Building a Digital Wall with Padlet

Padlet is a free, collaborative, online board or ‘digital wall’ that allows multiple users to post text, add attachments (documents, videos, audio, images), web links (YouTube) and comments in one of several visually appealing formats. Padlet creates a unique opportunity for participatory learning through active learning techniques based on collaboration and peer learning.

Program for Undergraduate Research Experience: Call for Proposals

UBC has committed $1m in strategic funds over 2 years for the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE). This call for proposals is for innovative pilot projects and is open to faculty, staff and students from both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. For more information, visit https://research.ubc.ca/about-vpri/program-undergraduate-research-experience-call-proposals

Interested in doing SoTL @ UBC?

The Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) is a research institute within the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), that supports research and reflection on teaching and learning, with the aim to inform and enhance practice, both locally and internationally. Its aim is to deepen engagement of faculty members and experts […]

SoTL Explorer: a new way of approaching SoTL

The Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning recently launched SoTL Explorer, a tool that aggregates and visualizes data about a variety of projects that are taking place at UBC (SoTL, TLEF, other). Instructors, researchers, and project managers are encouraged to contribute by entering their projects into the database. For current project teams, SoTL […]