LFS Learning Centre

Learning Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The Learning Centre provides the Faculty of Land and Food Systems with support and training on pedagogy, learning, classroom techniques, communication, and learning technologies that allow individuals to take risks, innovate, and try new things in their teaching and research. The primary mission of the Learning Centre is to promote excellence in learning and teaching. We do this by supporting the community of students, instructors, faculty, and staff within UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

Services Provided

Faculty and Staff

• Connect Help and Training
  • Quizzes (timed release)
  • Gradebook
  • Discussion board protocols
  • Collaborate (online webinar environment)
  • Class content organisation
  • Instructional Design

• Workshops and training sessions
  • Copyright
  • Blogging
  • Video making
  • Audio recording
  • Storytelling
  • Social media
• Videos
• Learning Spaces
• Clickers
• Videoconferencing for classes or conferences
• Lunch & Learn - skills development

Graduate Students

• Creating videos to tell your research stories
• Designing and making posters
• Presentation skills
• 3 Day Intensive PBL Workshop
• TA Training
• Portrait taking
• Videoconferencing for committee meetings
• ‘R‘ tutorials

Undergraduate Students

• Web support
• Printing
• Computer lab

Committees

• Agora committee
• Killam awards committee
• Academic Admin committee
• LFS Core Team
• Curriculum committee
• LFS Core Series committee