past event

Every Tuesday, June | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Come to our office and meet with our team of learning designers who will address your design-related questions and provide you with solutions and guidance to create engaging learning experiences!

Note: NO registration needed.

Mondays, June 26 & July 10 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

We invite you to join us to play with ChatGPT 4.0 to explore the potential use and risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning. Are you interested in experimenting with DALL.E and Stable Diffusion to create AI images? Do you require support with prompt engineering?

Location: Scarfe 1008, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T 1Z4

Note: NO registration needed.

Tuesday, June 27 | 12pm - 1pm

Technology in Transit is a monthly event organized by the Learning Design & Digital Innovation (LDDI) unit to showcase various learning technologies to students in the Faculty of Education. The purpose of this one-hour session is to raise awareness of different technologies and to show how to incorporate them into classrooms.

In this session, we will explore H5P (HTML5 Package) --- a free and open-source platform for creating, sharing, and reusing interactive content. Easy-to-use yet exceptionally versatile, H5P empowers educators to transform passive content into dynamic learning experiences that foster student comprehension and engagement. Take a peek through these windows to learning!

Location: Foyer, Neville Scarfe Building

Facilitators: Aidan Chua & Ariane Faria dos Santos

Note: You do not need to register for this workshop to attend.

Tuesday, July 4 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

LDDI helps faculty with their applications for Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) projects, including cross-faculty collaborations. We provide consultation regarding:

• Pedagogy: course and program design, assessment of learning, active learning, evidence based teaching practices;
• Evaluation: Develop a project evaluation plan, identify the best method(s) to collect evidence, collect and analyze data to determine your project’s impact(s);
• Learning Technology: Learning technology integration, development, learning analytics
• Media: media design and development, graphic design: DIY, emerging media;
• Project: Project planning and budget development for TLEF projects;

Note: This event is for FACULTY ONLY and will be held online on Zoom.

Facilitator: Dr. Natasha Boškić + LDDI Learning Designers

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Every Tuesday, July | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Come to our office and meet with our team of technology specialists who will address your learning & educational technology-related questions and provide you with solutions and guidance when using technology to enhance the (virtual & in-person) classroom setting!

Note: NO registration needed.

Tuesday, August 22

During this event, you could test your aim, draw four, or topple a giant Jenga tower at the inaugural Faculty of Education Games Club. Participants were welcome to join the LDDI team for an afternoon of games, lunch, and frivolity as we launched our monthly staff and faculty games club. You could bring your own games, or join one of ours, and connect with fabulous folks over some friendly competition outside Scarfe.

Tuesday, April 16 | 12pm – 1pm

It's your turn!

Bring your own games or join one of ours! Each month, Faculty of Education faculty, staff, and students are welcome to play some games and connect with some fabulous folks over friendly competition.

Location: Neville Scarfe, Room 1008

Facilitators:
The LDDI Team

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Tuesday, April 23 | 12pm - 2pm

Thursday, April 25 | 1pm - 2:30pm

AI is everywhere! Wonder what the hype is all about? Are you using or thinking of using AI tools, but not sure how or if you should use them at work? Have questions about the ethical concerns of AI and how we even got here? In this LDDI professional development session, we delved into the murky waters of the rapidly evolving AI landscape in our diverse workplace contexts. With activities designed for various tools, we critically engaged Faculty of Education staff with generative AI from different lenses and perspectives, and had them gain the confidence to make informed decisions about AI.

Location:

In person, Ponderosa Ballroom (April 23)

Zoom (April 25)

Presenters:
The LDDI Team

September 19

In this in-class workshop, we explored generative AI in education contexts with Teacher Candidates in the BEd Program. We discussed how Teacher Candidates are using AI and demonstrated and experimented with Micosoft Copilot. We explored how AI works, and some of the ethical issues of using this technology, looking specifically at the BC K-12 context. We also invited critical conversations about using AI for course work and in K-12 classrooms.

Facilitators:
Faeyza Mufti and Gabrielle Coombs

September 20

In this workshop, we explored AI in a language learning context. We discussed how AI is already being used in English language learning classrooms, and demonstrated some tools with utility for language learning, as well as their limitations. We demonstrated Copilot text and voice functionality and ElevenLabs AI Voice cloning. We also facilitated critical conversations surrounding ethical AI use, student privacy, language accuracy, AI literacy, confidence building and how certain types of English are privileged over others in the AI sphere.

Facilitators:
Faeyza Mufti, Gabrielle Coombs and Eduardo Rebagliati