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2025 CTLT Summer Institute

Hosted each year in August, the Summer Institute focuses on the fundamentals of teaching. The Summer Institute is designed to help participants enhance their understanding of sound teaching practices and how to implement them in their teaching contexts. Workshop topics range from refining a syllabus/lesson plan to incorporating active learning and effective assessment.

Workshops:

Date	Workshop Title	Facilitators	Resources
August 18, 2025	Starting Strong: Preparing for the First Day of Class	Zoe Morris, Associate Director TLPD, CTLT; Ainsley Camps, Educational Consultant: Faculty Development, CTLT	Starting Strong: Preparing for Day 1 2025
August 19, 2025	Writing a (Mindful) Learner Centred Syllabus	Gail Hammond, Associate Professor of Teaching in Food, Nutrition and Health, LFS; Judy Chan Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison LFS(Land and Food Systems)	Create a Mindful Learner Centred Syllabus - Slide Deck in PDF
	Only Humans! An Incubator Session for “AI-lite” Writing-based Courses	Laurie MacNeil, Associate Dean, Students and Professor of Teaching, English Language and Literatures, UBC; Andrew Owen, Associate Professor of Teaching, Political Science, UBC	woh.arts.ubc.ca
	Introduction to Lesson Planning	Jens Vent Schmidt, Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT
	Enhancing Active Learning through Generative AI: Personalization, Creativity, and Real-Time Feedback in Higher Education	Lucas Wright, Senior Educational Consultant, CTLT	Enhancing Active Learning through Generative AI Personalization, Creativity, and Real-Time Feedback in Higher Education
August 20, 2025	Fostering Neurodiversity Affirming Teaching Approaches	Jens Vent Schmidt, Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT
	Renewed What I Learned in Class Today Facilitation Guide and Toolkit Exploration	Hannah Coderre, Educational Consultant, Indigenous Initiatives, CTLT; Erin Yun, Senior Educational Consultant, Indigenous Initiatives, CTLT	https://intheclass.arts.ubc.ca/
	Academic Integrity and AI	Ainsley Rouse, Associate Director, Academic Integrity, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic; Lucas Wright, Senior Educational Consultant, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology Nicole Ronan, Learning Design Consultant, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology;
	What Do My Students Think of My Course? Find Out Early, Find Out Often!	Carellin Brooks, Lecturer, Communications Strategies Specialist, UBC; Ainsley Camps, Educational Consultant, CTLT	What do Students Think of My Course?
August 21, 2025	The Faculty-TA Relationship (For Faculty)	Judy Chan, Senior Educational Consultant, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology	Teaching with TA Slide Deck Teaching with TA Worksheet See additional resources in the cell directly below.
	The TA-Faculty Relationship (For TAs)	Shaya Golparian, Educational Developer: TA Development Programs, CTLT	In session August 2025 Worksheet: File:2025 Aug TA Worksheet Slides (Working with Fac- Online).pdf Sample Faculty-TA Communication Guides LFS TA Orientation Guide for Instructors & TAs UVIC Overview of Primary TA responsibilities Guide for developing Communication document for teaching team for online CTLT-UBC Agreement Document
	Effective Assessment Design in Canvas	Hailan Chen, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT; Namsook Jahng, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
	Student Voices in Course Design	Nicole Ronan, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT; John Cheng, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
	Canvas Tools for Designing Interactive Courses	Manuel Dias, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT; John Cheng, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT	Tools for Designing Interactive Courses Workshop
	Accessible Design in Canvas	Bosung Kim, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT	Accessible Course Design in Canvas