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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 — Oct 20 at 11 am MicroCourse 2 — Adapting Instruction — tba MicroCourse 3 — Assessments — Oct 22 at … 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: PeerScholar Workshop — TBA WeVu Workshop — Thurs, … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Analyst II, Student Technology Administrator I, Database Sessional Faculty, Winter 2021 Analyst I, Systems Project Manager Project Lead, Job Design and Analysis Specialist Department Assistant. ISC Buyer, Procurement Assistant, Enrolment Services To view details on these postings, … Read more
Provost’s “Brown Bag” Drop-in Session Wed, Oct 28 Noon to 1 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://ufv-ca.zoom.us/j/69972047727?pwd=QmwxTm9oT2hUZ3R6TEhhNGN1NHVwUT09 (or Meeting ID: 699 7204 7727 & Passcode: 594530) Online Learning — the good, the bad, and the ugly Do you have some questions or experiences you want to share about moving to online learning? We’re here to listen … 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: PeerScholar Workshop — Thurs, Oct 15 (1-2 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. Here is a link to the workshops and their descriptions: http://events.ufv.ca/tlc/. Sessions are open to all UFV employees. If you have any problems registering, please contact asktlc@ufv.ca or … 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. 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
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: PeerScholar Workshop — Thurs, Oct 8 (3-4 pm) … Read more
Join Lorna Andrews, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Indigenization, to chat about reconciliation efforts at UFV. The Chat-R sessions are an online chat about Reconciliation, Decolonization, Indigenization, or anything associated with Reconciliation. The hope is that faculty and staff can share their stories, best practices, or journeys towards reconciliation. This is also an opportunity for folks … Read more
Course poens: October 23, 2020 at 3 pm Synchronous Sessions via Zoom: Monday, October 26 (12-1 pm — 1 hour) Friday, October 30 ( 12-2 pm — 2 hours) Asynchronous Course Materials via Blackboard Description During our synchronous and asynchronous sessions, we will go through a journey to discover challenges and best practices in decolonizing … Read more
Course Opens: November 6, 2020 at 3 pm Synchronous Sessions via Zoom: Monday, November 9 (12-1 pm – 1 hour) Friday, November 13 (12-2 pm – 2 hours) Asynchronous Course Materials via Blackboard Description: Weaving Knowledge Systems (formerly Indigenizing the Curriculum) a workshop that provides you with hands-on experience and resources that will bring together … Read more
This course teaches ways to ensure your writing is read, understood, and acted on. The course is engaging, relevant and useful with lots of before and after examples, tips and best practices. It’s highly practical with lots of in-class exercises. Participants can also do the exercises using their own writing. • Proven techniques that will … Read more
This virtual experience explores how to build personal resilience in this unprecedented global situation where we are striving to find new ways to collaborate and contribute to UFV’s success. Levels of stress are sometimes high, changes are often rapid, significant and uncertain leaving many of us feeling overwhelmed. Personal resilience is an essential factor in … Read more
As many faculty and staff members have the flexibility to work remotely, it is important to have a proper workstation set up to avoid awkward posture(s) which can increase the risk of an ergonomic injury. This training session will: 1. Identify key ergonomic risks associated with working from home 2. Discuss strategies for improving ergonomics … Read more
Learn advanced skills in Microsoft Excel through Blackboard Collaborate. Topics may include financial functions, table creating and manipulation, PivotTables and PivotCharts, custom formatting, and consolidating data. Contact the instructor at Courtney.Boisvert@ufv.ca by November 16th. if you have specific topics you’d like covered. Facilitator: Courtney Boisvert Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advanced-excel-tickets-120645039561 Wed, Nov 11 1-2:30 pm Blackboard Collaborate https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advanced-excel-tickets-120645039561 … Read more