In this orientation workshop for new Faculty of Education instructors, we explored the services and learning technologies available at UBC. We looked into how technology can be used to improve your teaching experience, and how to find support if you need it. This session covered:
Facilitators: Maryam Danaei Ababin and Eduardo Rebagliati
In this Tea With AI we focused on the intersection of Wellbeing and AI. Guided by UBC’s Wellbeing Strategic Framework, we explored three priority areas: mental health, physical exercise and food and nutrition.
Location:
Neville Scarfe, Room 1008
Facilitators:
The LDDI Team
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
Slide Deck:
The Faculty of Education hosted its monthly event where faculty, staff, and students were encouraged to bring their own games or join existing ones. It was a delightful occasion for friendly competition and connecting with fabulous individuals.
This interactive Viewpoint session was an extension of our collaborative podcast series titled, An Inter-Institutional Action on Climate Change, where thought leaders in social institutions engaged in dialogue to discover transformative learning opportunities to address climate change.
In this session, Lana Voracek, a Neonatal Intensive Care Registered Nurse, shared her perspective on climate change as a health issue and health concern for patients. Nafis Rahman shared her deep passion for public health and her commitment to addressing the complex connections between climate change and human well-being. Together, Lana Voracek and Nafis Rahman discussed their unique perspectives and approaches to climate justice within the public health industry.
This event was hosted in collaboration with the Edith Lando Virtual Learning Centre.
Panel (click/tap on name to see bio):
Nafis Rahman is a Master’s student in the Public Health (MPH) program at the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) in the Faculty of Medicine, UBC. Her academic journey began with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Faridpur Medical College, Bangladesh followed by an MPH with a major in Epidemiology from the American International University Bangladesh. Her career has been enriched with diverse experiences, including roles at renowned organizations like the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (Jhpiego) and the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research, Bangladesh (IEDCR). Her pursuit of a second Master of Public Health is driven by a profound commitment to address the global impact of climate change on health. She has had the opportunity to work on the Nutrition in City Ecosystem (NICE) project, where she visited the rural areas of Kenya and Bangladesh and witnessed firsthand how climate change is affecting their food production system, further deepening her understanding of the pressing challenges in public health.
Lana is originally from the traditional territory of the Attiwonderonk and the Haundenosaunee peoples in Ontario. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University, and worked as a Registered Nurse caring for ill and preterm infants in Neonatal Intensive Care units (NICUs) in the Greater Toronto Area before starting her Master of Public Health at UBC. Her passion for climate change as a health issue, and her concern for the futures of her patients, is what drew her to the field of public health. Throughout her two years of graduate studies, Lana has engaged with climate work in many ways, including working as a Teaching Assistant for the Health Impacts of Climate Change course at UBC’s School of Nursing, and starting a podcast called Pulse of Change, which will be launching soon. Lana is grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional, unceded, ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
In this workshop, we identified wasteful paper-based practices and showed how to adopt digital solutions to reduce environmental impact and improve efficiency. LDDI showcased how digitization can support how you work, read, annotate, share, collaborate, and present, sustainably.
Location:
Zoom
Presenters:
The LDDI Team
During this event we played with new AI tools.This month’s theme was: Multimedia production tools and AI. We explored :
Facilitators LDDI Team.
During the workshop, we showcased various strategies and tools to make Zoom Meetings more interactive and engaging. Participants gained instant feedback and unlocked meaningful collaboration through each tool’s features. This workshop bid farewell to unengaging meetings and welcomed productive ones!This workshop covered:
Facilitators Maryam Danaei Ababin,Kristofer Mah, and Eduardo Rebagliati.
The Faculty of Education hosted its monthly event where faculty, staff, and students were encouraged to bring their own games or join existing ones. It was a delightful occasion for friendly competition and connecting with fabulous individuals.
In the workshop, we introduced the participants to the possibilities of using AR technologies in teaching and learning. We provided an overview of AR tools and their affordances and limitations. After presenting a few examples, participants had the opportunity to experiment with the technology and craft engaging AR experiences.