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The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online and information for hybrid 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 … 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, Jun 9 (2-3 pm) … Read more
UFV design students don’t push boundaries, they cross them. They reach out and make connections, embrace change and turn disruption into opportunity. This year our showcase takes a turn from tradition, as we adapt and flourish in anticipation of what the future holds. Featuring the work of our students and grads, stroll through Highstreet and … Read more
Are you interested in learning about the unique talents that you possess, and how to use them to improve your personal and team performance? We will be doing just that in a new course being offered this fall: BUS 306 Strengths-Based Development. As part of the course, you will complete a variety of personal development … Read more
Katie Tuck has been selected as UFV’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). Tuck joins UFV from Yukon University where she served as Director of IT and Chief Information Officer. Tuck’s career has spanned the globe, from her birthplace in the UK to Houston, Texas, and other locations across the United States and Canada. She brings … Read more
Videos from six talks delving into topics related to industry, technology, and innovation are available to watch at the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (EFCIE) website. Be selective and go for the talk that interests you most, or bookmark all six videos to watch/listen as an accompaniment for a lunch break or evening … Read more
This project, Teaching Embodied Practices in Digital Spaces, is investigating the inventive ways faculty from across UFV approached teaching embodied practices online during the 2020/2021 academic year. Embodied practices as the researchers are framing them are practices requiring physical skill, touch, close proximity, non-verbal cues, emotional skill, or ensemble. If the classes you taught during … 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, Jun 2 (2-3 pm) … Read more
Chat-I (Chat Internationalization) Tuesday, June 1 1- 2 pm Amea Wilbur, our faculty member from the Adult Education degree program, with her student and new graduate, Soyoung Moon, will be co-leading a facilitated discussion on what it means to care for our students in class (and at work). We expect this session to be another … Read more
Celebrate Great Online Learning at UFV This year has been a study in overcoming challenges. The pivot to online learning is just one of the many challenges faced by UFV faculty who rolled up their sleeves and got to work creating exemplary online activities, resources, and components to support the success of UFV students. This … Read more
Abstract: As the ongoing farmers struggle in India completes six months, it has attracted global attention. The Indian diaspora has taken special interest and played a key role in this movement. What makes for this unexpected and extraordinary success of this movement? What are the lessons here? What has the movement achieved in the first … Read more
Chat-R (Chat Reconciliation) Date(s): Wed, Jun 2, from 1- 2:30 pm 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 associated with Reconciliation. For more information or to register, contact tlcevents@ufv.ca 06/04/2021
Artist Talk with Sara Khan Thursday, June 10, 2021 from 1-2 pm. The UFV School of Creative Arts and The Reach Gallery Museum are excited host an artist talk with Sara Khan on Thursday, June 10th at 1 pm via Zoom. Born in England, raised in Pakistan, and now based in Vancouver, Sara Khan explores … Read more
The Teaching and Learning Centre is offering an ongoing MicroCourse series of workshops (essential Blackboard tools for online and hybrid courses ), with synchronous sessions for each MicroCourse scheduled weekly. Upcoming Schedule: MicroCourse 1 – Course Organization – Tues, Jun 1 at 11am MicroCourse 2 – Adapting Instruction – TBA MicroCourse 3 – Assessments – … Read more
The Indigenous Student Centre is hosting a National Indigenous Peoples day virtually over four days from June 14-17 from 11:30 am-1 pm We are hosting the following sessions: June 14, 2021 — Sts’ailes Language Dance Group led by Bibiana Norris and Evangeline Point June 15, 2021 — Storytelling with David Gutierrez June 16, 2021 — … Read more