The Online Course Enhanced Learning Intelligent Assistant (OCELIA)
Siobhán Wittig McPhee (Geography) and team are developing an AI-powered learning assistant to help students engage with dense academic texts and arrive at tutorials prepared and confident.
We’re only Human? Educative Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence, Academic Integrity, and Writing in the Faculty of Arts
Laurie McNeill (English) and Andrew Owen (Political Science) brought together educators and learning technology specialists to develop, test, and share teaching materials that help instructors address generative AI in writing-intensive courses.
Advice from the Field: Creating Open Resources in Relationship Science
Silvia Bartolic (Sociology) invited students to interview academics and practitioners working in relationship science and translate those conversations into easily accessible multimedia resources.
Creation of a Canvas Module: “What Science Can Tell You About How To Be Successful in University”
Lillian May (Psychology) is developing an accessible Canvas module that uses short videos and reflections to share research-based strategies for effective learning, helping students apply psychological insights to their own academic success.
Learning Research, Learning Reciprocity: Student Community Engagement with the Making Research Accessible Initiative
Evan Mauro & Kirby Manià (Coordinated Arts Program / Journalism, Writing, and Media) are building on a pilot collaboration and asking first-year students to make infographic summaries of Downtown Eastside-relevant research articles.
Cultivating Inclusive Writing Instruction: Planting Seeds Across the Curriculum
Laila Ferreira, Rebecca Caruthers Den Hoed, Katja Thieme (Journalism, Writing, and Media), and Jennifer Walsh Marr (Vantage College / Engineering) are supporting faculty in teaching writing in ways that are inclusive, accessible, and responsive.
Speaking in the Disciplines: A “Precedents” Archive for Teaching and Learning Oral Genres
Moberley Luger (English Language and Literatures / Coordinated Arts Program) and team developed an open resource designed to help students build confidence and competence in academic speaking situations.
Strategies for the Effective Design and Implementation of Collaborative Peer Learning Activities
In 2020-2022, Arts ISIT partnered with instructors through a Small TLEF grant, Strategies for the Effective Design and Implementation of Collaborative Peer Learning Activities.
Tapestry: Enabling Interactive, Remixable, Reusable, and Extensible Open Educational Modules
Steven Barnes (Psychology) and team developed an interactive tool for creating learner-centred, co-created, and reusable online course content to promote more engaging and inclusive learning at UBC.
Beyond the Classroom: Disseminating multimodal project resources for faculty and students
Christine D’Onofrio (Art History, Visual Art and Theory) and team developed digital and pedagogical resources to help faculty design effective multimodal assignments and equip students with visual and media literacy skills.