Skylight Development Grants Summer 2017 | UBC Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching

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UBC SKYLIGHT: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching

Principal Applicant	Department/Program	Project Title
Kai Chan	IRES	Explainer documents for ENVR 430
Sarah Bean Sherman	EOAS	Assessing the development of 3-D spatial visualization skills of undergraduate students
Maya Kopylova	EOAS	Teaching optical minerology in the digital age
Jose Rodriguez Nunez	CHEM	Developing and refining active learning pedagogies for a 3rd year materials chemistry course
Elisa Baniassad	CPSC	Exploration of dominance and muting in student-led software development teams
James Charbonneau & Pam Kalas	SCIE 001	Measuring learning in ComPAIR: Can comparisons help students understand meiosis?
Matias Salibian-Barrera	STAT	Transforming weekly quizzes into WebWork assignments for STAT 406
Liane Chen & Robin Young	BOTA/ZOOL	Development of course templates for Canvas to improve usability and seamless experience
Jennifer Klenz	BOTA/ZOOL	C.elegans life cycle regulation through temperature

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