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Nov. 5, 2004

• UBC Groups Sponsor November 19 E-Portfolio Conference
• Music Professors Win ASCAP Awards
• Law Students Earn Borden Ladner Gervais Research Fellowships
• Computer Science Prof Helps Lead Online Collaboration Project

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UBC Groups Sponsor November 19 E-Portfolio Conference

Four campus groups are coming together on November 19 at the Chan Centre for the Peforming Arts to sponsor an interactive, one-day conference on e-Portfolios. Presentations by e-Portfolio experts including students, researchers, faculty and others, will address the role of reflection in developing and using e-Portfolios as a life-long practice, for both students and professionals.

Topics will include:

• How and why reflection helps students become more self-aware of how they learn
• How students can transfer this knowledge to other areas of their education, as well as their professional and personal lives
• Ways to motivate students to engage in reflection and the overall e-portfolio process
• Ways to evaluate the reflection component of students' e-Portfolios

Details:

• Where: The Chan Centre, UBC (Royal Bank Cinema), 6265 Crescent Road
• When: Friday, November 19, 2004, 9:30am - 4:30pm
• Cost: $50 Cdn plus GST

Sponsored By:

• UBC e-Portfolio Community of Practice
• UBC Office of Learning Technology
• UBC Career Connections
• UBC Enrolment Services

For information about the program, including the list of speakers, and to register online, visit: www.elearning.ubc.ca/eportfolio/conference2004

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Music Professors Win ASCAP Awards

Music professors Dorothy Chang and Michael Tenzer have been chosen as 2004-05 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) award recipients.

The awards are granted by an independent panel and based upon the unique prestige value of each writer’s catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the Society. The awards reflect ASCAP’s commitment to assist and encourage composers.

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Law Students Earn Borden Ladner Gervais Research Fellowships

UBC Faculty of Law students Vivian Kung and Sally Rudolf are two of twenty law students from across Canada to receive research fellowships from the national law firm Borden Ladner Gervais. The fellowships are awarded to students to undertake legal research initiatives under the direction of prominent faculty members.

Fellowship recipients were chosen by their law schools based on their academic achievements. Grants worth $10,000 each were awarded to the law students, who have completed their first year.

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Computer Science Prof Helps Lead Online Collaboration Project

Kellogg S. Booth, a UBC computer science professor, is one of 11 researchers at six universities across Canada who are collectively receiving $4.5 million from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to develop tools that support long-distance collaboration using computers. One of their goals is to make on-line methods of collaboration as productive, efficient and natural as working face to face.

The universities involved include the University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Dalhousie University, Queens University, University of Toronto and the University of Saskatchewan. Partners from public and private sectors are contributing nearly $1.2 million to the project along with expertise and resources to ensure the research results are disseminated widely.

Booth is the associate director of The Network for Effective Collaboration Technologies (NECTAR), the related NSERC research network that launched October 12th. For more information on NECTAR visit: www.nectar-research.net.

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