MicroCourse 6 — Synchronous Teaching — June 25

MicroCourse 6 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Synchronous Teaching Date(s): Thursday, June 25 11:00 am – 12:00 pm This course is designed to help prepare you to teach online in real-time (synchronously). We will explore how the instructor can prepare for success, flip the virtual classroom, and engage students during live sessions. To demonstrate the … Read more

Student positions on Senate Standing Committees

Want to get involved in governance at UFV? Senate’s standing committees still have student positions available for the upcoming 2020-21 year. Senate is the academic governing body at UFV responsible for managing policies concerning academic matters, and advising the Board on policies of mutual interest. These standing committees carry out the business of Senate. Graduate … Read more

MicroCourse 7 — Inclusivity Online — June 25

MicroCourse 7 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Inclusivity Online Date(s): Thursday, June 25 2-3 pm International and Indigenous student profiles, access, and participation Facilitators: Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization, and Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationization These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these … Read more

MicroCourse 8 — Managing Your Online Course — June 22

MicroCourse 8 – Online Teaching Fundamentals – Managing Your Online Course Date(s): Monday, June 22 11 am – 12 pm This micro-course will cover best practices for planning and managing your online course and tips for workload management, building community and student engagement. Facilitator: Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Specialist This course is part of … Read more

Breaking the Silence: Race and Racism at UFV — June 22

Join the Race and Anti-Racism Network (@ufvran) in an open and honest discussion about racism at UFV and specific calls to action. All UFV staff, students and faculty are encouraged to attend. There will be platforms available to share your stories anonymously and the session will be recorded. Q&A will be facilitated for those who … Read more

MicroCourses — Online Teaching Fundamentals

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. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to: achieve learning objectives promote student engagement collaborate among peers … Read more

MicroCourse 6 — Synchronous Teaching — June 18

MicroCourse 6 – Virtual Synchronous Teaching This course is designed to help prepare you to teach online in real-time (synchronously). We will explore how the instructor can prepare for success, flip the virtual classroom, and engage students during live sessions. To demonstrate the techniques and objectives, this course will be delivered live / real-time (synchronously) … Read more

MicroCourse 8 — Managing Your Online Course

Micro8 – Managing Your Online Course This micro-course will cover best practices for planning and managing your online course and tips for workload management, building community and student engagement. Facilitator: Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Specialist Mon, June 15 11 am-12 pm This series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary … Read more

Board of Governors bylaw updates

At its May 14, 2020 meeting, the Board of Governors approved the following bylaw revision: • Board bylaw BGB-110.08 — Officers of the Board Board policies, policy directions, and bylaws can be found at https://www.ufv.ca/board/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca 07/31/2020

MicroCourses — Online Teaching Fundamentals

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. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and how they can be used to: achieve learning objectives promote student engagement collaborate among peers … Read more

MicroCourse 7 — Inclusivity Online — June 18

MicroCourse 7 – Inclusivity Online: International and Indigenous student profiles, access, and participation Facilitators: Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization, and Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationization Thursday, June 18 2-3 pm This series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind … Read more

Policy updates

At its June 5, 2020 meeting, Senate approved the following: • Revisions to the Approval of Graduands (20) policy • Revisions to the Grade Reporting (109) policy. • Revisions to the Prerequisites and Co-Requisities (84) policy. The policies are available on the Secretariat policy website at https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-activity/ For more information, contact Marlene Affleck at marlene.affleck@ufv.ca … Read more