Mark your calendar! Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (Oct 2)
You’re invited to the first gathering of the Interdisciplinary Community of Practice!
Date: Wednesday, October 2nd
Time: 2:30-4:30pm
Place: Fraser River Room in the Centre for Teaching and Technology at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Time: 2:30-4:30pm
Place: Fraser River Room in the Centre for Teaching and Technology at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Registration: http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2865
Description
Please come join our first Interdisciplinary Community of Practice (ICoP) meeting for the new academic year to meet new and old community members from across the disciplines and to plan the Community’s activities for the year. The session will include a brief presentation by Pam Kalas from the Department of Zoology sharing lessons learned from integrating the Truth and Reconciliation event on September 18 into her biology course (BIOL121) (Click here for a brief story on this initiative). Bring your colleagues, your ideas for interdisciplinary activities, and curiosity and enthusiasm for building interdisciplinarity into your courses!
What’s a Community of Practice?
Communities of practice are groups whose members “share a passion for something they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better” (Wenger 2006). The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology supports Communities of Practice on a range of topics.
What’s a Community of Practice?
Communities of practice are groups whose members “share a passion for something they know how to do and who interact regularly to learn how to do it better” (Wenger 2006). The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology supports Communities of Practice on a range of topics.
The ICoP developed out of UBC Mix, a TLEF project that supports and facilitates classroom-level interdisciplinary learning activities and partnerships between instructors across disciplines. The ICoP meets 4-5 times a year, providing a regular time and space for interdisciplinary enthusiasts to discuss the practice and pedagogy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
If you have a question you would like to address in future Interdisciplinary Community of Practice meetings, please be in touch with the co-facilitators: Hanae Tsukada (ctlt.prodev@ubc.ca) and/or Jacqueline Davis (Jad310@mail.harvard.edu).
If you have a question you would like to address in future Interdisciplinary Community of Practice meetings, please be in touch with the co-facilitators: Hanae Tsukada (ctlt.prodev@ubc.ca) and/or Jacqueline Davis (Jad310@mail.harvard.edu).
If you have questions about other Communities of Practice, please contact Mali Bain, the Community of Practice developer (ctlt.copdeveloper@ubc.ca).