{"id":432,"date":"2018-07-15T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T00:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/?p=432"},"modified":"2018-07-16T10:04:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:04:43","slug":"training-or-course-transfer-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/2018\/07\/15\/training-or-course-transfer-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Training&#8221;, or course transfer meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How will courses developed at UBC be &#8220;transferred&#8221; to the actual UCA instructors? May 23-31, 2018, three UCA instructors visited UBC to interface with developers of the three prerequisite courses that will be taught for the first time in September 2018. This was a busy, but enjoyable opportunity to build collegial relationships between UBC and UCA generally, and to help UCA instructors take ownership of courses they will teach.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/files\/2018\/07\/may28-032_resize-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/files\/2018\/07\/may28-032_resize-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/files\/2018\/07\/may28-032_resize-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/files\/2018\/07\/may28-032_resize.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCA visitors explore the UBC campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are the types of activities we engaged in for the week of &#8220;training&#8221;. A complete itinerary can be seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/pre-req-training-summary\/\">a separate page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend free UBC professional development workshops about teaching and learning (<b>much appreciated<\/b>). Examples <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ctlt.ubc.ca\/events\/provide-immediate-feedback-on-a-summative-exam-by-adding-a-group-phase\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/events.ctlt.ubc.ca\/events\/spaces-and-places-in-education-enhancing-engagement-by-creating-connected-curricula\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Observe UBC classes at prerequisite level (<b>also much appreciated<\/b>).\n<ul>\n<li>Summer term means classes are double length compared to normal terms, which is consistent with some UCA scheduling. However, most are \u201clarge enrollment\u201d (~150-250 students).<\/li>\n<li>For senior courses, this will not likely be possible outside of fall or spring terms, since UBC\u2019s summer courses tend to focus on prerequisite capabilities (math, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meet UBC instructors or Science Education Specialists to discuss specific teaching strategies, pedagogies, or subject-specific issues (eg. math, chemistry, etc.) (<b>Well worth while<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li>Whole-group meetings to discuss curriculum, etc. Two, possibly three of these are probably adequate.<\/li>\n<li>One-on-one meetings with instructors and course developers. <b>These are the most important and specific component of \u2018training\u2019. <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Private \u201cstudy time\u201d to review course materials before and after one-on-one discussions. Important to leave appropriate \u00bd day time slots in the first and second \u201cthirds\u201d of the visit.<\/li>\n<li><b>Social opportunities<\/b>. Important; lunches are relaxed, 2-3 dinners involving the whole team, or at least sub-sets of the team. One evening event at a team-member\u2019s home was also much appreciated.<\/li>\n<li><b>Down time<\/b>: not study time (see above). A slow first 24hrs is recommended after long distance traveling. Two or three \u00bd days to see some of Vancouver worth while, and contribute to efficient, well-motivated training sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will courses developed at UBC be &#8220;transferred&#8221; to the actual UCA instructors? May 23-31, 2018, three UCA instructors visited UBC to interface with developers of the three prerequisite courses that will be taught for the first time in September 2018. This was a busy, but enjoyable opportunity to build collegial relationships between UBC and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/2018\/07\/15\/training-or-course-transfer-meetings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Training&#8221;, or course transfer meetings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22035,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eescourses\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}