Learning and Sharing
Open Online Course about Open Educational Resources Dates: June 1-15, 2018 From June 1-15, 2018, a cross-Canada mini-MOOC (massive open online course) called Making Sense of Open Education will take place through the OpenLearn UK Moodle platform. The course will consist of short daily lessons and activities at an introductory level. The purpose of the … Read more
As a participant in a recent FDO workshop provided by BC Campus, I was asked to respond to a comment in an actual post. This comment was from an online student who was not happy with the synchronous Collaborate Ultra sessions in his course. The blog comment was, “Whenever I find myself being asked to … Read more
Making the Grades – It’s that time again End of semester grading is upon us, and many instructors come to Educational Technology Services (ETS) asking for a more efficient way of completing them and transferring them to Banner. We demonstrate the ease and efficiency of Blackboard’s Full Grade Center and we are really happy to … Read more
Access to accessibility Educational Technology Services (ETS) was asked to provide a solution for a student who recently injured her hand and was unable to take notes, but desperately wanted to. Other students in the same class try to keep up with the note taking. What solutions would you provide this temporarily disabled student? Would … Read more
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with an Equity Mindset: National Institute August 6-10, 2018 Rainbow Lodge North Bend, WA Space is limited. Apply Now! Application This institute is designed for educators from two- and four- year institutions, including faculty from graduate programs, technical programs, basic skills, general education, liberal arts, allied health, and STEM fields. … Read more
Capture that lecture Lecture capture has been getting more popular and inquiries about it at Educational Technology Services (ETS) have been steadily growing. We can all see the benefits capturing a lecture for students to review. Also, note taking may be reduced allowing students to better connect with the content at hand. But, when … Read more
Educational Developers Caucus 2018 Conference All of us at the Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI) look forward to hosting the Educational Developers Caucus Conference from Wednesday, February 14 to Friday, February 16, 2018. Join us at the conference
Join us for the Festival of Learning 2018 Educators and administrators, faculty and leaders, developers, designers and students – you are invited to join us on May 28 – 30, 2018 for three days of learning, reflecting, and networking with colleagues at the Pinnacle Hotel Vancouver Harbourfront. Follow this link for more information.
STLHE Annual Conference 19-22 June 2018 | Sherbrooke, QC The Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) will be held in Sherbrooke from the 19th to the 22nd of June 2018 with the theme “Pedagogical Innovation: Adapting Practice to Evolving Cultures”. For more information or to register, please follow … Read more
A Spark of Teaching Inspiration The upcoming Ignite Innovation Series will be a great opportunity to get fresh ideas to adopt into our teaching as well as share our ideas with peers. As with any occupation, we can get caught up in a routine, but Ignite helps expand our routine by adding new strategies to our … Read more