Skylight Development Grants Summer 2018 | 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
Sarah Bean Sherman	EOAS	Review and improvement of EOSC 329 groundwater hydrology labs for clarity and addition of active learning components
Sarah Bean Sherman	EOAS	Course transformation of EOSC 118
Amanda Giang	IRES	Integrating case-based learning about energy systems into ENVR 410
Kimberly Dill-McFarland	MICB	Experiential Data Science for Undergraduate Cross-Disciplinary Education (EDUCE)
Robin Stoodley	CHEM	Teaching with Alchemy in Chemistry: expanding and evaluating an active learning tool into more courses and new teaching and learning contexts
Kathleen Foote	PHAS	Impact of structured collaboration on student leraning in a mid-level physics course at a large research-intensive university
Cinda Heeren	CS	Course design and materials development for a second course in computing for Science majors
Meghan Allen	CS	Developing curriculum for CPSC 107
Andrew Rechnitzer	MATH	CLP text books - bug bounty

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Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching

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