University of British Columbia (UBC)

Like the University of Colorado at Boulder, UBC has engaged in a major initiative started by Dr. Carl Wieman.  Wrapping up in 2017-2018, the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) at UBC has spanned 10 years (5-7 years per department) and involved embedding postdocs and contract faculty (Science Teaching and Learning Fellows) in departments to partner with faculty to transform undergraduate courses, with a focus on articulating clear course goals, measuring what students are learning, and introducing evidence-based teaching practices to achieve the established goals.  Over 50 Fellows have worked with over 170 faculty to substantially transform over 150 courses, with over 40 more partially transformed by CWSEI efforts – in all, about 2/3 of all credit hours taught in the Faculty of Science at UBC.

Based on this experience as well as efforts in advising and hosting interested colleagues from other campuses, UBC serves as a mentor and comparative institution in the TRESTLE network.

To learn more about initiatives at UBC, visit the Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teaching) website: https://skylight.science.ubc.ca/projects

Campus Leaders

Warren Code, PhD

Associate Director

Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and

Teaching)

warcode@science.ubc.ca

Gülnur Birol, PhD

Director

Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and

Teaching)

birol@science.ubc.ca