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Lunch & Learn Series: Reviewing your Remote Work Setup with Duncan McHugh
This session was held on Friday, November 27th, 2020 at noon. With many more months of remote work ahead of us, the Learning Centre thought now would be a good time to reflect on what works and what doesn’t work when working from home. Feel free to share your successes and challenges with the group. […]
Nov 24, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Just Food Educational Resources with Meryn Corkery and Rachel Cheang
This session was held on Friday, November 20, 2020 at noon. Meryn Corkery and Rachel Cheang will be the guest presenters for this week’s Lunch & Learn Office Hours. Join Rachel and Meryn to explore the Just Food Educational Resources, an open educational resource created through a TLEF. Just Food explores social justice issues by employing food as […]
Nov 16, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Online Learning Experiences with Ronaldo Cerri
This session was held on Friday, November 13th at noon. Ronaldo Cerri will be our guest for this week’s Lunch and Learn. He will be speaking about his experiences with the various teaching technologies he has been using over the last six months, such as Canvas, screen recording software, tablets, streaming video, and Microsoft Teams. As always, bring […]
Nov 10, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Student Course Time Estimator Tool with Michelle Lamberson and Daulton Baird
This session was held on Friday, November 6th at noon. This week’s Lunch & Learn Session will be on the Student Course Time Estimator Tool by Michelle Lamberson, Director, Flexible Learning Special Projects, and Daulton Baird, both of UBC Okanagan’s Office of the Provost and Vice President (Academic). The session will introduce the planning tool that […]
Nov 03, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Taking your Course Online with Adrian Granchelli
This workshop will be held on Friday, October 30, 2020. What are the considerations to take your class online? What are the first steps to take if you have a GAA/UAA to help? Come hear (or share) what worked and what surprised. This session will explore ways to move lectures, discussions and assessment online through […]
Oct 28, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Final Exams with Gabriel Smith
This workshop was held on Friday, October 23rd, 2020 at noon. Do YOU know what you are doing for your final exams this term? In this week’s Lunch and Learn we will be talking about final exams. What worked well for instructors in the online format? What didn’t work so well and could be improved […]
Oct 19, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Zooming Out – Planning a Virtual Fieldtrip with Duncan McHugh
This session was held on Friday, October 16th, 2020 at noon. How do you plan a field trip around the pandemic restrictions? Take it virtual! In this session, we will look into planning a virtual field trip and how you can use technology to bring the experience of field trips to your students virtually. We […]
Oct 09, 2020
Accessing the LFS Computer Lab
Our computer lab in MCM 192 is accessible through Remote Labs (remotelabs.ubc.ca/lfs). Simply log in using your CWL and choose a machine. At the Windows login, use your CWL ID and append .stu (your_CWL.stu) as the username, password is your CWL password. Lab machines are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Available software applications are […]
Oct 07, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Student Support & Input – Effectively Structuring Office Hours and Mid-Course Feedback with Patricia Hingston and the Learning Centre team
Friday, October 9th, 2020 at noon This week, we will look into effective ways to collect student input in the form of Mid-Course Feedback as well as effectively hosting your office hours to support students. LFS has now made it mandatory for all courses to collect Mid-Course Feedback and we hope to help anyone who […]
Oct 06, 2020
Note regarding expanded service
The last several weeks have been an unprecedented time for us. While September is typically the busiest time of the year for us in the LFS Learning Centre, this year has seen an increase in requests. Based on service tickets, we have had twice as many requests in 2020 as we did last year at […]
Sep 28, 2020
2021 Resource Allocation Competitions Now Open — Apply before November 5
The Compute Canada federation invites researchers to apply, starting today, to our annual Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC). These competitions give you the opportunity to have access to more compute, storage and cloud resources. Applications submitted are evaluated for both technical feasibility and scientific excellence. How to apply All proposals must be submitted electronically through the […]
Sep 23, 2020
Lunch and Learn Series: Zoom Pro-Tips with the LFS Learning Centre Team
This workshop was held on Friday, September 25, 2020 at noon. The LFS LC Lunch and Learn Office Hours this week is a deep dive into Zoom. Zoom is updating its software on a weekly basis. We’ll cover some of Zoom’s specialized tools, including annotation, user roles, breakout rooms, polling and general pro-tips. This session […]
Sep 18, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Collaborative Student Projects in a Remote Era with Adrian Granchelli
This workshop was held on Friday, September 11, 2020 at noon. Key takeaways Students will find a way to collaborate and self-organize remotely (here are some possible tools) Project artefacts that are well suited to the online medium are e-portfolios, multimedia-websites, infographics, and video/audio recorded presentations Project showcase, discussion and/or peer evaluation is very easy […]
Sep 11, 2020
LFS Course Syllabus Template
Are you still working on your course syllabus for this term? UBC has provided guidelines for a syllabus here. LFS has included a template for you to download here . For questions and ideas about how to create an effective syllabus, please contact it@landfood.ubc.ca.
Sep 02, 2020
LFS Canvas Template
A remote teaching Canvas template is now available for all LFS faculty members. Learn how to import it into your course and start using it here.
Aug 17, 2020