Faculty Highlights & Updates

• AI Showcase with Mehran Jamshidi – Building Interactive Classroom Apps with GenAI​ – Faculty HighlightOctober 15, 2026
    Mehran JamshidiB.Sc. (Islamic Azad); M.Sc. (Islamic Azad); Ph.D. (UBC) Lecturer, Accounting and Information Systems Division In this AI Showcase presentation, Mehran demonstrated a different approach to artificial intelligence in… Read more: AI Showcase with Mehran Jamshidi – Building Interactive Classroom Apps with GenAI​ – Faculty Highlight
• Rethinking Case-Based Learning in the Age of AI – Faculty HighlightOctober 1, 2026
    Christopher Thomas RyanBA, Mathematics (UBC) PHD (UBC) Professor, Operations and Logistics Division Advisory Council Chair in Management Science Chris Ryan explores how generative AI has fundamentally changed the way… Read more: Rethinking Case-Based Learning in the Age of AI – Faculty Highlight
• Students as Partners: Advancing UDL at UBC SauderMarch 30, 2026
    At the University of British Columbia, the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellows Program is showing what’s possible when students and instructors design learning together. At UBC Sauder, student… Read more: Students as Partners: Advancing UDL at UBC Sauder
• Canvas Updates: IgniteAI Search for CoursesMarch 5, 2026
    Canvas Release Date: Jan 19, 2026 We finally got it! Search course content in Canvas using advanced AI and semantic algorithms. The search feature understands the context of queries, providing… Read more: Canvas Updates: IgniteAI Search for Courses
• Canvas Updates: Differentiation TagsMarch 2, 2026
    Canvas Release Date: Jan 21, 2026 Differentiation Tags are a Canvas feature that allows instructors to create custom sets of students within a course. These sets function similarly to… Read more: Canvas Updates: Differentiation Tags

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