2013 marks the beginning of a new year, and staff at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) have been busy developing new resources, workshops, and distance education courses. Below, you will find new Blackboard Collaborate resources, Copyright Tools, new distance education courses that are being offered this term, a new online Connect workshop, an update on iPeer, a new journal discussion group, as well as new teaching and learning bibliographies that have been added to the UBC Wiki.
Blackboard Collaborate Resources
Resources are now available for the Blackboard Collaborate suite of communication and collaboration tools. Learn how to conduct online meetings, IM with your classmates, and so much more.
Copyright Tools
Connect, the UBC Wiki, and UBC Blogs now have tools that can help instructors and students document and track the copyright permissions of the media they use. See the Copyright Tools page on the e-learning website for more information.
New Distance Education Courses
CTLT is offering four new distance education courses this term:
LIBR 529: Services for Families and Early Literacy in the Preschool Years
This course will provide an introduction to current brain research and development of the child from birth to school age. It addresses the role of the family and library in developing early literacy (or pre-reading) skills.
PHYS 100: Introductory Physics
PHYS 100 is an introduction to fundamental concepts such as force, energy, velocity, acceleration, and their application in real-world examples. The course includes laboratory exercises to familiarize students with both the phenomena and the basic laboratory instruments commonly used to measure them.
SOCI 100B: Introduction to Sociology – Social Inequality
Drawing upon fundamental sociological principles, this course looks at the ways social inequality is created and maintained, focusing upon race, class, and gender. Inequality will also be considered in the context of globalization and human rights. Students will consider the role of social policy in creating and alleviating inequality, and the potential for individuals and groups to make lasting change.
SOWK 320: Introduction to Social Work Research
This course is an introduction to theory and conduct of social research as applied to social welfare and social work practice. The course focuses on ways of generating new knowledge, and provides an overview of research ethics, measurement, sampling, causation, and various quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Getting Started with Connect (Online Workshop)
CTLT recently piloted an online version of Getting Started with Connect with 16 eager participants. The online version is comprised of two self-paced modules and two real-time online meetings over a two-week time period. In the self-paced modules, participants carry out a number of assigned activities as a student and then as an instructor, building their own course. During the two real-time meetings, held in Blackboard Collaborate, facilitators will demo how to create, use, and customize Connect tools as well as discuss teaching and learning approaches, case studies, best practices using the tools, and finally, next steps.
The next iteration of Getting Started in Connect (online version) is slated to run in February. Look for details and registration on the CTLT Events website.
New Version of iPeer Released
A new version of iPeer was released at the beginning of this term. iPeer is an open source web application that allows instructors to develop and deliver rubric-based peer evaluations, review and release student comments, build progress report forms online, and analyze evaluation results. The new version includes new tutor and faculty administrator roles, late mark deductions for evaluations, and a new user interface and colour theme.
An iPeer building block was also released alongside the new version of iPeer. The building block allows users to create iPeer courses in Connect, sync class lists, and push and pull groups to and from Connect and iPeer.
If you have any questions or would like more information about iPeer, email ipeer.support@ubc.ca or visit the Student Peer Review section of the e-learning website.
New Journal Discussion Group
CTLT is starting a new journal discussion group in February. Members of the UBC teaching and learning community are welcome to register for our monthly meetings on the CTLT Events website. Once registered, you will be able to download the selected article for our upcoming session. Drop-ins are always welcome.
For more information contact: Shaya Golparian, Ph.D., CTLT Resource Room Coordinator, at ctlt.resourceroom@exchange.ubc.ca.
Teaching and Learning Bibliographies
We recently created an Online Teaching Portfolios bibliography, and have made updates to the Communities of Practice (Formation and Facilitation) bibliography. Both are available on the UBC Wiki as part of the Teaching and Learning Resources Portal.
This article was published in the January 2013 CTLT Newsletter, Dialogues. Below is a list of the articles included in the issue:
- Open Education Interview
- Massive Open Online Courses at UBC
- Teaching and Learning Spotlight
- What’s New at CTLT (currently viewing)
- New Faculty and Staff Welcome Orientation
- Other Professional Development Opportunities
Find out more information about the CTLT Newsletter, Dialogues.
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