything the LFS Canvas Template provides and what you may want to continue using when […]
July 21, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Online Surveys with Gabriel Smith
This session will be held on Friday, July 16, 2021 at noon. This week’s Lunch & Learn topic will be online surveys hosted by Gabriel Smith. We will discuss different use cases for online surveys, how to plan and design your survey, and avoiding survey fatigue. As usual, there will be plenty of time for […]
July 16, 2021