Emerging Media Lab

UBC’s Emerging Media Lab (EML) is an experimental lab space where faculty, students, and staff from all disciplines collaborate to evolve learning by creating tools and techniques using emerging media technologies. 

EML provides lab resources and expertise to manage, design and develop innovative software projects. EML hires teams twice a year and provides space for these teams who collaborate and work under the direction of faculty PIs as subject matter experts in pursuit of developing new technologies that can be applied in teaching/learning or research settings.  Project teams originate with the PIs and include students and staff. 

Features and Benefits

Emerging media projects can be complex but EML staff support the whole cycle of design, development and proof-of-concept, and as projects show promise acceleration to viable products. EML team will  determine project scope, tasks, and experiment to find solutions to meet project goals.

Requirements and Eligibility

The Emerging Media Lab provides services for UBC faculty. Faculty are encouraged to submit proposals related to their teaching/learning or research for projects that use emerging media technologies. Learn more about EML projects on the projects page.  

Faculty can submit the form for consultation even if they are not interested in immediate intake.  EML will work with you to develop your ideas and answer your questions about projects in emerging media. There are no requirements prior to engagement.
 

Learn More

Schedule a visit or drop-in and try our services.  Explore EML projects on eml.ubc.ca or at https://wiki.ubc.ca/Emerging_Media_Lab 

Get Help

Reach us at  emergingmedia.lab@ubc.ca Tel: 604-822-2669

Page last updated on July 7, 2025


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