Making Public Health Studies More Accessible: Distributed Learning in the Master of Public Health
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.
Integrated Science Student Learns the Value of Distance Education
Jonathan Lopez is a second year student in the Integrated Sciences Program, specializing in Environmental Microbiology. One of his program requirements is the completion of BIOL 200: Cell Biology I: Structural Basis and he “chose to do it through distance education because it best fit [his] schedule.”
Flexibility, Time Management, and Comfort through Distance Education
Kathleen Reid is a 3rd year Political Science Major and Sociology Minor. When she needed to fulfill one of her science credits she opted to take FNH 200: Exploring Our Food via distance education after she “heard from friends that [this] was a good course and the format was easy to understand.”
SoTL 2010 Curriculum Scholars Development Program Announces Inaugural Cohort
A collaboration between the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL) and the UBC-Community Learning Initiative, provides financial, educational, and research support for a cohort of individuals interested in developing their research skills in the scholarship of curriculum practice (undergraduate and graduate degree programs). It is our pleasure to announce that 10 cohort […]
Discovering the Earths’ Complexities through Distance Education
As an upper level Biology Major and peer tutor for first year biology courses, Jessica Lu faces a demanding schedule. Because of these demands Jessica “didn’t have any time to commit to another course with fully scheduled lectures.” In order to add more flexibility to her schedule, Jessica took two distance education courses: EOSC 114 and EOSC 116.