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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
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.
The Accessibility Toolkit is a collaboration between BCcampus and CAPER-BC. Click on the link to check it out. https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/
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
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
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
Early-bird Pricing ends Friday, March 18 April 26 – 28 | Vancouver | SFU Harbour Centre https://www.bc.net/2016-welcome-and-overview#overlay-context=user Check out the Program Schedule We are happy to announce the BCNET 2016 schedule is live! Take a look at all the great sessions we have lined up for this year.
June 12 – 16, 2016, Banff, Alberta The Retreat Experience of a Lifetime for Post-Secondary Faculty If you are a post-secondary educator who seeks to enhance your teaching and ensure greater learning on the part of your students, then this is the perfect seminar for you. Whether you teach full-time or part-time, are a veteran … Read more
The Growth of online education, brought educators’ attention into the practice of those professionals involved in online course development including administrators/managers who oversee and manage the production and instructional designers who are the key professionals involved in online course development. In this workshops, we will discuss quality online course offerings from design and management perspectives. … Read more
Higher Ed Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications Becoming a Better Teacher: Articles for New and Not-So-New Faculty