News

External

The items below are items related to external media, grants, and awards.

Tyee article on whether BC should have ended letter grades

• 2023-09-01 - Did BC Need to End Letter Grades on Report Cards?

Teachers Going Gradeless Podcast

• 2022-12-12 - Teachers Going Gradeless Podcast Episode 40 - There’s No One Right Way to Ungrade!

Times Higher Education Article

• 2022-12-02 - “Why there isn’t one ‘right way’ to practise ungrading”

Toronto Star article on whether grades matter

• 2022-06-29 - “Should grades matter? Why this teacher is shaking up everything we know about report cards”, Toronto Star

Open Homework Systems grant recipient

• 2022-06-15 - Announcing the Open Homework Systems Project Grant Recipients, BC Campus

Internal

The items below are internal, institutional grants and awards.

2023/24 UBCO CTL Teaching Fellow

The Teaching Fellow award is a recognition of individual contributions to the teaching and learning mission at UBC Okanagan. The award criteria emphasizes ongoing and future activities performed by the Teaching Fellow.

• Project 1: Study the effects of Alternative Grading policies on student behaviour

• Project 2: Understanding the effects of student stress and anxiety through the term

2022/23 UBCO Teaching Innovation and Excellence award

• 2022-05-18 - Dr. Firas Moosvi builds community in large classrooms

• 2022-05-26 - UBC Okanagan 2022 Teaching Excellence Award Profile