Personal Learning Environments
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 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
By Renee Mok on July 20, 2012
Representatives from England and Italy came to UBC to discuss the use of mobile devices and social networking in education.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Course Design, Course Technologies, Engagement, Events, Learning Design, Mobile Learning, Personal Learning Environments, Student Engagement, Teaching Practice
By Kelsey Beninger on January 10, 2011
Shelley Fearnley is a 4th year Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts Major. While she does take some courses on-campus she has turned to distance education to overcome scheduling issues.
Posted in Distance Learning, Students | Tagged with Personal Learning Environments, Student Profile
By Tina Sha on November 29, 2010
Picking up from the morning sessions at the 10th Annual UBC Learning Conference, the afternoon sessions opened up a discussion on the ways to get involved in campus sustainability at UBC, the vision and values of Aboriginal Engagement at UBC, a summary of the World Café discussions which took place prior to the conference, and closing remarks.
Posted in Aboriginal Initiatives, Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Aboriginal Initiatives, Celebrate Learning, Education, Events, Learning Conference, Personal Learning Environments, Sustainability, Teaching Environments, Wiki, Wordle
By Michael Wong on November 4, 2010
Videos from the 2010 Learning Conference are now available for you to view.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Celebrate Learning, Events, Learning Conference, Learning Spaces, Living Lab, Personal Learning Environments, Sustainability, World Café
By Michael Wong on September 27, 2010
On October 5 and 6, 2010, CTLT is hosting World Café sessions that will explore the question “What’s an Ideal Learning Environment?” Recommendations and outcomes will be compiled and shared during the 10th Annual Learning Conference on October 28.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Events, Learning Conference, Personal Learning Environments, World Café
By Terry Leong on July 27, 2010
A 4th year Political Science student, Greg Dunn, began his studies at UBC more than 20 years ago. Recently, he registered for three distance education courses to finish his degree: HIST 432, FREN 348, and FREN 349.
Posted in Distance Learning, Students | Tagged with Personal Learning Environments, Student Profile
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 [...]
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Accessibility, Blog, Course Technologies, e-Portfolio, Education, Personal Learning Environments
By Terry Leong on April 9, 2010
EDUCamp’s second session, the Great Debate, brought together six educators and students to debate the relevancy of social media in higher education. The stage was set for an informative session that featured some humorous takes on the pros and cons of social media.
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students | Tagged with Educamp, Education, Events, Online Privacy, Personal Learning Environments, Social Media, Student Engagement
