Day 2 (Aug 24): Research

“The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world”.

(Source: https://www.ubc.ca/about/)

We will dedicate this session to look into UBC as a research-focused community and institution, the  process of conducting research, and key values that shape this process. Three important questions will guide us through this session (and beyond) are: What, How, and Why. An important structure that we will follow is Claim→ Evidence→Impact.

What is research? Why is it important for us students?

research/ noun re·search \ri-ˈsərch

• careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something

• the activity of getting information about a subject

(Source: Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary)

Group work:

What? 

I want to grow square watermelons!

           Group 1:  How?                                                               Group 2: Why?

And why not? 

Assignment #2

Post a blog entry titled: My (Replace “my” with your first name) First Day @ University

Guidelines:

Go to new post, type the title (use your preferred first name), insert a short text (up to 200 words) and a related picture (please use low resolution). Organize your text around one/two of the following topics:

• the most interesting thing that happened in my first day @ university
• the most unexpected thing that happened in my first day @ university
• the most upsetting thing that happened in my first day @ university
• the most exciting thing that happened in my first day @ university
• the one thing I’ll always remember about  my first day @ university

Deadline—End of the day (Aug 24, 11:59 pm).