Archive for September, 2006

Teaching Portfolio competition at UBC

Monday, September 25th, 2006

The Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth at UBC (affectionately known as TAG) ran a teaching portfolio competition this summer. I entered the competition as a way to get myself motivated to work on this portfolio. Needless to say, it was a pleasant surprise to get this message about being a finalist in the contest. [...]

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Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html I just read this article and it’s interesting to consider how well we deliver in MICB405: Bioinformatics for each of these points: Student – faculty contact Cooperation and teamwork Active learning Prompt feedback Using time efficiently High expectations Respect diversity

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