The Faculty of Education is proud to support a large number of online courses to service wide variety of populations:
- Current UBC graduate and undergraduate students
- Diploma & Certificate students
- Non-degree/Unclassified students
See our How to Apply & Register page for more detailed information on admissions procedures.
Canvas Online Learning Platform
Canvas is UBC’s primary learning management system for delivering online course content. Learn more about Canvas with these Canvas tips from the ETS office.
Best Practices
- Before the start of term, log into Canvas (canvas.ubc.ca), view your course and read information provided by the instructor. If you do not see the course in Canvas, please contact the PDCE Office at online.educ@ubc.ca.
- Check that UBC addresses are on your e-mail “safe” list (i.e. not going into ‘Spam’ or ‘Trash’) as UBC is not responsible for re-sending returned message or for the consequences of a message not received (look for link to policy)
- Once term starts, routinely check your email or Canvas for communication from your instructor. Most instructors will reach out to students a few days before the term starts or on the day of. In the exceptional event that you have not received any communication from your instructor after the first few days of the term, please contact PDCE at online.educ@ubc.ca.
Withdrawal
Students are responsible for managing their registration. Each term, students can add, drop or change courses on the Student Service Centre (SSC) Portal in accordance with UBC’s withdrawal deadlines.
Please note, non-participation in Canvas and/or deleting your name from the Canvas course site does not constitute withdrawal from a course. Official withdrawal must be done via SSC.
Resources/Supplies
- Canvas: https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides/canvas-guide
- CWL: https://www.myaccount.ubc.ca/myAccount/
- Bookstore – Some courses may require textbook(s). Please visit the UBC Bookstore, or order online via the Course Builder site: http://shop.bookstore.ubc.ca/courselistbuilder.aspx
- Library: http://www.library.ubc.ca
- Library Card: http://services.library.ubc.ca/borrowing-services/library-cards/
- ezProxy: https://services.library.ubc.ca/electronic-access/connect/ezproxy-toolkit/
- Learning Commons: http://learningcommons.ubc.ca
UBC Course Links:
See the UBC Academic Calendar for course descriptions, or the UBC Course Schedule for the next offering of courses.
Subject Areas
To find available course sections click the course code to open the UBC Calendar. Online courses are not available in every term and there may be on-campus sections in the calendar, so check the course details to ensure you register in the right section.
Offered through the Department of Educational Studies.
COURSES
ADHE 327 – Teaching Adults (3.0) Online
ADHE 328 – Institutions of Adult Education (3.0) Online
ADHE 330 – The Community Practice of Adult Education (3.0) Online
ADHE 412 – An Overview of Adult Education (3.0) Online
ADHE Course Waitlists
Due to the demand for our courses we have a waitlist for classes that are full. Please sign up for the waitlist section of the course.
For wait-listed students please note the following:
- Please be aware that registration is blocked once courses are full, which prevents everyone from registering. If your registration is blocked, please check to see if the course is full, and then sign up for the waitlist section of the course.
- The waitlist works on a priority basis; if seats become available they are given to students who are registered in the following degree programs: (a) ALE MEds/MAs, (b) ADHE Diploma, and (c) CAHE Arts Minor. This is followed by students outside of these degrees by registration date.
- Students will be moved into the class automatically as seats become available. Please check the SSC to confirm your registration.
- We will be moving in students off the waitlist and into the course once per day. If you see a space available in the course that means we have either not moved in students today, or that someone has dropped the course after we have moved in students and that seat will not be assigned until the next day.
- In most cases waitlists will continue to be active and will be monitored up to the last day to withdraw without a W standing for the term. Please note: some course instructors close their course to new registrations before the last day to withdraw without a W standing.
- If you have any further questions please contact pdce.educ@ubc.ca.
Offered through the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education.
COURSES
CNPS 363 – Career Counselling (3.0) Online
CNPS 364 – Family Education and Consultation (3.0) Online
Offered through the Centre for Early Childhood Education & Research.
COURSES
ECED 416 – Kindergarten Curriculum (3.0) Online
ECED 420 – History of Early Childhood Education (3.0) Online
ECED 440 – Supporting Social and Communication Development in Infants and Young Children with Special Needs (3.0) Online
ECED 441 – Early Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Sensory Loss and Motor Impairments (3.0) Online
ECED 480B – Selected Topics in Early Childhood Education: Sociocultural Perspectives in Early Childhood Education (3.0) Online
ECED 442 – Supporting Indigenous Infants and Young Children within the Context of Their Communities (3.0) Online
ECED 401 – Supporting Young Children’s Health and Well-Being in Early Childhood Settings (3.0) Online
Offered through the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education.
COURSES
EPSE 303 – Teaching Highly Able Learners (3.0) Online
EPSE 410 – Assistive Technology in Special Education (3.0) Online
EPSE 432 – Classroom Management (3.0) Online
EPSE 449 – Education of Students with Autism (3.0) Online
EPSE 512 – Critical Issues in Special Education (3.0) Online
Offered through the Department of Language and Literacy Education.
COURSES
LIBE 463 – Selection of Learning Resources (3.0) Online
LIBE 465 – Organization of Learning Resources (3.0) Online
LIBE 477B – Special Topics in Teacher Librarianship – New Media and New Technologies in the School Library Program (3.0) Online
LIBE and LLED Course Waitlists
Due to the demand for our courses we have a waitlist for classes that are full. Please sign up for the waitlist section of the course.
For wait-listed students please note the following:
- Please be aware that registration is blocked once courses are full, which prevents everyone from registering. If your registration is blocked, please check to see if the course is full, and then sign up for the waitlist section of the course.
- The waitlist works on a priority basis; if seats become available they are given to students who are registered in the following programs: (a) DEDU LIBE, (b) DEDU LLED, and (c) EDUC Certificate LIBE. This is followed by students outside of these programs by registration date.
- Students will be moved into the class automatically as seats become available. Please check the SSC to confirm your registration.
- We will be moving in students off the waitlist and into the course once per day. If you see a space available in the course that means we have either not moved in students today, or that someone has dropped the course after we have moved in students and that seat will not be assigned until the next day.
- In most cases waitlists will continue to be active and will be monitored up to the last day to withdraw without a W standing for the term.
- If you have any further questions please contact pdce.educ@ubc.ca.
Offered through the Department of Language and Literacy Education.
COURSES
LLED 391 – Theory and Practice in Reading Instruction: Learning to Read in an Online World (3.0) Online
LLED 421 – Gramligne: Learning and Teaching Grammar in Text for the Second Language Classroom (3.0) Online
LLED 459 – Trends and Issues in Literacy Instruction (3.0) Online
LLED 479 – The Education of Immigrant Students (3.0) Online
LLED 462 – School Library Resource Centre Programs (3.0) Online
LLED 446 – Teaching with Illustrated Materials, K-12: From Picture Books to Information Texts (3.0) Online
