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I’m thrilled to share that our collaborative project was successfully presented at ConnectED — and it looked fantastic! 🎥 Watch the video here: UFV Pearls of Wisdom At the heart of this project are the powerful “Pearls of Wisdom” you all contributed. Each one reflects the care, creativity, and lived experience that make our community … Read more
🎉 Celebrating a Bright Start: Highlights from the Winter Brightspace Pilot As we wrap up our Winter 2025 Brightspace pilot, we’re thrilled to share the successes, feedback, and next steps from this major step forward in enhancing our digital learning environment. With 270 instructors and countless students exploring Brightspace for the first time this Summer, … Read more
By Rita Dhungel, Assistant Professor in Social Work My commitment to fostering both the personal and professional growth of students continuously inspires me to explore transformative teaching approaches that enrich and refine my methodologies. With this in mind, I applied to the Faculty Learning Exchange (FLEx) Program offered through the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) … Read more
During Open Education Week 2025 (March 3-7, 2025), representatives from the UFV Library and Teaching and Learning Centre hosted 3 events celebrating all things ‘open.’ Including the development of Open Education Resources (OER). OER are materials that support student learning but come with no cost. These include open textbooks, online resources, library resources, open software. … Read more
Fizza Haider, Learning Designer at the Teaching and Learning Centre collaborated with Gena Hamilton, Academic Advisor for UFV’s School of Education to design and co-facilitate a week-long microcourse on digital accessibility. The FLO MicroCourse: Designing for Accessibility using POUR Principles was delivered asynchronously online through the BCcampus from January 20 – 26, 2025. 45 individuals … Read more
Written by Victoria Surtees. In the most recent session of Chat-Internationalization on Jan.22, UFV Faculty and staff came together virtually to explore a new resource that provides detailed activities for supporting student writing, research, time management, and critical thinking with GenAI tools. It’s called Writing Thoughtfully with AI, and it was developed by two colleagues … Read more
Students teaching students: an example from SOC399V Written by Claire Hay, Teaching and Learning Centre On November 29, 2024, I witnessed a powerful teaching moment, and it did not involve an instructor. Who, then, was doing the teaching? At the CEP Library, I saw students teaching students. SOC 399V Medical Systems and Society students delivered … Read more
In 2022 and 2023, UFV faculty and staff from across the institution came together to explore resources and share experiences in three separate communities of practice on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. The result was amazing conversations… and folders full of excellent teaching and learning resources! It seemed a shame to keep them hidden away, so with … Read more
Written by Victoria Surtees, Internationalization Specialist. On November 15th, I attended a full-day event on Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices, with special guest, Dr. Theresa Southam, author of Transforming Trauma Through Social Change: A Guide for educators. Co-hosted by Dr. Amea Wilbur, Dr. Brianna Strumm, and UFV’s Teaching and Learning Centre, the day’s events covered an applied … Read more
As both students and instructors have developed skills and become more comfortable with using digital technologies, online courses have gained popularity due to the flexibility they offer. Our team at TLC has been supporting instructors in designing effective and accessible online courses. We recently developed and published the Online Course Guidebook as a resource that … Read more