We have worked with the UBC Science community and our campus partners since 2001, expanding the body of theoretical and practical knowledge about teaching science and math while helping tens of thousands of UBC undergraduates expand the depth and breadth of their learning and classroom experience.
2025
- Skylight surpasses $1M in funding distributed through Skylight Development Grants.
2024
- Skylight adds an SES position in the Department of Microbiology of Immunology. SESs are now embedded in 8 out of 9 departments in the Faculty of Science.
- Launched the Skylight Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) Working Group.
2023
- Launched the Skylight Teaching Series (in place of the Online Teaching Series)
2022
2021
- Launched the STEM Education Research Exchange (SERE)
- Skylight hires a research analyst to advance work in learning analytics
2020
- Launched the Online Teaching Series (in place of the long-running Science Education Supper Series)
- Developed the Science Online Teaching 2020 resource as part of Skylight's support of the emergency transition to online teaching
- Developed mid-course survey templates, canvas templates, and other online teaching resources
- Provided substantial support for the Faculty of Science strategic planning process, including a survey of all faculty, staff, and students
2019
- Published the SEI Handbook
2018
- Student Diversity Initiative launched
- Data Science Curriculum project initiated with support from Skylight
- Teaching Start-up Initiative began
- Skylight publishes a prospectus and the first in its series of annual reports
2017
- Skylight creates seven Science Education Specialist (SES) positions to support departmental strategic priorities
- Academic Equipment Fund is launched in the Faculty of Science and administered by Skylight
2016
- Skylight Faculty Advisory Council established
2015
- Skylight joins NSF-funded TRESTLE project
2014
- Paired Teaching Initiative in PHAS and EOAS launched
- Skylight joins the Bay View Alliance
- CWSEI's activities merged with Skylight, end-of-year event transitions to the Science Education Open House
2013
- Skylight formally supports CWSEI with the addition of a dedicated staff member
- Learning technology ecosystem support model implemented in partnership with CTLT
- UBC Flexible Learning Initiative launched
- BSc Degree Outcomes discussions begin
2011
- Skylight and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) partner to hire a learning technology strategist for the Faculty of Science
2010
- First permanent staff position created in Skylight
2009
- CWSEI end-of-year event launched
2007
- Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) established at UBC
2005
- Embedded experts hired in BIOL, CHEM, and MATH
2004
- First embedded expert hired in PHAS
2001
- Skylight established
- Science Education Supper Series established
- Skylight Development Grants established