By Michael Wong on January 31, 2013
Two instructors, Kevin Leyton-Brown and Rosie Redfield, discuss their Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Accessibility, Course Development, Course Technologies, Coursera, CTLT Newsletter, Massive Open Online Courses, Open Content, Open Education, Open UBC
By Michael Wong on August 21, 2012
Check out four of the presentations that were recorded during the 2012 CTLT Institute.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Accessibility, Blog, Connect, Course, Course Design, Course Development, CTLT Institute, Events, Open Education Resources, Wiki
By Maria Trujillo on July 6, 2012
At the 2012 CTLT Institute, a four personal panel shared their experiences with open education.
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By Maria Trujillo on June 6, 2012
Developed by UBC Continuing Professional Development and CTLT, the website uses the UBC CMS, WordPress platform.
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By Michael Wong on September 8, 2010
Currently living in Ontario, Catherine Salinas has taken three Earth and Ocean Sciences distance education courses over the last two years, and plans to take a few more in the upcoming Winter term.
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By Tina Sha on July 16, 2010
In 2003, UBC launched a campus-wide pilot project that explored the use of e-Portfolios for members of the university community. The project spanned 13 projects at a variety of levels throughout UBC, and included participation from more than 2000 students, instructors, and staff in total. The pilot project ended in 2006 and since then some [...]
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By Michael Wong on June 28, 2010
Dr. Patti Janssen, a 2009/2010 Killam Teaching Prize recipient, shares her experience working with CTLT to develop a distributed learning format in the Master of Public Health program. She also discusses her teaching experience, and how she was able to use an online component to enhance the accessibility of the MPH to working health professionals.
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By Tina Sha on May 21, 2010
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.
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By Kelsey Beninger on May 4, 2010
Tristan Banwell is currently enrolled as an unclassified student in distance education courses. He explains, “I am taking distance education because I plan to pursue a designation as a Registered Professional Forester in BC, and I need several additional courses to complete my ‘academic requirements’ before continuing with the application process.”
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By Kelsey Beninger on February 26, 2010
The 2009-2010 academic year marks the 60th Anniversary of Distance Learning at UBC. In this first installment in a series of three articles, we look at the beginnings of distance learning at UBC and find out how it all began.
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