Leveraging Arts staff expertise and resources for departmental practical and career learning
Arts faculty and staff share how they integrate practical learning through courses, alumni events, and career activities.
Highlights from the 2024 Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference
From GenAI and student writing to practical learning strategies, discover the insights from the Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference.
Winter 2024 Term 1 Workshops for Arts Instructors and TAs
Our workshops are designed to help you effectively integrate teaching tools into your courses.
Register for the Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference on August 27 & 28
Engage in insightful knowledge exchange on teaching and learning topics around technology.
Save the Date: 2024 Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference on August 27 & 28
Save the date for the Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference on August 27 to 29, 2024.
Bridging Tech & Teaching: 2023 Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference Highlights
On August 15-16, 2023, Arts ISIT hosted their first in-person Welcome Back Conference, which showcased various engaging panel discussions and informative workshops.
Arts ISIT New Faculty Meet and Greet – September 1, 2022
This 60-minute session will help prepare new Arts faculty with the resources and knowledge needed to deliver their courses effectively. Come meet us in-person at BUCH B125 or on Zoom to learn more about the many learning tools available to choose from for use in your courses, options for booking equipment to facilitate course delivery […]
Getting Started with Jupyter for Teaching and Learning – August 24, 2022
Jupyter is a system of open-source tools designed to support interactive, reproducible, and engaging data analysis. Based on the literate computing paradigm, it combines code, narrative, visualization, and output into a single document. Particularly oriented towards web-based tools, it offers many advantages for teaching and learning – at both an introductory and advanced level. In this […]
Add a Third Dimension to Your Classroom with Virtual Objects – November 25, 2021
3D virtual objects offer new possibilities to reimagine and enhance student learning by providing students with opportunities to explore and investigate objects on their own time, have simulated access to rare objects and increase spatial understanding. In this session, Suzie Lavallee, Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Forestry and experts from UBC Studios, will […]
“A Teaching Manifesto on the Assembly”: Co-Facilitating Collaborative, Participatory Learning in SPAN 280: Revolution! – October 7, 2021
In this 60 minute interactive webinar, Dr. Brianne Orr-Álvarez (FHIS) will share the pedagogic approaches she uses in her SPAN 280 – Revolution! literature course, which draws students from diverse UBC Arts disciplines. In SPAN 280, Dr. Orr-Álvarez empowers students to build shared knowledge and community through weekly student-led discussions called “The Assembly.” The Assembly […]