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Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: Camtasia Workshop — Wed, Mar 10 (2-3 pm) … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online courses), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — Tues, Mar 9 at 11am MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — Wed, Mar 10 at 1 pm MicroCourse 3 — … Read more
Please join us ! Tues, March 31 (12-1 pm) Lunch & Learn Presentation via Zoom Rebekah will present: “Invited to the Table: Making Learning More Accessible to More Students” Rebekah Taussig is a Kansas City writer and teacher with her doctorate in Creative Nonfiction and Disability Studies. She has led workshops at the University of … Read more
A message from Human Resources: Professional Development Fund – year-end deadlines for Expense Claims To ensure optimal timing for processing In-Service Professional Development reimbursements for approved PD activities and remote work resources this 20/21 fiscal year, all-expense claims must be submitted no later than Wed, March 31, 2021, to in-service_pd@ufv.ca. Please visit our Human Resources … Read more
UFV Student Research Day is a yearly opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to showcase their high-calibre, faculty-supervised research to peers, professors, UFV staff and alumni, industry professionals, family and friends, and the community at large. Taking place each year toward the end of Winter semester, students participate by designing a standard 48in by 36in … Read more
E’YIES’LEK ROCKY LAROCK: THE WILD INSIDE Thurs, MARCH 11, 2021 2:30-4 pm Artist talk & exhibit tour via zoom Join The Reach Gallery Museum’s Curator of Art & Visual Culture Adrienne Fast, and Stó:lō master carver Rocky LaRock, for a conversation about LaRock’s artistic path and career, his influences and inspiration, and the stories behind … Read more
Make your online courses more meaningful. Enhance your teaching with ed tech tools from TLC’s top picks inventory. Browse our A-Z listing or find tools based on teaching outcome, popularity, and type of support. Be sure to check back regularly for updates and new apps. Upcoming Schedule: Camtasia Workshop — Wed, Mar 3 (2-3 pm) … Read more
In the first episode of the second season of the Global Migration podcast “Geographies from the Heart: Life-writing from Newcomers to Canada,” host Mohammed Alsaleh speaks to Dr. Amea Wilbur (University of the Fraser Valley), Raymonde Tickner, and Zahida Rahemtulla. They discuss the power of migration stories and the impact of multiple narratives that emerged … Read more
Join Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization to chat about reconciliation efforts at UFV. Have an online chat about Reconciliation, Decolonization, Indigenization, or anything in association with Reconciliation. Date(s): Wed, March 3 (1- 2:30 pm) (The first Wednesday of every month (1-2:30pm) For information and registration, please contact: tlcevents@ufv.ca https://ufv.ca/teaching-and-learning/ For more information, contact … Read more
Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 — Course Organization — TBA MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — Wed, Mar 3 at 1 pm MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Thurs, Apr 1 at 2 pm MicroCourse 4 — Discussion Forum — TBA MicroCourse 5 — Course Video — TBA MicroCourse 6 — Synchronous Sessions — Fri, Mar … Read more
Remember the Long Night Against Procrastination? LNAP is back!! It has a new name, it’s fully online, and it’s going national!! PROCRASTINATION AVOIDANCE WEEK (PAW) Mar 8-12, 2021, 10 am-2 pm Thirteen academic institutions from across Canada are partnering to offer comprehensive procrastination avoidance support for students as we enter the end of semester crunch … Read more
Hands-on, career-focused + far from ordinary! Graphic and Digital Design programs at the University of the Fraser Valley are forward-thinking, dynamic, and flexible. Come and learn about your options! Join our info session and begin shaping the future of the creative industry in the valley and beyond! + Explore various program options + Meet our … Read more
Sahir — a name that requires no introduction for those who love Urdu poetry and Hindustani film music. The very utterance of his name evokes images of romance, resistance, and social justice. To commemorate Sahir Ludhianvi’s birth centenary, presentations by scholars, creative writers, and/or community members will examine topics such as representations of love, nature, … Read more
Open education had its beginnings in BC almost 10 years ago when the provincial government funded the creation of open textbooks with BCcampus at the helm. Since then, dozens of grants have been awarded to assist the province’s colleges, institutes and universities work in open education. In this session Lauri Aesoph, BCcampus project manager for … Read more
Join our inaugural Open Education Faculty Fellow award winners as they discuss their open education projects and talk about why open education matters to them. Guests: Dr. Kseniya Garaschuk (Math and Stats): Calculus I and II for Life Sciences Coursepack. Dr. Luisa Giles (Kinesiology): Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Indigenization in Nutrition: Improving a … Read more