Congratulations to Dr. Frances Chen and Dr. Lillian May, who received 2025-26 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Funds (TELF) to advance learning at UBC Psychology.
Created to enrich student learning, the TLEF supports projects that bring innovative and effective educational enhancements to UBC.
UBC Psychology Professor Dr. Frances Chen received funding towards her project Facilitating Student Success in the Psychology Major: Focus on the PSYC 217-218 Transition. This project aims to create, assess, and refine resources, tools, and strategies to help students overcome knowledge gaps and successfully navigate the PSYC 217-218 transition. Ultimately this project will have positive impacts on students’ well-being and academic success for years to come.
Dr. Chen’s project team:
- Dr. Grace Truong, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Mark Lam, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Catherine Rawn, Professor of Teaching / Associate Head, Undergraduate Affairs, Psychology, Faculty of Arts,
- PJ Rayner, Curriculum Consultant, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
UBC Psychology Lecturer Dr. Lillian May received renewed funding towards her project Creation of a Canvas Module: “What Science Can Tell You About How To Be Successful in University”. This project will present a host of high-utility research-supported approaches to success in learning, via short, entertaining accessible video clips, available for use by any UBC instructor.
Dr. May’s project team:
- Dr. Sunaina Assanand, Professor of Teaching, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Benjamin Cheung, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Jay Hosking, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. David King, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Simon Lolliot, Associate Professor of Teaching, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Grace Truong, Lecturer, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Kayli Johnson, Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemistry, Faculty of Science
The 2025/26 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund awarded $2,436,139 to support 66 new and returning TLEF projects (16 Large TLEF Transformation projects and 53 Small TLEF Innovation projects).
In addition, Dr. Kayli Johnson, Associate Professor of Teaching, in the Department of Chemistry, received renewed funding towards her project GRASP: Using Generative AI to Efficiently Provide Spaced, Elaborative, Interleaving Formative Assessments. This project is cross-appointed between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Arts.
Dr. Johnson’s project team:
- Dr. Simon Lolliot, Associate Professor of Teaching, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Brett Gilley, Associate Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Steven Barnes, Professor of Teaching, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Stephen Michaud, Sr. Manager, Learning Applications Integrations and Analytics, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT)
- Will Engle, Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
- Noureddine Elouazizi, Sr. Strategist, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in Learning Technology, Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (Skylight), Faculty of Science
- Manuel Dias, Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
About UBC’s Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF):
The TLEF supports UBC’s strategic plan Shaping UBC’s Next Century, by advancing transformative learning at the university. It is funded entirely through a portion of UBC Vancouver student tuition. Since its inception in 1991, the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) has supported more than 1,200 teaching and learning projects.
Congratulations to Dr. Chen, Dr. May, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Barnes, and Dr. Lolliot and the members of their project teams on this funding!
