Registration Now Open for the Instructional Skills Workshop September 13, 14, 20

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Registration is open for the Instructional Skills Workshop September 13, 14, 20, 2014.  Please note that participants must be able to attend the entire 24 hour workshop.  Please find attached the new policy for registration in the ISW.

The Instructional Skills Workshop is an internationally recognized program and students receive transcript notation for their participation.  It is a 3-day intensive workshop that develops participant’s teaching skills and confidence.  It is appropriate for first time teachers or those with years of experience.  Join the thousands of students who have taken this workshop.

This workshop is always in high demand. To register for the September 13, 14, 20 ISW, please go to: http://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/event-registration/?ee=530

If you have any questions, please contact myself.

Thank you for your interest in the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) offered for
Graduate Students at the UBC Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology (CTLT).
The ISW is an internationally recognized workshop in high demand, resulting in
waitlists averaging 80‐100+ people for each ISW that we offer.
We currently offer the maximum number of ISWs available within our budget.

Our past policy of ‘First come first served’ has resulted in workshops reaching full
enrollment within 10 minutes of announcement and many prospective participants
being placed on waitlists up to 10 times without successfully enrolling in the
workshop. Based on graduate student feedback, we are implementing a new
registration procedure with the goal of making the process more equitable.

Our new registration system places the names of all people registering within the
first 48 hours of the ISW being announced by CTLT to a potential selection list.
Additionally, registrants that have been on a previous ISW waitlist will have their
name added to the potential selection list one additional time for each waitlist they
have been on in the preceding 12 month period.
From the potential selection list, twelve names will be randomly selected and
informed via e‐mail of their opportunity to enroll in the ISW within five business
days. All registrants not selected for the current ISW will be placed on the waitlist.

Here is an example of how this could work in practice:
Sam registers for the March ISW within 48 hours of the ISW being announced by
CTLT and Sam’s name is added to the potential selection list. Sam has also been on
four waitlists for previous ISWs in the last 12 months, thus Sam’s name is added
four additional times to the potential selection list. Sam’s name is therefore on the
potential selection list five times, increasing Sam’s chance when twelve names are
randomly selected from the potential selection list for enrollment in the March ISW.

Thank you again for your interest in the Graduate Student ISW. We hope that this
new system provides greater equity in the enrollment process.

Best regards,
Mischa Makortoff

MISCHA MAKORTOFF | Marketing & Events Assistant
Marketing & Communications
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
Irving K. Barber Centre, University of British Columbia
#214-1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1

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