Building curriculum for a new discipline: Taking a comprehensive look at Urban Forestry learning competencies through engaging student voices
Project Lead: Sara Barron (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Forest Resources Management)Co-Leads: Andrew Almas (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Forestry); Elisa Kwun (Program Coordinator, Forestry) Project Description Urban forestry is an emerging discipline. Our proposed project builds on a previous appreciative inquiry approach to build consensus on shared curricular outcomes for international urban forestry programs in higher […]
From agency to action? Tracking student engagement with the climate crisis
Project Lead: Sara Harris (Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences)Co-Leads: Abhirami Senthilkumaran (Honorary Research Associate, Forestry); Fernanda Tomaselli (Assistant Professor ofTeaching, Forestry); Tara Ivanochko (Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences) Project Description We propose to create a validated instrument to measure self-efficacy, agency, and action related to the climate crisis, among […]
Assessing the effectiveness of audio-based learning materials (in the form of podcasts) as compared to conventional text-based reading materials
Project Lead: Vikas Menghwani (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Earth, Environmental & Geographic Sciences (UBCO)) Project Description This project explores how the format of learning materials influences student engagement and learning. Specifically, it investigates whether podcasts (audio-based) are more effective for helping students grasp core concepts in science education, as compared to journal articles (text-based). By […]
Investigating student behaviours in multi-access courses and impacts on learning and academic success
Project Lead: Patricia Hingston (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Food, Nutrition and Health)Co-Leads: Azita Madadi Noei; Jonathan Martiniuk; Ana Noee Project Description The purpose of this project is to investigate the positive and negative impacts of multi-access course delivery on student learning and academic success to determine if it beneficial for students for UBC to continue […]
Strategic approaches to the learning environment within a small postgraduate medical education subspecialty residency program at Canadian research-intensive universities
Project Lead: Kyla J. Hildebrand (Head – Division of Immunology, Pediatrics) Project Description Medical residents are physicians completing postgraduate training within a specific discipline of practice. Accreditation standards require residency training programs to have a comprehensive curriculum plan specific to the discipline (CanRAC, 2018, p.10). Small subspecialty residency programs may struggle to meet accreditation requirements […]