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Moberley Luger

Assistant Professor of Teaching, English Language & Literatures moberley.luger [at] ubc.ca

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Christine D’Onofrio

Associate Professor of Teaching, Art History, Visual Art & Theory cdono [at] mail.ubc.ca

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Elisa Baniassad

Director Professor of Teaching, Computer Science ebani [at] cs.ubc.ca

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Anka Lekhi

Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemistry anka [at] chem.ubc.ca

Disciplinary coherences: Building dialectics through paired interview methods

Project Investigator(s): Christine D’Onofrio, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Faculty of Arts; and Pants Rayner, Curriculum Consultant, CTLT Project Description The Bachelor of Media Studies is a multidisciplinary program where diverse methods and perspectives meet around media topics. Two years ago, students reported a lack of connection between […]

Impact of Indigenous-focused module in a second-year technical communication course on engineering students’ intercultural understanding as it relates to Indigenous People

Project Investigator(s): Alon Eisenstein, Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Engineering, Applied Science Project Description The School of Engineering’s Indigenous Engagement Plan calls for Indigenization of the curriculum. In response, an Indigenous-focused project was developed to prepare students for early, deep and meaningful consultation with Indigenous communities and has been introduced to the second-year course […]

Evaluating Presence for Building Trust and Equity in Multi-campus Courses

Project Investigator(s): Christoph Sielmann, Assistant Professor of Teaching & Casey Keulen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Sciences Project Description As additional multi-campus courses (i.e. one course instructor with cohorts at multiple locations) are offered at UBC and other institutions, there is a growing need to quickly evaluate and contrast the student experience at each location […]

The healthy skeptic! Building expert-like strategies for critically evaluating claims in primary research papers in undergraduate life sciences

Project Investigator(s): Marcia Graves, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science Project Description Laboratory courses are ideal instructional settings for students to practice reading and interpreting data from primary literature. For 5 years, we have been collecting data in an upper level lab course to evaluate the impact of course […]

Instructor Perceptions and Reported Practices Around Informal Peer Collaboration on Homework Among Engineering Students

Project Investigator(s): Agnes d’Entremont, Associate Professor of Teaching & Loay Al-Salehi, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Science Project Description Although core engineering science courses typically do not focus on team and group work, many students complete their homework, and/or study for exams, in groups (“Informal peer collaboration”). Limited research has concluded that low levels of […]

Queering the School of Social Work and beyond

Project Investigator(s): Antoine Coulombe, Assistant Professor of Teaching; Hannah Kia, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts Project Description This project will explore how the School of Social Work (SSW) prepares students to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, Two-Spirit, and other gender and sexual minority groups (LGBTQ/2S+). We will conduct a […]