Laura Lukes
Center for Teaching & Faculty Excellence & Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences
University of British Columbia
Current role: Assistant Professor in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of British Columbia
Research Interests: Self-regulated learning; metacognition; motivation; emotion in learning; the student learning experience in introductory STEM courses; faculty adoption of active learning teaching practices; qualitative methods; learning spaces; learning engineering
Leadership roles: Chair of POD Network’s SoTL SIG (2021-2022), President of NAGT-Geoscience Education Research Division (2014-2015); Chair GSA Education Committee (2014-2015); Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation-Office of Polar Programs (2010-2011); Secretary of NAGT-SW
Website Content Contributions
Conference Presentations (6)
Evaluating the Course Curriculum for a Graduate Course Focused on Teaching and Learning in Informal Spaces part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Monday Poster Session
The SCI-LEnS (Student-Curated Informal Learning and Engagement Spaces) Project at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seeks to create a new graduate course that develops graduate students' science ...
Other Contributions (5)
GER at EER: What Should Future Programming Look Like? part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Round Table Discussions
The Earth Educators' Rendezvous (EER) offers many important opportunities for geoscience educators to gather - including participating in and offering one another professional development in geoscience ...
Communities
Pacific Northwest Section, Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division, Geoscience Education Research Division, Teacher Education Division
July 2021 2021 Transforming Institutions Conference
June 2021 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2020
July 2020 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Education Icon
ASCN Interest
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
Geo2YC Community
ICON Education Interest List
Teaching Geoscience Online
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
ASCN Member
NAGT All
Teach the Earth
Teaching in the Field Interest Group
Workshop Leader
EER 2024 Developing Collaborative Operations Manuals for Research Groups
EER 2020 SOTL
Workshop Participant (15 workshops)
July 2015 Ed Research Methods Workshop
July 2015 Early Career workshop alums
Webinar Participant (4 webinars)
January 2023 Climate Survey of the Geosciences: Disproportionate impacts on historically excluded groups
February 2022 Mentoring Undergraduates: Techniques And Best Practices For Guiding The Next Generation Of Scientists Webinar
January 2022