Another school year is in full swing, and during the recent Imagine UBC Main Event Carnival, students visited the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology booth to learn about the various e-learning tools that are available to them.
e-Learning tools like UBC Blogs, UBC Wiki, clickers, and Connect help support and enhance student learning at UBC. They offer ways to engage students both inside and outside of the classroom, creating interactive technology-based learning opportunities for both students and faculty. To learn more information about these and other e-learning tools that are used at UBC, visit the e-learning toolkit.
Students also shared their thoughts and experiences around e-learning tools. Here is what some of them had to say:
e-Learning technologies allow us to keep up in such a fast paced world and provide easy collaboration.
Kevin Solis, Education, 5th year
Wikis, especially for math exams solutions, are very helpful and easily accessible from home. It helps to prepare for exams/practice.
May Young, Science, 2nd year
It enables and facilitates students to work together on projects – which is very helpful.
Rebecca Sanden, Arts, 3rd year
Removes the barrier of distance. For students who live farther from campus, enriches their education.
Claire Huang, Science, 2nd year
Blogs provide a platform for anyone to become an author…Ideas are spread faster and have become more accessible.
Dezy Nazir, Arts, 1st year
Easier access and lots of info from different people. Gives us sources to look at for further information. It makes learning easier!
Neenu, Pharmacy, 2nd year
I love UBC wiki! It helps me learn extra materials for the course.
Janet Hsu, Land and Food Systems, 2nd year
Flexibility; I enjoy getting to see more responses and discussion.
Jamie Jian, Commerce, 4th year
It makes creating study notes very convenient where we can bring together all sorts of information to an easily accessible space.
Timothy Tar, Science, 1st year
Blogs and online learning provide [information] in [a] condensed and straight forward manner so time is saved and it’s easy to understand.
Joanna Zhao, Science, 4th year