About the Session
This hands-on workshop empowers learning designers and professors to create engaging, decision-based learning experiences using H5P’s branching scenario and game map features. Participants will explore how AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and NotebookLM can streamline scenario planning, dialogue generation, and feedback loops. No prior programming skills needed — just creativity and curiosity.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Design interactive branching scenarios aligned with pedagogical goals using H5P
- Use AI tools to co-develop dialogue, storyline paths, and assessment logic efficiently
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About the Facilitators
Gabriela Kurtz holds a PhD in Communication and Information, with award-winning research on gender and video games. She is an assistant professor at the University of the Fraser Valley where she champions empathetic, inclusive, and tech-forward pedagogy through active learning and experiential design.
Sana Jamil is an educational technologist with a PhD in Educational Technology and expertise in instructional design, leadership, and innovation. She leads curriculum development and experiential learning initiatives at University Canada West to support faculty training and program enhancement.
Together, Sana and Gabriela bring a powerful blend of strategy and creativity, making them the ideal team to guide educators in leveraging AI and H5P to design meaningful, learner-centered interactive experiences.
About the Series
Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series consisting of workshops that empower educators, learning designers, and graduate students in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions to explore, experiment with, and evaluate cutting-edge tools for enhancing teaching excellence and student success. Aligned with the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework, this program emphasizes a support technology perspective, encouraging open-mindedness, curiosity, troubleshooting skills, and the selection of appropriate tools for work and study.
Focus Areas for 2025-2026
- The AI Sandbox: a space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence tools and applications in educational settings.
- Other Learning Technologies: a space to explore, experiment, and review emerging learning technologies beyond AI, highlighting their potential impacts and practical applications.
In 90-minute live streamed webinars, expert leaders will introduce and demonstrate cutting-edge, open, and free, or low-cost, educational technology tools.
By actively participating in these sandbox sessions, participants will experiment with tools, work with fellow educators to review features of the tools, gain insights into teaching activities, and discover ways to integrate these tools into courses.
Recordings of the presentations and reviews of the tools will be available on our website following the event.
EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions
- September 10, 2025 – Choose Your Own Adventure! Dynamic Branching Scenarios and Game Maps With H5P and AI Tools
- October 8, 2025 – The Intelligent Notebook: Become a Knowledge Expert With NotebookLM
- October 17, 2025 – Remote Proctoring Through an Ethical Lens: the Case Against Surveillance
- November 26, 2025 – Claude vs. ChatGPT: Choosing the Right AI for the Job
- January 21, 2025 – Build Your Own Teaching Bot: My Story of Creating CITE GPT as a Teaching Tool
- February 18, 2025 – Re-imagining the Past: Deepfake as a Tool for Creative Storytelling and Visual Literacy