The UBC Faculty of Forestry employs many instructors with a high level of expertise in our various thematic research areas, with a strong focus on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) and Educational Leadership (EL) beyond their classrooms. They conduct research on improving the academic experience of our undergraduate and graduate students, disseminating better teaching practices in forestry subjects, and evolving pedagogical methods in higher education.
Examples of our research
- Artificial intelligence and adaptive learning in teaching
- Student motivation and engagement
- Effectiveness of Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Discipline-specific teaching methods for forestry (e.g. silviculture, wildlife, conservation, urban forestry, wood products, etc.)
- Student-centered and experiential learning
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- The use of humor to improve learning
- Sustainability and climate pedagogies