Acronym	Name	URL
AI	Academic Integrity
AI	Artificial Intelligence
ALDP	Academic Leadership Development Program	http://aldp.ubc.ca
ARS	Audience Response Systems
Arts ISIT	Arts Instructional Support and Information Technology	http://isit.arts.ubc.ca
ACT	Academic Continuity Toolkit	http://act.elearning.ubc.ca
BB IM	Blackboard Instant Messaging	http://elearning.ubc.ca/toolkit/blackboard-collaborate-instant-messaging/
BbLearn	Blackboard Learn	http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Overview.aspx
BP	BuddyPress	http://buddypress.org/
CATL	Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning
CART	CMS (Course Management System) Administrative Resource Team
CDI	Course Design Intensive	http://blogs.ubc.ca/coursedesign/
CLC	Chapman Learning Commons	http://learningcommons.ubc.ca
CMS	Content Management System
Commops	Communications and Operations
CoP	Community of Practice
CTLT	Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology	http://ctlt.ubc.ca
CWSEI	Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative	http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/
DBL	Distance and Blended Learning
EDC	Educational Developers Caucus	http://www.stlhe.ca/constituencies/educational-developers-caucus/
EDM	Educational Data Mining
EIM	Blackboard Enterprise Instant Messaging / Blackboard IM	http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Products/Blackboard-Collaborate/Enterprise-Instant-Messaging.aspx
ELI	Educause Learning Initiative	http://www.educause.edu/eli
ETUG	Educational Technology Users Group	http://etug.ca
FCP	Faculty Certificate Program
FDP	Faculty Development Program
FDW	Facilitator Development Workshop
FL	Flexible Learning
FLIT	Flexible Learning Initiative Team
FPD	Facilitation and Process Design
GenAI	Generative Artificial Intelligence
HETL	Higher Education Teaching and Learning
IDC	Interdisciplinary Collaboration
IRSI	Indian Residential Schools Initiative	http://irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca
ISoTL	Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	http://ctlt.ubc.ca/about-isotl/
ISSoTL	International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	http://www.issotl.org/
ISW	Instructional Skills Workshop	http://iswnetwork.ca
LD	Learning Design
OER	Open Educational Resources
LMS	Learning Management System
LTI	Learning Technology Institute
MOOC	Massive Open Online Course
OER	Open Educational Resources
OLT	Office of Learning Technology
OLO	Orientation to Learning Online
OTO	Orientation to Teaching Online
PAIR	Planning and Institutional Research
PBL	Problem-based Learning
PFP	Projects & Faculty Partnerships
POD	Professional and Organizational Development
PR	Peer Review
POSE	Program for Open Scholarship and Education	https://pose.open.ubc.ca/
PRS	Personal Response Systems
PSW	Presentation Skills Workshop
SCETUG	Steering Committee for the Educational Technology Users Group
SEoT	Student Evaluation of Teaching
SGIF	Small Group Instructional Feedback
SPOC	Small Private Online Course
SRS	Student Response Systems
STLHE	Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education	http://www.stlhe.ca/
SoTL	The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
TAG	Teaching and Academic Growth
TDP	Teaching Development Program
TBL	Team-based Learning
TRC	Truth and Reconciliation Commission	http://www.trc.ca
TLEF	Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
TLPD	Teaching and Learning Professional Development
TLT	Teaching and Learning with Technology Speaker Series
UCIPD	University, College, and Institute, Professional Development
UDL	Universal Design for Learning
WP	WordPress	http://wordpress.org

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