Trajectories of Students’ Self-perceptions as Self-directed Learners from Second to Fourth Year
Project Investigator(s): Gail Hammond, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land & Food Systems Project Description This project explores changes in students’ perceptions as self-directed learners from year 2 through year 4 in selected Food, Nutrition & Health courses in the Faculty of Land & Food Systems. Early in […]
Collaborative Online International Project to Develop intercultural Competency
Project Investigator(s): Luisa Canuto, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts Co-Investigator(s): Misuzu Kazama Project Description This research investigates the impact of two different Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects which were integrated in two UBC language courses (Italian and Japanese) to promote the development of students’ intercultural […]
PACE (PAtient journey to Cultivate Empathy) Project
Project Investigator(s): Jane Xia, Instructor, Integration Activities, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Tony Seet; Aileen Mira; Paulo Tchen Project Description Teaching students to express empathy is important in a healthcare education curriculum because it builds patient trust, calms anxiety, and improves health outcomes.The purpose of the PACE project is to research the impact of exploring a patient’s journey […]
Feedback as a pedagogical tool in the case based learning curriculum at UBC: Is it working?
Project Investigator(s): Olusegun Oyedele, Associate Professor of Teaching, Southern Medical Program, UBC Okanagan Project Description Tutor feedback is central to student evaluation in the case based learning (CBL) curriculum within the Medical Undergraduate Program (MDUP) of UBC Faculty of Medicine. Tutors assess students for demonstrating skills such as communication of medical information, participation in a medical […]
Evaluating the Impact of Experiential Learning on Land and Food Systems Education – A Longitudinal Study
Project Investigator(s): Will Valley, Senior Instructor, Food and Community (Land & Food Systems); Stephanie Lim, Department of Educational Studies Project Description Since 2005, Land and Food Systems undergraduate students must take two required courses (LFS250, 350) that offer our academically diverse students a common, interdisciplinary, integrative, and progressively more complex experiential learning foundation. LFS250 students […]
The “Ideathon Challenge” as Pedagogic Method Towards Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Innovation, and Applied Learning: A Case Study
Project Investigator(s): Su-Jan Yeo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Community and Regional Planning Project Description ‘PLAN 211 City-Making: A Global Perspective’ is a new undergraduate service course and open to students with second year standing or above in any program at UBC. Embedded in this course is the time-sensitive and team-based “City-Making Ideathon Challenge”—a platform […]
Beyond the Classroom: Assessing the Impact of Community Based Experiential Learning (CBEL) on First Year Arts Students’ Course Performance and Satisfaction
Project Investigator(s): Kerry Greer, Instructor, Department of Sociology; Katherine Lyon, Instructor, Department of Sociology and Vantage; Thomas Kemple, Professor, Department of Sociology and Chair of First Year Programs in Arts; Susan Grossman, Director, Centre for Community Engaged Learning Project Description Anecdotal evidence from a pilot-year investigation suggests that community-based experiential learning opportunities enhances student engagement […]
Students as Emerging Artists in Society: Experiential Learning in Visual Arts
Project Investigator(s): Christine D’Onofrio, Instructor, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory Project Description The following research proposal aims to study experiential learning pedagogical models and their methods of execution in a Visual Arts Community Engaged Learning class, VISA 375 Artists in Society. Informed by personal teaching reflection and rigorously determined curriculum models undertaken […]
Community-based experiential component in second year conversational Spanish courses: Evaluating Impact on Communicative Performance and Students’ Affective Response to Experiential Learning of a Second Language.
Project Investigator(s): Maria Carbonetti, Lecturer, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies; Carolina Navarrete – Postdoctoral Fellow (Liu Institute – French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies) Project Description This project will create assessment tools and surveys for evaluating the impact of the community-based experiential learning component in Conversational Spanish courses on communicative performance (oral, aural, and cultural) and […]
Enriching Educational Experiences in Social Justice and Active Citizenship through Community-Based Experiential Learning
Project Investigator(s): Reginald D’Silva, Senior Instructor and Academic Director, UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs, Department of Language and Literacy Education; Ryan Deschambault, Instructor, UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs; Amber Moore, PhD Student, LLED and Support Associate Project Description International students in the UBC-Rits Programs (UBC-Rits), as in other programs across UBC, are faced with learning challenges while enrolled […]