Stories
ePortfolios elevate student voice and work
By Wendy Chan on September 4, 2018
The Faculty of Arts wants each of their students to cross the graduation stage with confidence—confidence in their skills, their future and the potential of their degree. But in a faculty with more than 12,000 students across 25 programs, this is no easy feat.
TLEF snapshot: Bringing design-making and building tools to architecture students
By Heather McCabe on September 3, 2018
A TLEF project helps School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture students build and use 3-D printing, laser cutting and robotic milling.
Checkpoints help PharmD students self-assess learning
By Wendy Chan on June 14, 2018
Weekly quizzes are helping students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences test their understanding of course material.
TLEF awards $2.25 million to enhance student learning
By Heather McCabe on February 15, 2018
The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) has awarded $2.25 million in funding to 63 projects to enhance teaching and learning at UBC for the 2018-19 academic year.
TLEF snapshot: First-year Arts students learn with legal nonprofit
By Heather McCabe on January 18, 2018
Heather Latimer discusses how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project is integrating community-based experiential learning into a first-year Arts program.
TLEF snapshot: Helping to teach academic integrity
By Heather McCabe on January 18, 2018
Laurie McNeill talks about how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project is helping to teach students about ethical research and academic integrity.
Open UBC snapshot: Use of open resources continues to increase
By Will Engle on January 11, 2018
The adoption and use of open resources at UBC continues to increase, with student savings in academic year 2017 estimated at $1.4 to $2.2 million.
TLEF snapshot: UBC Himalaya Program integrates language learning and community engaged learning
By Heather McCabe on January 10, 2018
Sara Shneiderman talks about how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project will help develop the UBC Himalaya Program.
Open Dialogues: How to use open tools and resources for problem sets
By Emi Sasagawa on November 30, 2017
For a long time engineering instructors have had homework problems for students in UBC’s Learning Management System (LMS). That is, until recently, when they found that students preferred the WeBWorK problems they were getting in their math courses.
New course tackles ‘wicked problems’ with strategic design methodology
By Julia Burnham on October 31, 2017
Starting in January 2018, undergraduate students will have the chance to participate in the pilot of an experiential learning course focused on ‘wicked problems.’