Being Creative with Video
April - June 2025
Join us at LDDI’s Studio B Discovery Lab for an interactive session on enhancing assignments and presentations with video. Learn how to create dynamic and engaging content using tools like Camtasia, H5P, VideoScribe, and AI-powered solutions. We’ll explore key video production strategies, from screen recording and whiteboard animations to interactive elements that boost engagement. This session will equip you with essential skills to make your videos more impactful and visually compelling.
How It Works: This presentation is available on demand as a field trip experience at Studio B Discovery Lab. Faculty of Education instructors can book a session and bring their students for an engaging, hands-on learning opportunity. Faculty of Education instructors, faculty, and staff are also welcome to book a visit to experience the presentation individually or with a group.
For booking contact us at lddi.educ@ubc.ca
Location: Studio B Discovery Lab – Scarfe 1009
Facilitators: LDDI Team
Poetry as a Physical Space Using AI and VR
June 16–27, 2025
Book a visit to LDDI’s Studio B Discovery Lab for this special presentation held in collaboration with the Emerging Media Lab (EML).
Experience the Procedural Poetry Funhouse, an EML project that aims to use AI and VR to reimagine poetry as a physical space, using the philosophy of play-based learning to further student understanding of poetry and the process behind it. This project explores the intersection of New Media and Creative Writing by using emerging technologies and concrete poetry to create an interactive VR experience, while also serving as a teaching tool for procedural poetry and creativity.
How It Works: This presentation is available on demand as a field trip experience at Studio B Discovery Lab. Faculty of Education instructors can book a session and bring their students for an engaging, hands-on learning opportunity. Faculty of Education instructors, faculty, and staff are also welcome to book a visit to experience the presentation individually or with a group.
For booking contact us at lddi.educ@ubc.ca
Location: Studio B Discovery Lab – Scarfe 1009
Facilitators: LDDI Team
Virtual Reality for Helping the Hard of Hearing
June 16–27, 2025
Book a visit to LDDI’s Studio B Discovery Lab for this special presentation held in collaboration with the Emerging Media Lab (EML).
Explore the Enhanced Auditory Reality Simulation for Improved Mapping (EARSIM), a Virtual Reality (VR) tool created by EML that helps people with hearing loss improve their sound localization ability, thereby improving overall quality of life. This project develops a VR program to improve sound localization using a naturalistic environment with adaptive difficulty. As users improve, visual cues fade and ambient noise increases, providing clear markers of progress. It serves both as a training tool for audiologists and a way to enhance users’ quality of life.
How It Works: This presentation is available on demand as a field trip experience at Studio B Discovery Lab. Faculty of Education instructors can book a session and bring their students for an engaging, hands-on learning opportunity. Faculty of Education instructors, faculty, and staff are also welcome to book a visit to experience the presentation individually or with a group.
For booking contact us at lddi.educ@ubc.ca
Location: Studio B Discovery Lab – Scarfe 1009
Facilitators: LDDI Team
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Consultations
Wednesday, June 25 | 1 pm – 2 pm
During this workshop, LDDI will support faculty with their applications for Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) projects, including cross-faculty collaborations. The session will provide consultation on:
- Pedagogical/course design solutions
- Technical support and recommendation for tools and technologies
- Evaluation strategies
- Project management
- Budget planning
- Liaising with other units like the Center for Teaching Learning and Technology (CTLT)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Facilitators: Faeyza Mufti & LDDI Team
LDDI Summer Institute 2025
Tuesday, July 15 - Thursday, July 17 | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us on July 15-17, 2025, for the LDDI: Summer Institute, a free three-day event that showcases and celebrates emerging approaches to teaching and learning. This year’s theme – Mobilizing Knowledge around Sustainability, Accessibility, and Learning Analytics – highlights the creative and impactful ways that educators, staff and students are critically integrating these areas into their practice.