LTC News

The LTC is pleased to announce our upcoming event, Teaching with AI, which is being held on Thursday, October 31, from 11:30 to 4:00 pm in the Town Square meeting rooms on Burnaby campus.

This mini-conference focuses on teaching and learning and helping BCIT faculty deepen their understanding of the challenges and opportunities of integrating Generative AI into their teaching practices.

Keynote presentation by Lucas Wright, Senior Educational Consultant, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC, will commence at 11:30 am. Lunch will be provided at 12:15 pm, followed by various sessions from 1–4 pm. Several of the sessions will provide instructors with an opportunity for hands-on practice experimenting with AI tools for teaching and course design.

Afternoon sessions include:

Teaching Tales from the Crypt — a panel discussion of BCIT faculty using GenAI in their teaching
Developing Teaching Materials with the Help of AI
AI and Academic Integrity
Ethics of GenAI
AI Hands-on Lab
and more…

This is an open event — no registration required.

A new academic year of Food for Thought lunch time sessions got underway on October 9, 2024, as Joan Pascual, Program Head of the Centre for Workplace Education at BCIT, presented a session on the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Faculty Toolkit.

WIL offers students the opportunity to consolidate their learning in the workplace environment. The 170 WIL programs at BCIT include apprenticeships, co-ops, clinicals and preceptorships, practicums and internships, and industry and consulting projects.

The WIL Faculty Toolkit assists instructors whose students are participating in WIL, and was created to centralize the information related to developing and facilitating WIL experiences at BCIT. It is particularly useful for new faculty, and during program development and program reviews.

In addition to a course overview, the Toolkit has six modules:

Module 1: WIL definitions and quality
Module 2: How do I design a WIL experience?
Module 3: Risk management
Module 4: How do I design reflective activities for WIL experiences?
Module 5: What funding is available for WIL partners?
Module 6: How do I evaluate a WIL experience?

The Faculty Toolkit can be accessed through the BCIT Employee Learning Centre at pd.bcit.ca. Select Discover, then search for the WIL Faculty Toolkit, and select Enroll.

Food for Thought sessions are hosted by BCIT Library and the Learning and Teaching Centre throughout the academic year, and are opportunities for faculty and staff to showcase research, learning and teaching practice, student support services, and innovation at BCIT. The sessions are hosted on Teams and in-person at the Library Summit Centre (where a light lunch is provided). A calendar of upcoming sessions is available on the Loop.

Teaching with AI at BCIT

Food for Thought: Work Integrated Learning Faculty Toolkit