Teaching Spotlight – Choice Project

Jaclyn Dee recently started implementing a Choice Project assignment in her courses, which as its name suggests, gives students lots of choices. Students can choose to opt in or out of doing the assignment, in which 10% of their grade moves from exams to the project, they can choose to work alone or in a …

TA Spotlight – Elsa Cyr

Hello, I’m Elsa (she/her)! I am from Toronto, but moved to Vancouver for my undergraduate degree in Biology at UBC. I am currently finishing up my Master’s degree in the Department of Zoology.       I am co-supervised by the (Ben) Matthews lab and the Gordon lab, working on characterizing the neurons involved in …

Undergraduate TA Spotlight – Courtney Cheung

Hi! My name is Courtney and I’m a 3rd year student working towards my Biochemistry degree at UBC. I was born and raised in Richmond, and I currently live on campus, which is my home away from home. I’m part of the Pilates club on campus and I also recently joined Dance Horizons, where I …

Mid-course Student Feedback Resources

The midpoint of a course is a great time to ask students for feedback. It is far enough into the term where students are able to draw upon their experience to give meaningful feedback, and there’s also time to make changes based on that feedback. Here are some resources to help you get started: Templates …

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