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 […]
Evaluating a new 4th year medical laboratory science course incorporating current techniques and practical skills in health care
Project Lead: Añuli C. Uzozie (Assistant Professor of Teaching & Director BMLSc Program, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)Co-Leads: Amanda Bradley (Associate Professor of Teaching, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine); Michael Sutherland (Adjunct Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Project Description This project aims to evaluate a new Senate-approved 4th-year course that explores the application of modern techniques including […]
AI-Assisted Code Review
Project Lead: Julia Rubin (Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering) Project Description This project will focus on using Generative AI in Software Engineering education. Specifically, it will explore ways to systematically integrate Generative AI technology into the curriculum of a project-based undergraduate course on Software Engineering (CPEN 321). As using Generative AI became de-facto the […]
Thinking Aloud with AI: Nursing Students’ Cognitive Processes Using GenAI for Clinical Reasoning
Project Lead: Charlene E. Ronquillo (Assistant Professor, Nursing)Co-Leads: Rina Garcia Chua (Academic Integrity Program Manager, UBCO Library and Student Learning Hub); Lindsay Kennedy (Associate Professor of Teaching, Nursing); Lisa Moralejo (Associate Professor of Teaching, Nursing); Kathryn Sturgess (BSN Student, Nursing); Melanie Willson (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Nursing); Ryan Wilson (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Nursing) Project […]
Beyond educational solutionism: Adult environmental education through a lens of ghosts, monsters, and impasses
Project Lead: Marcelina Piotrowski (Lecturer, Educational Studies) Project Description Environmental education courses have an implied commitment to transformative learning and educational solutionism; however, students increasingly face anxiety about climate change (Stein, 2024) and burnout from environmental education (Verlie, 2019), and need more opportunities to discuss the ways in they may be stuck between discourses of […]
Learning in Partnership: Rethinking Capstone Teamwork through Participatory Reflection
Project Lead: Robyn Newell (Assistant Professor of Teaching, Biomedical Engineering)Co-Leads: Jenna Usprech (Associate Professor of Teaching, Biomedical Engineering); Jessica Tran (MASc Student, Mechanical Engineering); Jacqueline Kho (Teaching Laboratories Manager, Biomedical Engineering); Fraser Douglas (PhD Candidate, Biomedical Engineering) Project Description This SoTL project uses a participatory research approach to explore how structured reflection on both past […]