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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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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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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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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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