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 Jill Pittendrigh on February 16, 2012
JAPN 100 – Beginning Japanese I uses a number of online tools to introduce students to the Japanese language.
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By Maria Trujillo on November 25, 2011
At a recent Open Education Community of Practice event, four speakers shared the successes and challenges they faced when using Wikipedia in higher education.
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By Tina Sha on July 26, 2011
The 2011 CTLT Institute was buzzing with eager participants who were ready to learn more about mobile applications and how these applications can be used in the classroom
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By Alicia Woodside on June 23, 2011
At a CTLT Institute session, Amy Perreault and Erin Hanson introduced two of their most recent research projects: What I Learned in Class Today and Indigenous Foundations.
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By Alicia Woodside on February 15, 2011
In a recent Teaching and Learning with Technology series session, Dr. Richard Keeling and Dr. Richard Hersh of post-secondary consulting firm Keeling & Associates delivered a unique session on the latest research in the scholarship of learning. Their presentation challenged the notions that some individuals hold of the purpose of post-secondary institutions today, and discussed emerging best practices that could re-shape universities for truly higher learning.
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By Michael Wong on September 20, 2010
Open content and mobile computing are two technological trends which are about to have a very big influence in higher education.
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By Terry Leong on May 28, 2010
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.”
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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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