Science Education Open House

2025 Science Education Open House

Date: Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Location: Earth Sciences Building, 1st Floor Lobby and Atrium (map)

Event Schedule

• 9:30am - Registration
  • Check in at the registration desk, coffee and snacks available
• 10:00am - Morning Session, Part 1
  • Welcome and Schedule Overview
  • Remarks from Mark MacLachlan, Dean pro tem
  • Highlights from the Skylight Team
  • Looking Back to Look Forward - Karen Smith (Microbiology and Immunology)
• 11:15am - Break
  • Coffee and snacks available
• 11:30am - Morning Session, Part 2
  • Integrating Generative AI into Curricula: Motivation, Challenges, and Approaches - Dongwook Yoon (Computer Science)
  • The Development and Delivery of a Pre-term, Unassessed Laboratory Foundations Event (LFE) for Incoming First-year Students with Minimal Laboratory Experience - Navreet Grewal, Anne Thomas, and Anka Lekhi (Chemistry)
• 12:30pm - Lunch
  • Lunch and socializing with colleagues, food will remain available during the poster session
• 1:00pm - Poster (or "Show and Tell") Session
  • Afternoon session showcasing teaching and learning projects from across the Faculty of Science

Registration

Please click the link below to register in advance and help us plan our program and catering.

• https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FhNqyAoCDSPqrs 

If you are interested in presenting your work at the Poster (or “Show and Tell”) Session, please review the following section and indicate your interest in the registration survey. 

Poster (or "Show and Tell") Session

We invite all attendees to present any prospective, in-progress, or completed work from teaching and learning projects in (or in partnership with) the Faculty of Science. This can include work you have already presented or plan to present elsewhere.

In the spirit of accessibility, inclusion, and creativity, for this year’s Skylight Education Open House we invite (and encourage) you to share your work, network, and/or spark one-on-one conversations in whatever way suits you!

This may include (but is not limited to):

• a traditional poster (e.g., 48” x 36”)
• a mini poster (one or more 8.5” x 11” sheets)
• a QR code that links to slides or supplementary materials
• a single provocative figure, finding, or statement (a “conversation starter”)
• an activity or demonstration
• props or handouts

In addition to the usual wall space for posters, there are a limited number of spaces with tables and couches for presenters who do not require wall space and/or prefer a quieter area where they can sit down (you can indicate any preference you might have at the time of submission).

If you would like to participate in the poster/alternative show and tell session, please click the link below to submit your details (title, author list, etc.).

• Submission Form: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6qTFIWLRb1nxDG6
• Submission Deadline: April 3, 2025 

More Information

Please email us at skylight@science.ubc.ca if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you at the Open House!