Adobe Creative Cloud Alternatives
UBC IT has recently announced that due to increasing demand, they are updating their licensing approach for the Adobe Creative Cloud applications to ensure UBC remains compliant with its contractual and fiscal commitments. The new licensing process will include cost recoveries for the professional/licensed versions of Adobe products. The annual cost for users will be: Beginning June […]
LFS Teaching Symposium 2025
This year’s LFS Teaching Symposium will be held on Monday, May 5th, 2025 from 10am to 1pm. This year’s theme is Artificial Intelligence: Ideas, Benefits and Drawbacks and our special guest is Elisa Baniassad, Professor of Teaching in Computer Science, current Deputy Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, and soon-to-be Academic […]
LFS Teaching Colloquy 2023
This year’s LFS Teaching Colloquy will be held on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023 from 10am to 2pm. This year, we’ll be covering Multi-access and Hybrid Teaching in the morning, and Artificial Intelligence with a focus on ChatGPT in the afternoon. We hope you can join us for some or both of the sessions! Please RSVP […]
Lunch & Learn Series: ChatGPT with Gabriel Smith
This session will be held on Friday, January 27, 2023 at noon. Gabriel Smith (Learning Analyst) will be leading the discussion this week. In this session, Gabriel Smith will lead a discussion on the AI chat bot software, ChatGPT. What are its implications for higher education? How can it help instructors and students? And what can […]
Lunch & Learn Series: Jamovi Statistics Software with Brandon Oh
Our next formal session will be held on Friday, July 8th 2022 at noon (PT). Brandon Ho Seok Oh (Programmer Analyst, LFS Learning Centre) will lead the discussion this week. Jamovi is a free, open-source statistics application built on the R statistical language. It is similar to statistical software such as Minitab and SPSS. In […]