{"id":84,"date":"2011-10-25T08:49:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/instructornetwork\/?p=84"},"modified":"2017-05-12T15:28:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T22:28:14","slug":"ubc-mix-a-collaborative-teaching-and-learning-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/instructornetwork\/2011\/10\/25\/ubc-mix-a-collaborative-teaching-and-learning-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"UBC Mix: A collaborative teaching and learning opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you heard about\u00a0gamers working with AIDS researchers<\/a>\u00a0to produce new medicines? How about\u00a0students using solar energy models<\/a>\u00a0to fill First Nations reserve housing needs? Or\u00a0anthropologists linking up with bankers<\/a>\u00a0to explain the finance sector on the blogosphere? Interdisciplinary projects like these offer exciting challenges and rewards. How can you motivate your students to think outside the box and engage in interdisciplinarity? Partner with us at UBC\u00a0Mix!<\/p>\n

UBC\u00a0Mix\u00a0helps partner instructors, students, and courses together to create an interdisciplinary atmosphere that enhances learning and broadens understanding. Find out more on our\u00a0website<\/a>, dig in and get involved on our\u00a0wiki page<\/a>, or send me an email at\u00a0ubc-mix@interchange.ubc.ca<\/a>! I am the UBC\u00a0Mix\u00a0coordinator, and I’m happy to answer your questions and plan your Mixes with you!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/em><\/strong>
\nWe help to connect like-minded instructors across disciplines, providing them with guidance and resources to bring their students together for joint activities and projects.<\/p>\n

Possible Mixes?<\/em><\/strong>
\nHow about swapping lectures with another instructor to bring new material into both classrooms? Or joining labs and tutorials to explore a common interest? What about holding a data mash-up meeting, bringing students, skills, and fresh data together to create something new? Or applying university knowledge outside the classroom through\u00a0Community\u00a0Service Learning projects? Joint lecture series, symposia, and salons offer additional ways to\u00a0Mixthings up!\u00a0<\/p>\n

How can UBC\u00a0Mix\u00a0help?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\nAs the UBC Mix Student Coordinator, my role is to support you in a number of ways:<\/p>\n