Powered by Students: How a Student-Led Pilot Project Re-Creates Ancient Worlds with Modern Technology
By Krista Charbonneau posted on August 2, 2005
UBC students led a pilot project that used virtual models of Ancient Greek architecture to show what life might have been like in Athens in fifth century B.C. They re-created their own 3-D models of buildings in the Acropolis and the Agora based on their own research, using the same kind of technology used to create popular 3-D video games.
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Posted in Learning Tools, Students
Tagged with Personal Learning Environments, Social Media, Student Engagement
The Blogging Curve: Possibilities for Integrating Weblogs in the Classroom
By Krista Charbonneau posted on June 21, 2005
Blogs can be used in a range of ways, from a tool to manage course information, demonstrating professional tools and increasing student ownership in the classroom, to meeting learning objectives, Simon Neame, an adjunct instructor with UBC's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) has discovered.
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Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools
Tagged with Blog, Personal Learning Environments
How Can Smaller Faculties Use Video-Conferencing to Increase Teaching and Learning Opportunities for Students and Faculty?
By Krista Charbonneau posted on March 14, 2005
Sandra Schinnerl, Associate Director at UBC's Faculty of Forestry and her team faced 2 key challenges when they decided to use video-conferencing as a means of increasing course offerings and learning opportunities for graduate students. Find out about their approach, advice, and tips and resources on video-conferencing.
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Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
Tagged with Open Education Resources, Video Conferencing
Jim Berger – What's the Secret to Start Teaching Online?
By Krista Charbonneau posted on February 18, 2005
Jim Berger redesigned Biology 200 to use a combination of in-person class time and an online component. The in-person time divided into two parts: Jim lectures fifty per cent of the time and the other half is workshop time, where students work together in groups on problem solving.
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Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools
Tagged with Accessibility, Open Education Resources, WebCT Vista
Adam Frank and Lisa Quinn – How Can Mixed-Mode Improve In-Class Discussions and Focus the Course?
By Krista Charbonneau posted on December 14, 2004
Adam Frank's Critical Approaches to Media course introduces students to a variety of intelligent, critical writing about media: print, television, film, radio, comics, and digital media. Adam and Lisa say that making the change to mixed-mode teaching has strengthened the focus and cohesiveness of the entire course.
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Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools
Tagged with WebCT Vista
