{"id":395,"date":"2010-12-10T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-11T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=395"},"modified":"2013-11-12T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T21:53:49","slug":"ubc-annual-review-2009-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/ubc-annual-review-2009-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UBC Annual Review 2009-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OUTSTANDING WORK ENVIRONMENT<\/span><\/p>\n
Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning<\/div>\n
As a teacher in the Faculty of Education at UBC\u2019s Okanagan campus, Peter teaches students to be good teachers. But as Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning, his job also extends to ensuring that the campus\u2019 300 faculty and 100 TAs have the tools and support they need to teach effectively. \u201cOur mission is to support, promote and lead excellence in teaching and learning through a variety of programming opportunities.\u201d<\/div>\n
Partners in Teaching and Scholarship\u00a0<\/strong>
One of the ways he promotes excellence in teaching is through the Partners in Teaching and Scholarship Program, which pairs new faculty with experienced faculty members outside their department to discuss goals, teaching, scholarship and even work\/life balance. \u201cWe have lunches where the pairs gets to meet. It helps the new faculty members in their transition, and we have so many mentors who want to give back and really make an impact on their new colleagues.\u201d<\/div>\n
Inspiring Excellence through Support<\/strong>
Making sure UBC\u2019s faculty can stay on top of their game requires Peter to keep on top of his. With one of his specialties being learning technologies, he keeps abreast of the ever-changing field so that he can support UBC\u2019s staff as they work to improve their teaching efforts. \u201cWe support the course management system (Web CT Vista) and other learning technologies,\u201d he says, adding that because technology is always changing, it\u2019s critical to provide support in order to ensure it\u2019s used effectively. \u201cFaculty are willing to take risks in the classroom if they know someone is there to assist them. They come to us with ideas for improvements, and we support their efforts.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\"Question\"<\/p>\n
Why did you choose to work at UBC?<\/div>\n
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I came here to lead the work in educational technology and it was a natural progression to build an academic development centre for teaching and learning. We\u2019re now a team of five immersed in learning about successful learning environments, and we have such a good working relationship with the amazing people here. We all love coming to work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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