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August 28: Using GenAI to Articulate Your Teaching Approach

This interactive online session explores how generative AI tools can support the reflective process of making your teaching values visible to your learners and your colleagues. Through discussion and guided experimentation, participants will gain practical strategies to express who they are as educators.

August 27: Maker Session: Creating Teaching Materials with Generative AI

This interactive session explores how foundation models like ChatGPT and Claude, along with tools such as Google LM and AITutor Pro, can support faculty in developing teaching materials across different modalities including text, visuals, and audio-video.

August 26: Supporting Student Learning with AI

This interactive session will explore strategies for guiding students in the responsible and effective use of AI tools across disciplines. We will discuss how to scaffold student learning with AI, from ideation and research to writing and problem-solving, while promoting academic integrity, critical thinking, and digital literacy.

July 31: Teaching with GenAI: A Practical Introduction for Educators

This online session is designed for faculty and staff who are new to this area. We will introduce large language models such as ChatGPT and explore their implications for teaching, learning, and curriculum design.

July 23: Rethinking Assessment in the Age of Generative AI

This session explores how educators can redesign assessment practices to reflect the new realities of AI-enhanced learning. Rather than focusing on detection or prohibition, we will look at how to create assessments that support critical thinking, transparency, and process-based learning.

July 16: Gen AI and Open Educational Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning

Join us for an interactive online workshop where we will explore the challenges, contradictions, and opportunities at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER). In this session we will discuss the potential of AI in generating dynamic content, including interactive textbooks, and its potential in developing open educational resources and practices.

June 23: POSE Open Research Chat: How Generative AI (GenAI) Impacts Perceptions of Critical Thinking Skills and Practices

This facilitated POSE Open Research Discussion will focus on an article by Hank Lee and colleagues (2025) who researched how Generative AI (GenAI) impacts perceptions of critical thinking skills and practices when using GenAI.

June 5: Reimagining Assignments with Generative AI: Enhancing Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Authentic Assessment

Join this interactive, 1.5 hour faculty workshop to explore innovative ways to integrate Generative AI into assignment and assessment design. Designed for faculty at all levels of AI familiarity, this session offers a collaborative space to exchange strategies, learn from colleagues, and experiment with AI-enhanced assignments that promote creativity, critical thinking, and academic integrity.

GenAI in Teaching and Learning Symposium

As Generative AI continues to impact higher education, UBC faculty across both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses are thoughtfully exploring its implications for teaching and learning. The 2025 GenAI Teaching and Learning Symposium, held February 3, brought together diverse perspectives through critical discussion, evidence sharing, and collaborative learning about the opportunities and challenges that Generative AI […]

Replay GenAI Maker Session: Developing Case Studies and Scenarios with Generative AI

In our recent workshop, we explored how generative AI can both challenge and enhance students’ evaluative judgment by engaging with its inaccuracies and hallucinations. Participants worked hands-on with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity.ai, and MS Copilot to critically assess AI-generated content, recognize misinformation, and develop strategies for scaffolding evaluative judgment in their teaching. Through interactive […]

GenAI Maker Session: Developing Quizzes and Problem Sets with Generative AI –

GenAI Maker Session: Developing Quizzes and Problem Sets with Generative AI In our recent GenAI Maker Session, participants explored various generative AI tools—such as ChatGPT, Claude, and AI Teaching Assistant—to create effective quizzes and problem sets tailored to their teaching contexts. Through a series of interactive challenges, attendees learned to contextualize questions, spot AI-generated errors, […]

Gen AI and Open Educational Resources in Teaching and Learning – Replay

In this online workshop we navigated the legal and ethical landscapes of AI and open education, including copyright and privacy issues, and participated in a collaborative exercise to create a textbook chapter, highlighting AI’s real-world educational utility For those who missed the session or want to revisit the discussions, we have made the recording, slides, […]

Explore and Create: GenAI Chatbots for Teaching and Learning – A Hands-on Online Workshop – Replay

In this online workshop, participants explored GenAI custom chatbots designed to assist with specific tasks, such as generating alt text for improved image accessibility, finding and summarizing academic articles, composing text, and creating PowerPoint presentations. The workshop covered various GPT models available in the ChatGPT Plus store and introduced Poe, a platform that enables users […]

Explore & Create: GenAI Chatbots for Teaching and Learning – A Hands-on Online Workshop

March 20th, 11:30 pm – 1:00 pm In this workshop, we’ll explore GenAI agents – custom chatbots that can help achieve and perform specific tasks (e.g. generating alt text to help make images more accessible, finding and summarizing academic articles, writing text, and making PowerPoint slides). We’ll look at different GPTs available in the ChatGPT […]

