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Faculty Initiatives & Support
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Forestry Teaching Innovation Fund
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Applications for the new Forestry Teaching Innovation Fund (FTIF) are now closed, and three applications have been approved:
- Using adaptive learning to measure and achieve course content mastery, by Andrés Varhola
- Gamification of Forestry Courses, by Paul Pickell
- Augmented Reality (AR) Assisted Standard Operating Procedures, by Jörn Dettmer
If you have any questions regarding this fund, please contact Michelle Zeng, Senior Manager, Education Strategies (michelle.zeng@ubc.ca)
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If you are preparing 2021W2 courses and your classroom is in the Forest Sciences Centre or CAWP, the TLS team will support you in the classroom AV system testing. Please get in touch with michelle.zeng@ubc.ca or forestry.tls@ubc.ca for a demonstration or dry run. Information provided by UBC Learning Spaces can be found here. The general AV Help Desk contacts are: AV Help Desk: 604.822.7956 | av.helpdesk@ubc.ca.
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Faculty Tip-Sheets & Surveys
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This study is conducted for research purposes, to improve the teaching and learning experience in the Faculty of Forestry. This comprehensive and completely voluntary survey asks questions about your online, hybrid, and in-person teaching experiences. Thank you for taking the time to provide us with valuable feedback and helping us make the Faculty of Forestry and UBC a great place. The survey is available here.
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Live Streaming Tip-Sheets
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The TLS Team has completed tip-sheets for using the AV systems in FSC 1001/1003/1005/1221 and other general classrooms, in the Forest Sciences Centre and CAWP.
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In preparation for the 2021W2 semester, please feel free to look at our Canvas course templates for inspiration. Click here
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Climate Education Grants (Final Reminder)
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Climate Education Grants provides grants are distributed to improve the delivery and degree of climate change content in existing courses that will be offered in Summer 2022 or in the 2022/23 (Winter Term 1&2) academic year. These funds must be used to incorporate climate change content, develop innovative teaching approaches or hire UBC students to complete the proposed work under supervision. More information about the application process can be found here. All applications should be submitted to (tara.ivanochko@ubc.ca) by December 17th, 2021. Applications close December 18th, 2021 at 4pm PST.
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Privacy Impact Assessment
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A Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a review process to protect personal information and address security issues, which in turn would avoid potential privacy breaches or process redesign. PIA is required due to British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act. A PIA is a simple 5 step process that involves downloading the PIA template, filling out the template with your Ministry Privacy officer, submitting it for review, getting signatures, and starting your project. By doing a PIA, you can help protect privacy and create transparency about the information you are collecting.
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For a refresher on copyright considerations for teaching in an online environment, please click here Consent forms for sharing course recordings outside of the course where students’ personal information is involved, please click here. Further guidelines set by UBC can be accessed here
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TLS Weekly Drop-in Session
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Time: Fridays, 13:00 – 14:00
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Open discussion. To join the meeting: click here. Please note that there will be no sessions for the remainder of the term and will be resumed next term.
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