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Lunch & Learn Series: Engaging and supporting all students in large and distributed classes with Simon Bates
This session will be held on Friday, February 26th, 2021 at noon. When students transition to studying at university, they often find themselves in classes that are 10x larger than those they have known in high school. Even pre-COVID, engaging all students in such a large class – ensuring they feel supported and that someone […]
Feb 19, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Developing an Equity Competency in Sustainable Food Systems Education: Exploring a New Model and Sharing Teaching Activities with Will Valley
This session will be held on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at noon. Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have critiqued food movements as lacking an orientation towards addressing issues of social justice. To address issues of inequity, sustainable food systems education (SFSE) programs will have to […]
Feb 10, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Easy ways to Improve Student Engagement with Universal Design for Learning with Adrian Granchelli and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021 at noon. Univeral Design for Learning is an approach to give students mutiple means for engagement, representation, action, and expression. Encapsulating such a diverse range within your course will help students interact however they feel compelled to. There are easy ways to start adding diversity […]
Feb 09, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Planning your Midterms with Gabriel Smith
This session will be held on Friday, February 5, 2020 at noon. Are you ready for midterms? Are you wondering what settings or software you should be using for your midterms? The topic of this Friday’s Lunch & Learn will be Planning your Midterms. We will discuss instructors’ plans and recommendations for the following: Canvas quiz […]
Feb 03, 2021
LFS ‘Loan a Laptop’ Program
The UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems presents the ‘Loan a Laptop’ Program for LFS students, faculty and staff members. This program is brought to you by the TLEF block funding and administered by the LFS Learning Centre. This program is set up to ensure accessibility to laptop equipment for learning and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apps installed on laptop: MS Office 2019 (Word, […]
Feb 02, 2021
Lunch and Learn Series: Two-Stage Exams with Adrian Granchelli
This session will be held on Friday, January 29 at noon. “In a two-stage exam, students first complete and turn in the exam individually and then, working in small groups, answer the exam questions again. During the group part students receive immediate, targeted feedback on their solutions from their fellow students and see alternative approaches […]
Jan 28, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: Lectures, Assessments, and Community with Adrian Granchelli
This session was held on Friday, January 22 at noon. In this session we will reflect, share, and learn from each other about the past term. We want to hear your personal experiences from teaching on the topics of lectures, assessments, and community. We will also be sharing what students think about these topics – gathered […]
Jan 20, 2021
Lunch & Learn Series: How to Manage Groups in Canvas with Gabriel Smith
This session was held on Friday, January 15th at noon. Group work can be rewarding for students but daunting to set up. In this session, Gabriel Smith of LFS Learning Centre will cover the basics for group setup in Canvas and go over the following points: Overview of Groups in Canvas Overview of Breakouts in […]
Jan 11, 2021
Develop a Syllabus Markup Activity with CLAS
When: Wednesday, January 7 @ 1 – 2 PMwith Adrian GranchelliThis hands-on session is part of the First Week Faculty and TA Remote Teaching Boot Campsign up here “It’s in the syllabus, did you read it?” About “Many students don’t see the syllabus as full of ‘promise’. It’s not exaggerating to say they often see […]
Jan 08, 2021
Lunch and Learn 2020 Participation Information
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Jan 07, 2021
Developing a Visual Course Roadmap
When: Wednesday, January 6 @ 1 – 2 PMwith Adrian GranchelliThis hands-on session is part of the First Week Faculty and TA Remote Teaching Boot Camp sign up here About We will guide you in creating a visual course road map. Course road maps are representations of your course schedule in a succinct manner and […]
Jan 02, 2021
First Week Faculty & TA Remote Teaching Boot Camp
The Learning Centre will be offering a wealth of resources, discussions, and opportunities to connect in the first week before classes begin. This is open to all teaching staff including faculty, TAs, GAAs, UAAs, etc. Sign up for the Remote Teaching Boot Camp Here Schedule Everyday from 10am – 11 am – morning socialEveryday from […]
Dec 22, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Collaborative Learning Annotation System (CLAS)
This session was held on Friday, December 18 at noon. The Collaborative Learning Annotation System (CLAS) is a web-based video annotation platform that allows users to upload videos, add bookmarks, embed notes and video replies directly onto the timeline of videos, as well as share the videos with non-UBC users. This tool is used in Arts, […]
Dec 15, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Flexible Assessments with Candice Rideout
This session will be held on Friday, December 11 at noon. It can be challenging to create courses that effectively accommodate the needs and preferences of diverse learners. A flexible assessment approach can empower students to personalize their learning experience in ways that also promote their engagement and overall achievement in the course. This session on […]
Dec 07, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Canvas Mastery Paths with Adrian Granchelli and Patricia Hingston
This session was held on Friday, December 4th, 2020 at noon. Add a more personalized learning path to your course: With Canvas Mastery Paths, you can allow for different instruction based upon how a student performs on an assignment. This can increase student choice and meet learners where they are. We will learn how-to implement […]
Nov 30, 2020