Gen AI and Open Educational Resources in Teaching and Learning

April 4, 2024,12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Join us for an interactive online workshop where we will explore the challenges, contradictions, and opportunities at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER). In this session we will discuss the potential of AI in generating dynamic content, including interactive textbooks, and its potential in developing open educational […]

30 + 30 Teaching with CoPilot (Bing Chat): Practical Applications of GenAI in Education -Replay

This session focused on integrating MS Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), a generative AI, into education. After a Privacy Impact Assessment at UBC, its use in classroom assignments is now approved. We explored MS Copilot’s applications in article annotation, computer vision, and AI-driven image generation, highlighting its role in enhancing classroom learning. The session provided an […]

Generative AI and Universal Design for Learning in Teaching and Learning (Online)

Time/Date: March 21, 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am In this 90-minute workshop, we will introduce you to the exciting intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in education. Discover how AI can be harnessed to enhance the teaching and learning experience and make it more inclusive for all, while following UDL Principles. By the […]

30 + 30 Exploring GenAI Tools for Teaching Material Development

Time/Date: February 8, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: IKBLC 2.22 This in-person session focuses on how faculty can use various GenAI tools, including CoPilot, ChatGPT, Eduaide, Elicit, Gem, and Dall-E 3, for creating effective teaching materials. It will provide practical insights into applying these technologies for designing case studies, rubrics, scenarios, discussion questions, and lesson plans, […]

30 + 30 Teaching with CoPilot (Bing Chat): Practical Applications of GenAI in Education (Online)

Time Date: January 25, 202412:00 pm – 1:00 pm Join us to explore the integration of MS Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), a type of generative AI, into teaching and learning. With a recent Privacy Impact Assessment completed at UBC, MS Copilot is now approved for responsible use in classroom assignments. This session will showcase innovative uses of this generative […]

Generative AI and Assessment Design

During Academic Integrity Week, we hosted a session on Generative AI and Assessment Design. The session explored the growing role of Generative AI in education, a technology that can craft content similar to human-generated work. To address academic integrity concerns, we emphasized the importance of creating assessments that focus on the learning process rather than […]

Replay GenAI Issues and Challenges

The 30+30 workshop explored the challenges and opportunities of using Generative AI in education. Participants discussed the major issues when implementing AI in classrooms, such as academic integrity, equity, and privacy concerns. Through brainstorming and interactive activities, attendees discussed potential solutions and best practices to ensure that AI supports student learning, maintains academic integrity, promotes […]

Nov. 14-15: The Teaching and Learning with GenAI Symposium

The Teaching and Learning with Generative AI Symposium is taking place on November 14 & 15. Generative AI is rapidly transforming the teaching and learning domain, being utilized by both students and faculty in their courses. In this symposium, you will hear from faculty, students, and staff at UBC about the significance of generative AI […]

Approaches to Prompting (30+30)

Join this 30+30 session at UBC to delve into effective prompting techniques for generative AI within the context of higher education. The first half of the session, a 30-minute interactive presentation, is dedicated to learning about various prompting approaches, specifically tailored to teaching and learning. Insights, recent research strategies, and best practices will be shared, […]

Weekly Wednesday Studio Sessions 1-2pm

The Generative AI Studios are open for all faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan on teaching and learning topics related to the use of tools such as ChatGPT, Stability AI, Google Bard and others. Register for the clinic The sessions will be in an open-hours format, where the questions will be answered […]

Enhancing Student Learning and GenAI (30+30)

In this focused 30+30 online session at UBC, we will explore the ways Generative AI (GenAI) can be used by learners to enhance both their learning skills and their learning experiences in general. The session will commence with a 30-minute interactive exploration, concentrating on how GenAI can provide students with tools to refine their learning […]

Replay: CTLT Promptathon

On July 31, CTLT hosted the Prompt-a-thon, a focused 2.5-hour online session at UBC. This event delved into the practical use of prompting with generative AI, tailored specifically for academic teaching and research. Facilitators with hands-on experience guided faculty, students, and staff through concrete strategies, offering clear examples and resources. The session’s hands-on exercises demonstrated how these techniques could be integrated into specific courses or disciplines.

ChatGPT: a brief introduction

When asked, ChatGPT will explain that it is an AI-based conversational agent developed by OpenAI. It is part of the Generative Pretrained Transformer (GPT) series of language models. If asked to explain what it is to a child, it says: ChatGPT is like having a very smart and friendly robot friend that you can talk […]

Prompt Engineering

Prompt engineering refers to the act of creating prompts for your desired outcome. Prompt engineering is one of the basic building blocks to transforming teaching and learning using Generative AI. Resources to learn more about Prompt Engineering A Prompt Pattern Catalog to Enhance Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students with Prompts […]