By Renee Mok on April 26, 2012
UBC has a number of innovative and interactive courses where students are creators of content and producers of knowledge.
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By Yilin Wang on December 16, 2010
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology organized a Distance and Blended Learning Showcase as part of Celebrate Learning Week.
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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 Terry Leong on April 30, 2010
In the final instalment of our series of EDUCamp 2010 articles, we look at open learning and open educational resources.
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By Kelsey Beninger and Terry Leong on April 22, 2010
EDUCamp 2010 offered attendees a day of thinking and learning about sustainability education and the value of learning technologies. In two sessions, attendees found out about the UBC Community Service Learning initiatives and learned the basics of podcasting.
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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.
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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.
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By Lacey Hayes on January 26, 2010
PSYC 302: Infancy teaches students the trajectory and mechanisms of infant development. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to blogs and wikis, use online technology to ‘raise a virtual baby’ through an interactive feature simulating parent decision making, and view short video clips illustrating key concepts in the study of infancy
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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.
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