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Micro2 – Adapting Instruction in Times of Crisis – Understanding Students’ Needs This MicroCourse will cover community, connecting and routines, and flexibility in assessment. Facilitator: Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationalization These series of MicroCourses will introduce the essential Blackboard tools, but the primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools … 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. Please note the addition of MicroCourse 8 – Managing Your Online Course in the listing. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy behind the tools and … Read more
As you will have seen, last week UFV announced that most courses will be offered remotely in Fall 2020. This has significant implications for the School of Creative Arts, and particularly for areas and classes that rely on experiential and studio-based instruction. We have all been working extremely hard to determine how to transition most … Read more
Keep up with career opportunities at UFV by checking out the UFV Career Opportunities website. Current positions include: Assistant Professor, Electronics Audio Visual Technician I Banner Database System Administrator Program and School Assistant, School of Health Studies Associate Director, Financial Operations Application Integration Specialist Coordinator, Field Education, School of Social Work and Human Services Instructor,S … Read more
The event will be through Blackboard Collaborate: https://ca.bbcollab.com/guest/1091895782b1448dbcbe3aa39749a239 Wed, June 17 3-4:30 pm Online forum For more information, contact Tracy Morrison at tracy.morrison@ufv.ca 06/18/2020
The following policies have recently been updated and approved: Copyright Compliance (7) Signing Authority (200). The following policy is new and has been approved: International Travel (237) The following policies have been rescinded, effective immediately: Signing Authority — Banking (116) Facsimile Signatures (117) Spending Authority (196) They can be found on the Secretariat website: https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-activity/ … Read more
Micro4 – Create a Compelling Discussion Forum This MicroCourse will cover Student led discussions, self and peer assessment, grading and assessing student activity Facilitator: Ken Harmel, Learning Designer Date: Wed, May 27 at 11 am This course is part of the Online Teaching Fundamentals MicroCourses series. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy … Read more
Micro6 – 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) during … Read more
Micro 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
Micro7 – 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 Date: Thurs, May 28 at 2 pm This course is part of the Online Teaching Fundamentals MicroCourses series. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy … Read more
Micro2 – Adapting Instruction in Times of Crisis – Understanding Students’ Needs This MicroCourse will cover community, connecting and routines, and flexibility in assessment. Facilitator: Victoria Surtees, Teaching and Learning Specialist, Internationalization Date: Tues, May 26 at 11am This course is part of the Online Teaching Fundamentals MicroCourses series. The primary objective of these MicroCourses … Read more
The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the pedagogy and teaching methodology of online tools and how they can be used to: Achieve learning objectives Promote student engagement Collaborate among peers and instructors Creative easy-to-navigate course design Assess student learning Offer support to students Create an online learning community. Additionally, we will explore the essentials … Read more
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 Date: Mon, May 25 at 11am This course is part of the Online Teaching Fundamentals MicroCourses series. The primary objective of these MicroCourses is the … Read more
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Dates: June 15- July 30, 2020 Trainers: Michelle Johnson, Ken Harmel, Leonne Beebe, and Dugg Steary Location : online FLO is a four-week online asynchronous course with scheduled synchronous sessions. The course is designed for UFV faculty who wish to improve or who have little online teaching or online learning experience. … Read more
As part of a 14 day consultation, the University Secretariat invites the UFV community to submit collaborative or individual feedback on the Course Withdrawal (81) policy. Supporting documents are available at https://www.ufv.ca/secretariat/policies/updates/policy-in-consultation/ Please submit your comments to policyconsult@ufv.ca by the deadline of 4 pm, June 2, 2020. 06/02/2020