Elearning:E-Learning community/Support Units

UBC e-Learning Support and Research Units

Faculty of Applied Science: Centre for Instructional Support

The purpose of this unit the Centre within Applied Science is to encourage and assist the Faculty's members to make increased use of, and wise use of, information technology in order to enrich the learning environment for students - consistent with Trek 2000 and the Academic Plan. Contact

Faculty of Arts: ARTS ISIT

The Instructional Support and Information Technology Unit of the Faculty of Arts provides project support, pedagogical advice and technical assistance to members of the Faculty of Arts. Contact

Faculty of Education: CMS

Education Computing and Media Services provides computing, media and instructional support for members of the Faculty of Education. Contact

College of Health Disciplines: Educational Technology Centre

The Educational Technology Centre (ETC) in the College of Health is a teaching and learning support centre assisting faculty and students in Health Sciences programs with development of technology-based educational resources. Contact

Faculty of Land and Food Systems: The Learning Centre

The Learning Centre provides facilities, resources, training and technical support for on-line learning, and the creation of multimedia resources for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. The Learning Centre facilitates the achievement of learning outcomes expected from Faculty programs. Its mission is to foster technological innovation in teaching and learning. Contact

Faculty of Science: Skylight

Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teaching) develops and shares information and resources on learning and teaching. Skylight is a research-focused unit engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning in the Faculty of Science. Our research perspective is reflective, practice-based, project and community building oriented. Contact

Associate VP, Academic Programs

Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth

Since the inception of the Faculty Development Program in 1987, the Centre's personnel have worked together to enhance the teaching skills of faculty and graduate students from across the UBC campus. Our staff designs and coordinates workshops, support services, and professional development programs to meet a wide range of needs and interests. Contact

Office of Learning Technology

The Office of Learning Technology builds on the strengths and traditions of two organizations. Distance Education and Technology (DE&T) has a 57-year history of serving the needs of students and collaborating with Faculties to design and deliver high quality, innovative courses and programs that leverage technology to support learning and teaching at a distance. The (predecessor) Office of Learning Technology was established in 2002 in response to recommendations of the ACCULT report. In its short history, the Office became well recognized on campus for collaborating on educationally-focused technology projects, advocating for constructive action on campus-wide interests and issues involving learning and teaching with technology, and supporting and coordinating professional development activities and events on behalf of UBC's learning technology community.

The Office of Learning Technology, with its vision of "Bridging the Distance," focuses on partnering with Faculties and service units to support innovations and improvements to UBC's learning environment that are enriched and supported with technology. The collective talent of the new organization better enables the University to realize its TREK 2010 Learning goals to enhance services and support for distance learners and to support innovative teaching and create new learning experiences through the application of leading edge technology. Contact

External e-Learning Organizations

• Educause
  The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
• Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
  MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
• STLHE
  The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is a national association of academics interested in the improvement of teaching and learning in higher education.
• BCIT's Instructional Development Resources
  Resources including links brief help sheets on specific instructional topics.