By Michael Wong on February 9, 2010
Presentation #14 – Live Video Streaming a Conference on a Shoestring Budget – OpenEd ’09 is the winning presentation, as voted on by e-Learning Open House attendees.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with e-Learning Open House, Events, Open Education Resources, Social Media, Video Streaming
By Michael Wong on February 2, 2010
With colleagues sharing their experiences, exchanging ideas, and finding out what e-learning projects are happening on campus, Open House has clearly become a popular annual event for the UBC e-learning community.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with e-Learning Open House, Events
By Michael Wong on January 19, 2010
Join us on January 28, 2010, for the 7th annual e-Learning Open House. As a sneak peek at what’s in store for this year’s Open House, we’ve talked to a few of the presenters and you can view the short video clips here.
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By Kelsey Beninger on December 14, 2009
OLT offered a recent Learning Technology Institute workshop, WordPress Basics, offering individuals of varying levels a concise overview of WordPress’ rich set of features. OLT currently hosts the UBC Blogs platform using WordPress Multi-User, and despite being in its early stages, WordPress is already being used effectively at UBC.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Blog, LTI, Open Education Resources, Social Media
By Kelsey Beninger on November 4, 2009
Godfrey’s innovative thinking and collaborative efforts with fellow UBC Office of Learning Technology staff bestowed upon him an honourable title – Grand Prize Winner of WordPress Plugin Competition 2009 for his submission of Section Widget 3.0.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Blog, Open Education Resources
By Catherine Paul and Anne Scholefield on September 22, 2009
Teacher candidates enrolling in the Faculty of Education’s teacher education program are building e-portfolios for personal, academic and professional purposes using WordPress MU (a blogging software).
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Blog, e-Portfolio
By Kelsey Beninger on September 21, 2009
Podcasting is being embraced by educators to provide students with a new avenue of learning. A recent Learning Technology Institute workshop, Podcasting Basics, revealed to educators the ease of podcasting while highlighting the value educational podcasting holds in the classroom.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with LTI, Open Education Resources, Podcasting, Social Media, Student Engagement
By Lacey Hayes on August 25, 2009
Day two of the Open Education Conference began with a keynote address from Ken Freedman. Freeman has been working in the radio industry for over 25 years, largely at WFMU where he is station and program manager.
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By Michael Wong on August 25, 2009
The 2009 Open Education Conference officially kicked off with a keynote presentation by Catherine Ngugi, Project Director for Open Educational Resources (OER) Africa.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Accessibility, Events, Open Education Conference, Open Education Resources
By Michael Wong and Lacey Hayes on August 24, 2009
The 2009 Open Education Conference focused on many topics connected to open education, and all of the presentations and keynotes were streamed live and archived via Ustream. This article contains a few snippets from some of the presentations.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Accessibility, Blog, Events, Online Privacy, Open Education Conference, Open Education Resources, Social Media
