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Building an Online Community: Using Student Online Behaviour to Guide Teaching Practice

By Michael Wong posted on November 19, 2007

As an instructor, have you ever created an online discussion area, encouraged discussion amongst the class, yet find that almost no one participates? Whether it’s a distance education or an on-campus course, more and more instructors at UBC are using online components like WebCT CE and WebCT Vista to supplement their teaching.
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HELP IS AVAILABLE: Student Engagement and the Transition to the Professional Workforce

By Michael Wong posted on November 13, 2007

Gone are the days where one stays with the same company for their whole life, so post-secondary institutions must start preparing students for a life of perpetual change. Post-secondary institutions need to engage students in enriching educational experiences while providing a supportive campus environment where resources can easily be found and where students can learn about making the transition into the professional workforce.
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Help, I'm an Online Learner and Don't Know What to Do!

By Michael Wong posted on October 25, 2007

The four panelists walked through the Orientation to Learning Online website, which has been developed to give students and instructors a valuable resource to learning online. Discussion revolved around the benefits of collaboration and content-sharing in the context of UBC’s Orientation website, and ways in which faculty and students can make use of its content.
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Q&A – LCIN Listens, and Shares

By Ted Schellenberg posted on October 2, 2007

The LCIN stands for “Leading Campuses International Network”. The LCIN (“listen”) part is kind of meant to be fun…this is a group that has some good ideas to share and wants to hear more from other practitioners. When we thought about the name, we wanted to capture the qualities of the institutions represented in the program.
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You Have a Right to Know!

By Michael Wong posted on September 24, 2007

A recent trend that has developed over the last few years has been an increase in people’s expectations towards getting access to information. With so much information available on the Internet, people are developing an attitude that they have a “right to know.” John Willinsky and Brian Lamb discussed opportunities and initiatives resulting from the emergence of open source, open access, and open educational resources that are readily available today.
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