Lunch & Learn Resources: Best Practices
Lunch & Learn Series: Discussion on how to read Student Experience of Instruction
Our next session will be held on Friday, May 13th at noon. Cyprien Lomas and Judy Chan from the LFS Learning Centre will lead the discussion this week. Student experience of instruction results were made available this week to faculty members. SEIs can sometimes lead to added stress for instructors, especially when they are new to teaching. However when […]
May 13, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Open drop-in session to plan for the 2022 academic year
This session will be held on Friday, April 29th, 2022 at noon. This will be an open drop-in session with the Learning Centre team. The 2021 academic year has come to an end! It was a year full of ups and downs. With return to hybrid in-person teaching from remote instruction followed by quick turnarounds to online […]
Apr 28, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Learning About Climate Change in the Context of Climate Crisis: Student and Instructor Perspectives
Our next session will be held on Friday, April 22, 2022 at noon. Candice Rideout (LFS Associate Professor of Teaching in Food, Nutrition and Health) and Anna Stone (soon-to-be alumna of the Global Resource Systems program at LFS) will be our presenters this week. The need for effective climate change education has never been more […]
Apr 21, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Final Exam Stress Busters with the Learning Centre team
This session will be held TODAY, April 1, 2022 at noon. This will be an informal drop-in session led by the Learning Centre team. The last week of the 2021 W2 term is here! This week is a good time to have some stress buster activities with your students in class. The Learning Centre team will […]
Apr 01, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Open Drop-in Session on Tackling Course Evaluations
The LFS Learning Centre will be hosting a drop-in session on March 25, 2022 at noon. The theme for the session will be Course Evaluation (Student Experience of Instruction) surveys. Student Experience of Instruction (SEI) surveys (formerly known as Course Evals then SEoT) will open up for term 2 courses this weekend. We will have an […]
Mar 24, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Effective Online examinations – learn about the latest practices implemented at Sauder School of Business
This session will be held on Friday, March 11, 2022 at noon (PT). Rob Peregoodoff (Director, Learning Services) and Erica Hill (Operations Manager, Learning Technology Ecosystems), both from Sauder School of Business at UBC, will lead the discourse this week. Online exams can be an effective tool and tools and techniques have come a long […]
Mar 09, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Discussing Burnout with Nicole Adoranti
Our next formal session will be held on Friday, February 25, 2022 at noon. Nicole Adoranti (Embedded Counsellor, LFS/Forestry) will lead the session this week. In this Lunch & Learn session Nicole will discuss the basic signs of burnout, what it looks and feels like, and how to manage stress symptoms that may lead to […]
Feb 23, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Illustrating for Science Communication – Inspiration, tips, and tools with Lewis Fausak and Duncan McHugh
This session will be held on Friday, February 11, 2022 at noon. Lewis Fausak (Education & Research Support Technician, Applied Biology) and Duncan McHugh (LFS Learning Centre) will be the presenters this week. In this session, Lewis will explain how he became involved in sharing science communication through art, diagrams, and figures. He’ll discuss the […]
Feb 10, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Open Drop-In Hour on Return to In-Person Teaching and Assessments – February 4, 2022
The Learning Centre team will be hosting another drop-in session today, February 4th, 2022 at noon. Join us for this drop-in session to discuss your concerns about returning to face-to-face teaching and all the permutations that could come up as well as ideas on how to conduct assessments effectively or differently in the next few weeks. […]
Feb 03, 2022
Lunch & Learn Series: Open Office Hour with the Learning Centre Team
In anticipation of the return to in-person teaching on February 7, the Learning Centre Team will be hosting an open office hour drop-in session today, January 28 at noon. Join us today to consult with us about your teaching requirements, equipment available for instructors and to get our recommendations for in-person teaching and midterm feedback. […]
Jan 28, 2022