Lunch & Learn Resources: Best Practices
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 for […]
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
Lunch & Learn Series: Polls on Zoom with Gabriel Smith
This session was held on Friday, October 2, 2020 at Noon. This week we will continue exploring the features of Zoom with a deep dive into polling and other general pro-tips. We will look into setting up polls, polling reports and different ways in which polls can be used to increase student engagement. Bring your […]
Oct 02, 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
Lunch & Learn Series: Showing up to the First Day of Classes with Adrian Granchelli
Summary: What Can an Ice Breaker Exercise Achieve? Test video/audio capability Introduce course content Exhibit what past knowledge a student is bringing Identify the questions that students hope to find answers for Help build the learning community to help them feel more connected Set the tone for the class Class introductions Introductory Activity Brainstorm: Change […]
Aug 28, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Facilitating Discussions with Adrian Granchelli
Summary: Should discussions be a larger component of your online class?We explored why and how you can host discussions. Then we tried out the simplest to implement the forum: Canvas Discussions. Online Resources: https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/67028 Please follow the link above to enroll for the open course. The discussion board and all other resources including the plug-in […]
Aug 07, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Asynchronous v/s Synchronous Teaching: Pros and Cons by Gabriel Smith
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Jul 31, 2020
Lunch & Learn Series: Audio and Podcasting by Duncan McHugh
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Jul 17, 2020