Getting Students Names Right: It’s Personal

Faculty Focus provides an excerpt from To My Professor: Student Voices for Great College Teaching, a new book that brings together student experiences and opinions with advice from master educators and experts, speaking to the importance of getting students names right. View this link for the full article.  

Educational Technology User Group (ETUG)

The Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG) is a community of BC post-secondary educators focused on the ways in which learning and teaching can be enhanced through technology. Their community is diverse and members include: post-secondary professional staff (e.g. instructional designers, media developers, technical support) post-secondary faculty and instructors academic and technology administrators They are affiliated with our … Read more

BB Learn: Kaltura Tool (Media Gallery, Course Gallery)

With the recent update to our Kaltura video management system.  You’ll find the Tool in Blackboard has a new interface and new tools. For instructors and other faculty who want to learn about the new Kaltura tool and don’t have the time to attend a workshop. You can enroll into the Kaltura University site by creating an account … Read more

Teaching & Learning Fall Workshops

View our 2016 fall workshop schedule for an array of options from Blackboard and Kahoot, to Instructional Skills and Facilitator Development Workshops.  Be sure to check back often as new workshops are being added.

Six reasons to attend The Teaching Professor Technology Conference – Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2016

Reflect and Recharge Uncover the diverse technologies that are influencing the ways teachers teach and students learn. Rub Elbows with Technological Thought Leaders Learn from nationally recognized teaching experts who are selected by our advisory board in a blind review. Connect with Colleagues Share successes, challenges, and technologically based pedagogical strategies with colleagues and peers … Read more

Contemplative Mind Conference

8th Annual ACMHE Conference Transforming Higher Education: Fostering Contemplative Inquiry, Community, and Social Action. Oct 7-9, 2016 University of Massachusetts The 2016 ACMHE conference will explore questions such as: How do we develop the tools for inner and outer transformation? How do we foster an ability to be more alive, awake, mindful, and engaged with … Read more

Building Strengths: Learning that supports all students – a new learning module launched!

An online learning module, Building Strengths, is now available at http://ufv.ca/buildingstrengths. Created in partnership with the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology and UFV, this learning resource looks at how to make the classroom experience more accessible to students. Although it focuses on trades and technology fields, the learning gained from this module is applicable to … Read more