Skylight Supper Series

Skylight's Supper Series on science education provides a place for faculty members to participate in interactive seminars on teaching and learning issues presented by their colleagues. Meet your peers, enjoy a light meal and refreshments, share your thoughts, and hear about the exciting progress our science community is making in learning and teaching.

Upcoming Events

Thank you for your interest in our Supper Series! During the pandemic, we transitioned from in-person events to virtual events and changed the name of this series to the Online Teaching Series. In 2023, we are returning to in-person events and changing the name of the series again to the Skylight Teaching Series.

We hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events!

Previous Events

Building a degree program from scratch: lessons learned while adapting UBC courses for a new BSc degree program at the University of Central Asia

Imagine the possibilities if you could design and build a B.Sc. degree program from scratch. Our team of 11, including 9 past or present UBC science educators or science education specialists, is involved in exactly that scenario now, as we work on our UBC/UCA partnership project to develop a 22… read more
StatSpace: a repository for teaching and learning resources in introductory statistics

As part of the Flexible Learning Introductory Statistics project, we created StatSpace, an online repository for teaching and learning resources in introductory statistics. StatSpace will be a platform for collaboration in teaching introductory statistics, for sharing teaching resources,… read more
A New Blended Model for Small Scale Learning in Calculus for the Physical Sciences

Small classes that enact student-centered pedagogies have been shown to be effective in developing students’ problem solving skills, conceptual understanding, and facilitating effective peer-to-peer engagement. Small, active classes are pedagogically superior, but university resources do not afford… read more
The Alchemy Project: Practice Toward Developing Expert-Like Thinking in Chemistry

Critical-thinking, decision-making, and processing skills are essential in Chemistry and other STEM fields; however, few courses offer opportunities for students to practice these skills and receive feedback. We have developed a pedagogical method and a prototype online tool, code-named "Alchemy",… read more
Pushing the boundaries of science demonstrations with modern technology: Using slow-motion videos in Physics 101

We will describe the benefits and the challenges of using modern technology for designing and implementing in-class science demonstrations. We suggest that state-of-the-art instrumentation, such as a fast-speed video camera, can turn traditional lecture demonstrations from mere entertainment to an… read more
Developing, customizing, and investigating open textbooks in undergraduate science courses

While licensed textbooks are commonly assigned in undergraduate courses, they can be cost prohibitive for students and, in some cases, they may not quite fit the content instructors wish to teach. Open textbooks can help overcome these obstacles. In this session, we’ll hear about two open… read more
It’s as easy as Figures 1, 2, and 3: How to encourage your students to interpret data and help them understand scientific papers with the Figure Facts template

Learning to interpret scholarly scientific literature is critical training for evidence-based decision makers. There are several published methods for giving students directed practice with reading research papers, but many of them are resource intensive to implement. We will present data… read more
Teaching what we've learned: A new alumni-taught industry skills course in Computer Science

Over the past few years, we've developed a new Computer Science course in which UBC CS alumni teach workshop-style classes on the latest technologies used in industry. The alumni speakers teach skills that are directly relevant to the field and are founded in best practices that have been shaped by… read more
Indigenizing STEM curricula, classrooms, and communities

This event explores concrete examples of how STEM faculty meaningfully embed Indigenous knowledge and voices into their courses and curricula. Eduardo Jovel will discuss how his teaching practices have been shaped by his experiences working with Indigenous communities. This includes making specific… read more

Skylight Supper Series

Upcoming Events

Previous Events

Building a degree program from scratch: lessons learned while adapting UBC courses for a new BSc degree program at the University of Central Asia

StatSpace: a repository for teaching and learning resources in introductory statistics

A New Blended Model for Small Scale Learning in Calculus for the Physical Sciences

The Alchemy Project: Practice Toward Developing Expert-Like Thinking in Chemistry

Pushing the boundaries of science demonstrations with modern technology: Using slow-motion videos in Physics 101

Developing, customizing, and investigating open textbooks in undergraduate science courses

It’s as easy as Figures 1, 2, and 3: How to encourage your students to interpret data and help them understand scientific papers with the Figure Facts template

Teaching what we've learned: A new alumni-taught industry skills course in Computer Science

Indigenizing STEM curricula, classrooms, and communities

Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching

Faculty of Science

Skylight Supper Series

Upcoming Events

Previous Events

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching

Faculty of Science