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UBC tool innovates peer feedback process
Posted on September 11, 2019 by Wendy Chan
A UBC-created tool offers a new approach to peer feedback by tapping into students’ innate ability to compare.
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Students shape learning through TLEF partnerships
Posted on September 6, 2019 by Wendy Chan
Students across the university are bringing their unique skills and perspectives to every step of the TLEF process.
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ePortfolios elevate student voice and work
Posted on September 4, 2018 by Wendy Chan
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.
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TLEF snapshot: Bringing design-making and building tools to architecture students
Posted on September 3, 2018 by Heather McCabe
A TLEF project helps School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture students build and use 3-D printing, laser cutting and robotic milling.
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Checkpoints help PharmD students self-assess learning
Posted on June 14, 2018 by Wendy Chan
Weekly quizzes are helping students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences test their understanding of course material.
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TLEF awards $2.25 million to enhance student learning
Posted on February 15, 2018 by Heather McCabe
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.
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TLEF snapshot: First-year Arts students learn with legal nonprofit
Posted on January 18, 2018 by Heather McCabe
Heather Latimer discusses how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project is integrating community-based experiential learning into a first-year Arts program.
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TLEF snapshot: Helping to teach academic integrity
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Laurie McNeill talks about how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project is helping to teach students about ethical research and academic integrity.
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Open UBC snapshot: Use of open resources continues to increase
Posted on January 11, 2018 by Will Engle
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.
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TLEF snapshot: UBC Himalaya Program integrates language learning and community engaged learning
Posted on January 10, 2018 by Heather McCabe
Sara Shneiderman talks about how her Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project will help develop the UBC Himalaya Program.
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