The Latest at LTIC

This is not Utopia: Surviving an Outage

When I took this job I thought about whether it would be a stressful job. And I came to the conclusion that it would have its moments, but it’s not like Canvas is ever going to go down…

Announcing AI Tools and Services for Academic Innovation

LTIC is excited to announce that we are making available new AI tools and services for faculty to use in their academic work, thanks to a partnership with the Advanced Research Computing Centre.
UBC Exam Card Scanner: Digitally check-in students during exams

Gone are the days of crossing students’ names off lengthy lists to check them into exams. With LTIC’s new UBC Exam Card Scanner mobile app, instructors and TAs can scan UBC Student cards to quickly and securely check-in students and manage flagged issues through Canvas.
LT Considerations

The Learning Technology Innovation Centre is committed to careful consideration of learner and instructor impacts when adopting or incorporating any technology into UBC’s LT ecosystem. For any new tool, we complete information security and privacy impact assessments, and are guided by UBC’s purchasing policy (UBC Policy FM2).

Generative AI Studio Deep Dives

Check out this series of AI related “deep dives” from the “Generative AI Studios” event (a bi-weekly online session provided by staff from the Learning Technology Innovation Centre). Topics include “Redefining our AI Glossary”, “Privacy and Ethical Considerations around A.I.”, and more!
Listen to LTIC’s Academic Director, Dr. Elisa Baniassad, talk about courage on the “EduTrends” podcast

Elisa sat down with Dr. José Pepe Escamilla, Associate Director of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnológico de Monterrey, to discuss a variety of topics including her education journey, AI adoption principles, and the importance of leadership from educators in a world filled with AI.
Student Learning and the Use of Lecture Recordings

Lecture recordings are a common resource in university courses today. But what do we actually know about how lecture recordings impact student learning? UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics’ Jonathan Graves is investigating just that, as part of the Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program.
Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program (LAFPP) 2026

LAFPP Second Call For Proposals Now open until January 18, 2026 Earlier in 2025, LTIC launched a Learning Analytics Faculty Partnership Program (LAFPP) to catalyze evidence-based teaching and learning inquiry through learning analytics data. The program is aimed at supporting pedagogical inquiry by partnering faculty with the LA team to explore actionable sources of data,…
CREATE: Generating Interactive Learning

The LT Incubator has been busy! Take a peak into the development of CREATE – a GenAI tool for generating interactive elements for Canvas (created by researchers at UBC in partnership with LTIC).
Learning Technology: Tell us how you really feel!

LTIC is charting its strategy for learning technology. Lend your voice to the conversation! Is learning technology meeting your needs? Tell us why or why not in this very short survey
Whimsy in a world of learning technology

Back in the day of paper assignments, instructors had the freedom to add a bit of an individual touch to their grading, from a smiley face to a gold star sticker. We’ve seen numerous benefits to the learning experience as universities moved to online assessments, but some of the personalization has been lost along the…
BiocBot: a GenAI Study-Buddy Tool

Something is growing and evolving rapidly in the LT Incubator! Take a peek into the development of BiocBot – an augmentative GenAI study-buddy created by researchers at UBC in partnership with LTIC.
LTIC and the Vision of Utopian Learning Tech

In this extended version of an EduBytes editorial, Elisa asks: What does learning tech at a utopian university look like? And how can LTIC get us there?
Announcing the Launch of the Learning Technology Innovation Centre

Find out about what the university is doing, what we as individuals can do, and how all UBC’ers can join the conversation about A.I. usage as we collectively learn about this new technological and educational landscape.
AI and Sustainability: Our Responsibility

Find out about what the university is doing, what we as individuals can do, and how all UBC’ers can join the conversation about A.I. usage as we collectively learn about this new technological and educational landscape.
GenAI Implementation for Canadian Higher Education

The LLM Sandbox is a locally-hosted service offering UBC faculty access to large language models in a private, secure environment.
The Vision for the Learning Technology Innovation Centre

Academic Director Elisa Baniassad shares her vision for UBC’s new Learning Technology Innovation Center and why universities must shape their own educational future.