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 […]
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 […]
Efficacy of a Voting App for Online Students
Project Investigator(s): Roland Stull, Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Anthony Di Stefano, PhD Student, Atmospheric Science Project Description Clickers have proven to be an effective way to engage students in face-to-face science courses. Our goal is to give online students a similar learning experience. In a flipped online class environment, our new […]
Best Case Scenarios that Provide a Case-Load of Fun: Educating with Enhanced Case Studies!
Project Investigator(s): Zoe Soon, Senior Instructor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences Project Description I would like to develop a set of student resources which assist students in developing a more thorough understanding of the intricate and complex details of various diseases and disorders. It is well known that case studies assist with learning pathophysiology, […]
A Novel Use for High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation (HPS): Does Integration of HPS into the Speech-Language Pathology Curriculum Facilitate Clinical Competencies?
Project Investigator(s): Stacey Skoretz, Assistant Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Project Description Health sciences curricula are moving toward competency-based assessments but how this is to be incorporated into speech-language pathology education has yet to be determined. High-fidelity patient simulation (HPS) has been utilized for medical training as it affords safe yet complex learning […]
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 […]
From Pillar to Posts: An Evidence-Based Analysis of Differences and Complementarities between the Traditional Term Paper and Student Blogs
Project Investigator(s): Robert MA Crawford, Instructor, Department of Political Science Project Description A sampling of undergraduate course outlines today reflects increased experimentation with new genres of writing across academic fields. Yet the large term essay remains a largely unquestioned pillar of rigorous academic writing. This project will undertake comparative analysis of student blogs and a […]
Building Bridges between Health and Politics: a New Course at UBC
Project Investigator(s): Farah Shroff, Instructor, Department of Political Science Project Description The socio-political determinants of health are rooted in income and social equity. This course will encourage Political Science students to see themselves as potentially playing a role as social actors in ameliorating global public health. The research question is linked to students’ (shifting) perspectives […]
The Evaluation of Team-Based Learning in a Large Environmental Chemistry Class
Project Investigator(s): Anka Lekhi, Instructor, Department of Chemistry Project Description In Fall 2016, we developed course materials to facilitate Team-based Learning (TBL) in Chemistry 301. Students in a TBL class engage with a case study in pre-assigned teams of 4-6. Teams are required to make a decision about the case using information from pre-reading assignments […]
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 […]