Flexibility, Time Management, and Comfort through Distance Education
Kathleen Reid is a 3rd year Political Science Major and Sociology Minor. When she needed to fulfill one of her science credits she opted to take FNH 200: Exploring Our Food via distance education after she “heard from friends that [this] was a good course and the format was easy to understand.”
Discovering the Earths’ Complexities through Distance Education
As an upper level Biology Major and peer tutor for first year biology courses, Jessica Lu faces a demanding schedule. Because of these demands Jessica “didn’t have any time to commit to another course with fully scheduled lectures.” In order to add more flexibility to her schedule, Jessica took two distance education courses: EOSC 114 and EOSC 116.
OLT Events in June 2010
See what events are coming up in June
OLT in Review: May 2010
The stories we talked about in May
Collaborative Development of a Media Rich International Course
At a recent Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) series, Negin Mirriahi and Lyana Patrick discussed their experience designing an online course. The course was designed in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, and is titled “Is the Past Present? International Indigenous Experiences of Colonization.”
Course Technologies Roundtable: Teaching, Learning, and Technology in Action
Innovative projects from UBC instructors
2010 Horizon Report Unplugged: Emerging Technologies in the Classroom and Beyond
Each year, the report identifies six areas of emerging technology that are most likely to have a significant impact on higher education within an adoption period of one to five years.
One UBC Staff Member Gains More than Knowledge with Distance Education
Cheryl Kinkaid works in the Dean’s Office in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. She has been taking distance courses as a way to work towards her degree while still working full-time.
2010 Horizon Report Unplugged Live!
Missed the talk? Watch the video!
EDUCamp 2010: Open Learning and Open Educational Resources
In the final instalment of our series of EDUCamp 2010 articles, we look at open learning and open educational resources.