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Lesson/Unit Planning: a guide for quick review of the essential points

Lesson/Unit Planning: a guide for quick review of the essential points

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, Active Learning, Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, K-3, Learning Design & Planning, Resource, Secondary | Tagged with backward design, designing learning, learning design, lesson planning, reflection, unit planning

This is a quick guide with questions you might ask yourself about your lesson/ unit plan to check that are considering the most essential points while planning. 1. Why do we teach..? Let’s start with this video to help us understand why thinking about the goal of your lesson/ plan is the first step to […]

Know Do Understand (KDU): a starting point in planning

Know Do Understand (KDU): a starting point in planning

Posted in Learning Design & Planning, Not Subject Specific, Resource, Video & Video Tutorials | Tagged with Assessment, KDU, learning design, lesson planning, planning, Teacher Use, template, unit planning

The BC curriculum’s more concept and competency based curriculum, expects that teachers combine Big Ideas, Contents, and Competencies as they plan learning experiences for their students. The purpose is to create clear goals which will guide teachers to design assessments and activities to develop concepts and skills in their students. The “Know-Do-Understand” Model (KDU) can […]

Unit Planning: one teacher’s approach

Unit Planning: one teacher’s approach

Posted in Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, English, Fine Arts, Learning Design & Planning | Tagged with designing learning, guide, KDU, learning design, lesson planning, math, planning, Teacher Use, unit plan

Guest post by Ariane faria-dos santos, Peer Mentor, PHD student EDCP 2022 The BC curriculum presents some challenges for teachers to plan because it requires that teachers combine Big Ideas, Contents, and Competencies. The purpose is to create clear goals which will guide teachers to design assessments and activities to develop concepts and skills in […]

Digital-Tech Integration: podcast resource post

Digital-Tech Integration: podcast resource post

Posted in artSTEAM, Blog Posts, Digital & Media Literacy, Podcast, Resource, sciSTEAM, techSTEAM | Tagged with apps, digital technology, game, gaming, learning design, science, STEAM

Digital literacy is a critical element as we look to enhance teaching and learning in today’s classrooms. In Episode 2 of our recently launched Thinking outside the Sandbox podcast, Dr. Jennifer Jenson, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin, and Dr. Sandrine Han share their ideas and experiences with respect to digital technology integration and the development of digital […]

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Teaching Online: ETS video resources

Posted in Remote teaching & learning | Tagged with learning design, online learning, planning

My colleagues in UBC’s Faculty of Education Educational Technology Support team have developed some excellent video resources to support instructors in designing learning online. While typically UBC Instructors utilize Canvas as a learning management system, these resources are tool agnostic and, instead, take up important pedagogical considerations when designing online learning. At the time of […]


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