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 […]
Assessing active learning in passive environments: The benefits of adding interactivity to educational videos
Project Investigator(s): Kayli Johnson, Associate Professor of Teaching, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Co-Investigator(s): Simon Lolliot Project Description Active learning techniques are now seen as the gold standard in many classrooms. To make room for interactive classrooms, many instructors have moved their content online. These online materials, however, mimic the passive learning that instructors […]
Fostering Friendships: Investigate the effectiveness of a light tight intervention at fostering community at UBC
Project Investigator(s): Simon Lolliot, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts Co-Investigator(s): Kayli Johnson; Mark Blaser Project Description One of the most fundamental problems that moving online during the COVID pandemic has created is the lack of community that students feel. Close friendships serve as stress buffers during the early days of […]
The TEACHERS Project: Training and Engaging Academics in their Classrooms to positively impact Health, Education and Resiliency in our Students
Project Investigator(s): Sally Stewart, Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Health and Exercise Sciences; Jannik Eikenaar, Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Engineering Project Description This project investigates the impact of supporting faculty members in adopting course-based interventions to improve student well-being. It follows our phase-one pilot that showed overwhelming positive results, consistent with current […]
Embedded psychological skills training to improve student learning outcomes, self-regulation, and psychological well-being
Project Investigator(s): Carolyn McEwan, Instructor, School of Kinesiology Project Description The purpose of this project is to explore how a psychological skills program (including goal setting and attainment strategies, attention focusing, emotion regulation techniques, and self-reflection) embedded in the written assignment structure of an undergraduate core course could improve students’ understanding of course content, academic […]
Creating An Inclusive Learning Environment in Classrooms with International Students through “Embodied Inter-referencing” Practices
Project Investigator(s): Ayaka Yoshimizu, Instructor, Department of Asian Studies Project Description Advancing reconciliation in classrooms and creating an inclusive learning environment is extremely important at UBC, which continues to occupy the unceded Indigenous land and has a diverse student body. However, doing this with international students is challenging as they come from different geo-politico-historical contexts […]
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 […]
Reflective essays for affective domain learning in science field courses
Project Investigator(s): Suzie Lavallee, Senior Instructor, Forestry and Conservation Sciences Project Description This study will examine the dimensions of affective domain learning in a capstone field course for a program (Natural Resources Conservation – Science and Management major) in UBC Faculty of Forestry. Assessments of attitudes, beliefs, professionalism, and ethics will be provided over a […]
Barriers to attending office hours among Biology students – Perceived and Actual
Project Investigator(s): Pam Kalas, Senior Instructor, Department of Zoology and Botany; Sunita Chowrira, Professor of Teaching, Department of Botany Project Description In large university courses, office hours represent unique opportunities for students to receive individualized support from instructors. So much learning is thought to take place during office hours interactions that publishing companies have developed educational […]
What do First-Year Students Need? Assessing Students’ Transition to University Studies to Enhance the First-Year Experience in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Project Investigator(s): Candice Rideout, Instructor, Food, Nutrition and Health; Will Valley – Instructor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems; Christine Scaman, Associate Professor and Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Land and Food Systems; Rickey Yada – Professor and Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems Project Description Preliminary data indicates students in the Faculty of […]