LTI Annual Report 2025-26
October 30, 2026
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We invite you to explore our key themes and milestones in our comprehensive report, or browse the highlighted sections below for a snapshot of our achievements.
Student support
Academic Skills Centre
booked appointments
workshops
drop-in participants
over 85 sessionsstudent interactions
workshops, drop-ins & outreachMath & Stats Assistance Centre
students supported
exam review, workshops, spacedrop-in supports
request for assistancebrightspace learners
| Undergraduate Research Awards | Students awarded | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards | 117 | $192,000 |
| Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Awards | 26 | $202,500 |
Instructor support
Consultations & technical support
On top of 4,023 resolved tickets, we worked with instructors through consults and live support.
educational technology
curriculum development
learning design
live support
| Community | Meetings | Attendees |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible Teaching & Learning | 5 | 71 |
| Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoTL) | 3 | 18 |
| Generative AI (GenAI) | 8 | 83 |
Programs & Events
In addition to registrations, we also presented 64 bespoke workshops and presentations, engaged in 37 professional development workshops and provided 5 peer review of teaching sessions.
Let's Talk About Teaching
attendeesFinal Word Symposium
attendeesLearning Innovation for Teaching (LIFT)
graduatesworkshop attendees
Educational technology
| Technology | Active users | Items |
|---|---|---|
| Brightspace | 36,505 | 10,184 (courses) |
| Echo360 | 31,333 | 20,163 (captures) |
| Online Academic Community | 22,225 | 1,873 (sites) |
| Crowdmark | 11,029 (students) | 1,873 (assessments) |
Achievements
Below are some highlights of our achievements, based on our three guiding principles.
- partnered with courses, programs and campus services to connect more than 220 students with academic and learning support
- collaborately hosted the Final Word Symposium, exploring how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping graduate student education, academic research and writing practices
- engaged with 44 university groups and six external partners to support curriculum renewal, course design, assessment, educational technology and teaching innovation through tailored workshops, consultations and multi-stage partnerships
- co-facilitated tailored panels and discussions on GenAI with Associate Deans Academic, Chairs and Directors
- re-designed our GenAI position statement through an extensive consultation proccess to better support undergraduate students, graduate students, instructors and academic leaders
- redesigned academic skills support for first-year Indigenous students in the LE,NOṈET Transition Seminar from a structured workshop to a more conversational, student-directed approach
- piloted a STEM Conversation Café series, designed to support multilingual students' oral communication development while remaining open to all students
- graduated 13 instructors through the inaugural Learning Innovation for Teaching (LIFT) program, and welcomed 29 in Fall 2026 cohort
- upgraded technology in our main workshop and course space: HHB 128, which included three large displays, enhanced capture capabilities and improved networking
- piloted Vevox, a new polling platform, to better support students in a reliable and accessible way
- refreshed Teach Anywhere, our learning and teaching website, by consolidating and updating resources and hosting it on the uvic.ca site (Cascade 4 template)
- a dedicated curriculum developer role was created to support indigenization and decolonizing curriculum design efforts, as well as academic integrity and GenAI considerations in instructional development
- trained two MSAC tutors (with help from specialized tools on loan from CAL), in blind and low vision support methods
- added accessibility statements to JCURA and VKURA Brightspace sites, proactively inviting students to identify barriers and request support
- launched an Accessibility in Action lunch and learn series to connect instructors with practical strategies for course design, assessment and classroom practice
- created an internal hiring guide for managers to navigate recruitment processes, probation and performance planning
- developed our communities of practice to include groups on accessibility, GenAI and SoTL
Going forward
We have created operational goals for the division. Some highlights are listed below:
- Provide a transparent, shared understanding around educational technology decision-making.
- Clearly communicate evaluation processes, adoption criteria and support models, while exploring opportunities for more distributed administration and stewardship across campus.
- Expand opportunities to showcase innovative teaching, learning and student support practices through case studies, stories and examples from instructors, students and campus partners.
- Highlight both success stories and lessons learned to support learning and adoption of effective teaching practices.
- Develop a more coordinated approach to collecting, analyzing and reporting across student support services.
- Improve the use of appointment, registration and participation data to better understand student success needs.
- Develop approaches to assess the value and impact of our services and initiatives, using participation data, feedback and other indicators to understand what is working, where there are emerging needs and where resources can have the greatest impact.
- Following our website redesign and review of existing programming, identify gaps and emerging needs, and prioritize the development, renewal and maintenance of learning and teaching resources and professional-development offerings.
- Consolidate and refine related resources, workshops and materials across 糖心视频Learn, other LTI platforms and relevant university platforms maintained by partner units and divisions.
- Establish sustainable processes for ongoing review, renewal and retirement of resources and programming, informed by emerging needs, evidence and instructor feedback.
- Build on the first two LIFT cohorts and strengthen connections between professional development, communities of practice, consultations and faculty- and program-level curriculum and assessment work.
- Continue embedding accessibility, inclusive pedagogy and responsible GenAI practice across these supports while developing sustainable approaches to prioritizing intensive partnership work.
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