Enlist Free ChatGPT to Restore Learning Agency to Students in CHIN465 2026-2027
Project Lead: Xiaowen Xu (Associate Professor of Teaching, Asian Studies)co-Leads: Bruce Rusk (Associate Professor, Asian Studies) and Clayton Ashton (Lecturer, Asian Studies) Project Summary This project aims to enable students to acknowledge, identify, and define the nature of free ChatGPT as a tool in their learning process in CHIN 465 (Fantasy in Chinese Literature), an […]
Measuring the Impact of Interactive Digital/AI Literacy Modules: Assessing Student Criticality and Self-Efficacy
Project Lead: Siobhán Wittig McPhee (Associate Professor of Teaching, Geography) Project Summary This project evaluates the impact of interactive Digital/AI Literacy modules (on the Tapestry Plus platform) on undergraduate students. I am investigating whether scenario-based, critical instruction on topics like cyber safety significantly increases students’ critical digital literacy self-efficacy and prompts measurable behavioural changes. It […]
Teaching for Emotional Resilience: Evaluating Pedagogical Approaches for Addressing Climate Emotions in the Classroom
Project Lead: Fernanda Tomaselli (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Forest Resources Management) Project Summary Youth often experience difficult emotions when facing the scale of climate change. Eco-anxiety and other emotions can motivate action, but have also been linked to hopelessness and pessimism. With this project, I aim to investigate the impact of the course Visualizing Climate […]
Integrating Culturally Responsive Practices in Mathematics Teacher Education
Project Lead: Johana Thomas Zapata (Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematics)Co-Leads: Fok-Shuen Leung (Professor of Teaching, Mathematics); Alexis Okabe (Indigenous Education Program Advisor, NITEP) Project Summary This project is centred on a capstone group assignment in a section of MATH 335 (Introduction to Mathematics) designed exclusively for the NITEP Indigenous Teacher Education Program. It investigates students’ responses to […]
Improving Uptake of Primary Care Pharmacist Preceptorship: An Appreciative Inquiry
Project Lead: Asal Taheri (Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Office of Experiential Education)Co-Lead: Teri Charrois (Professor of Teaching & Associate Dean, Pharmaceutical Sciences) Project Summary This SoTL project explores how to strengthen experiential learning in pharmacy primary care practice settings by examining the intrinsic motivations and pedagogical practices that make precepting meaningful. Using an appreciative inquiry […]
The role of memorization in undergraduate Biochemistry and Molecular Biology education
Project Lead: Nina Radisavljevic (Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)Co-Lead: Scott Covey (Associate Professor of Teaching, y, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Project Summary While knowledge forms the base of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives, this same work comments that ease of instruction and evaluation at this level may produce an emphasis on memorization that […]
Student Designed Learning Goals on Perceptions of Learning
Project Lead: Celeste Leander (Professor of Teaching, Botany)Co-Lead: Blaire Steinwand (Associate Professor of Teaching, Zoology) Project Summary As Ungrading has evolved in our courses over the last 5 years, we have introduced individual student designed learning goals to guide students in monitoring their progress throughout the term. Each week, students are asked to state their […]
Broadening conceptualizations of academic integrity: A mixed-methods study
Project Lead: Anusha Kassan (Associate Professor, Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education)Co-Lead: Jessica Kalra (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Pharmaceutical Sciences) Project Summary We are investigating how social constructivist (SC) pedagogies support the development of integrity-based behaviours and/or reduce the risk of academic misconduct. We wish to better understand the faculty and the student perspective […]
Instructor Goal and Student Experiences with Group Formation
Project Lead: Bowen Hui (Professor of Teaching, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics (UBCO)) Project Summary This project investigates the motivations and goals for instructor-formed groups in undergraduate classrooms. Group work facilitates active learning strategies, improves student academic performance, and supports the development of soft skills required for their future careers. This project will discern […]
Exploring the Adoption, Application, and Resistance of Multi-Access Teaching in Higher Education
Project Lead: Patricia Hingston (Associate Professor of Teaching, Food, Nutrition, and Health) Project Summary Following the return to in-person teaching after the 2021 pandemic lockdown, many UBC courses temporarily adopted multi-access delivery to accommodate illness and quarantine needs. Since 2022, however, most have reverted to traditional in-person formats despite continued student demand for flexibility. By […]