Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) call for proposals open
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic is inviting proposals from faculty, staff and students for Small TLEF Project Grants (under $50,000).
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Leaving the classroom behind
UBC’s Emerging Media Lab is exploring the educational potential of virtual reality.
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Mixed reality gives neuroanatomy lessons a boost
This fall — thanks to Microsoft HoloLens and mixed reality technology — UBC students will get to visualize the brain’s 3D structure in a way they never have before.
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TLEF Large Projects call for proposals deadline July 14
The deadline for the call for proposals for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Projects ($50,000-$250,000) is July 14, 2017.
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UBC student campaign raises awareness about nuclear weapons
Five UBC students have launched a campaign to raise awareness about nuclear weapons and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), a treaty which would ban all nuclear explosions and testing anywhere in the world.
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TLEF Showcase and poster session
In May, the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology hosted a TLEF Showcase, featuring posters from 39 TLEF projects across UBC.
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Latest round of TLEF projects announced
Fifteen large projects and 49 small projects have been selected in the latest round of funding through the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF).
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‘The little MOOC that could’: Online course promotes Indigenous ways of knowing
Over 8,200 people from around the world are currently registered for a UBC massive open online course on Indigenous education.
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BC Children’s Hospital researchers and UBC students create their own e-textbook and new software platform
Undergraduate students in a cancer genetics class created their own e-textbook for their course.
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Minister visits UBC to talk about open textbooks
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson visited a social psychology class at UBC, to talk to students about how they have benefitted from the use of open textbooks.
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