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Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences Attended.
CWSEI Reading Group Discussions, 2010 – ongoing
Science Based Teaching, Professional Development Seminars, TAG, Oct 22nd, 2010
Health and Environment Reporting in a Connected World, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, November 6th, 2009
UBC 9th Annual Learning Conference, TAG, October 29th, 2009
ASMCUE 2009 , 16th Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, May 28-31, 2009, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
Innovations in Science Learning, 3rd Annual BC Science Outreach Workshop, March 13th, 2009, Vancouver, BC
TAG Portfolio Community of Practice. The Do’s and Don’ts of Developing a Portfolio. @UBC facilitated by John Egan, Isabeau Iqbal, and Roselynn Verwoord, February 25th, 2009
Evaluation of Your Student’s Learning. TAG studio session @ UBC facilitated by Luisa Canuto and Jan Johnson, Jan 27th, 2009
2008 UBC Learning Conference “Bring Goals to Fruition” Learning Goals Workshop, presented by members of the UBC Earth and Ocean Sciences Science Education Initiative, @UBC, October 2nd, 2008
2008 Workshop Series for Junior Faculty at UBC Science, “Teaching scientifically & the CWSEI.” Speaker: Carl Wieman, @UBC Sept 26th, 2008
2008 Workshop Series for Junior Faculty at UBC Science, “How People learn – the Science of Learning.” Speaker: Carl Wieman, @UBC Sept 19th, 2008
Scientists & Innovators in the Schools volunteer training workshop, Telus World of Science, Sept 15th, 2008
UBC e-Strategy Townhall, Here and Virtually There – UBC and the Digital Generation, @UBC June 11, 2008
ASMCUE 2008 - ASM Annual Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, May 30-June 1st, 2008
Comic Pedagogy – Now that’s a laugh! TAG seminar @ UBC facilitated by Elaine Decker, Kwantlen College, May 27, 2008
All the World’s a Stage: Teachers as actors. TAG seminar @ UBC facilitated by Greg Bole, UBC, May 26, 2008
Science with Impact workshop facilitated by Dr. Naeve Kelly from Let’s Talk Science, VPL, Vancouver, May 8th, 2008
Future Directions in Science Journalism, presented by the Science Journalism Research Group @ UBC, November 9 & 10, 2007
ISoTL Invited Scholars Seminar. Dr. Daniel J Bernstein. Part 1: Engaging students outside of class as a tool for enhanced learning. Part 2: Inquiry into effective teaching with one hand tied behind your back. November 22, 2006
UBC Learning Conference: At a Crossroads in Teaching: Reflection, Innovation, Technology, Learning, May 11-12, 2006, UBC
Putting Electronic Teaching Portfolios into Practice: e-Portfolios for reflection and professional growth. June 2nd, 2006, half day workshop from the TAG Institute, UBC.
Special lecture presented on November 21, 2005 by Nobel Laureate, Dr. Carl Weiman (Physics), entitled “Science Education in the 21st Century”. This hour and a half talk can be downloaded or streamed from UBC’s digital content page. Listen to the Lecture
2005/2006 CS Distinguished Lecture Series. October 6th, 2005. An entertaining and thought provoking talk presented by Dr. Owen Astrachan from Duke University entitled, “The cruelty of really teaching Computer Science redux.”
Instructional Skills Workshop, 3 day workshop offered through the Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) at UBC, August 2005
UBC 4th Annual Learning Conference, Scholarship and Reflection in Teaching and Learning, May 3-4, 2004, UBC
“Mentor’s Network Meeting”, held by the organizing committee of the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop Series for the purposes of a major curricula review. I played a role in organizing the agenda, attended the meeting, and facilitated sessions. Vancouver, BC, January 30-31, 2004
“Workshop on Education in Bioinformatics (WEB) 2002”, held in conjunction with the 2002 International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), Edmonton, AB, August 2002.
“Mentor’s Network Meeting”, held by the organizers committee of the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop Series for the purposes of instructional skills professional development. Vancouver, BC, 2001
This page was last updated June 2010