By Michael Wong on March 28, 2013
Gregor Kiczales discusses the role and challenges of online assessment in MOOCs.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Assessment, Course Design, Course Development, Course Technologies, Coursera, Learning Design, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, Peer Assessment, Student Engagement
By Will Engle and Michael Wong on January 31, 2013
Simon Bates and Michelle Lamberson share their thoughts about Massive Open Online Courses and other open education initiatives.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Course Technologies, Coursera, CTLT Newsletter, Engagement, Learning Spaces, Massive Open Online Courses, Open Content, Open Education, Open Education Resources, Open UBC, Personal Learning Environments
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 January 31, 2013
Learn more about new resources, workshops, distance education courses, and teaching and learning bibliographies.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Blackboard Collaborate, Connect, Copyright, Course Technologies, CTLT Newsletter, Events
By Michael Wong on January 31, 2013
Join us February 4 – 6, to explore the impact of rapidly evolving learning technology on the next generation of learning.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Course Design, Course Technologies, Events, Learning Design, Teaching Practice
By Will Engle on January 11, 2013
Interested in learning about game theory? UBC and Stanford University are offering a course that is free and open to the world.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Course Technologies, Coursera, MOOC, Open UBC, Teaching Online
By Jill Pittendrigh on January 9, 2013
Talk to CTLT specialists and get one-on-one assistance with your Connect course.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development | Tagged with Connect, Course Design, Course Development, Course Technologies, Events
By Marissa Ho on December 21, 2012
During Celebrate Learning Week, faculty and staff discussed the innovative use of learning spaces across campus.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Celebrate Learning, Course Design, Course Technologies, Education, Events, Learning Design, Learning Spaces
By Tammy Yasrobi on September 27, 2012
Read more about the transition to UBC’s new Learning Management System.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Connect, Course Technologies, CTLT Newsletter, Learning Spaces, Student Engagement, WebCT Vista
By Michael Wong on September 27, 2012
UBC recently announced an agreement with Coursera, Inc. to provide free, publicly available non-credit courses.
Posted in Distance Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Students | Tagged with Course Development, Course Technologies, Coursera, MOOC, Personal Learning Environments
