Improving Quality and Efficiency in Teaching Through the Open Learning Initiative
During Celebrate Learning Week, Dr. Joel Smith and Dr. Marsha Lovett were at UBC to speak about the Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative.
Let’s Celebrate “Soil”: the Canadian Soil Web Collaborative
The success of the Collaborative was celebrated with a champagne toast and a hands-on opportunity to explore the online resources.
CTLT Celebrate Learning Week Events
CTLT will be hosting four events during Celebrate Learning Week, as well as one event during Open Access Week, and we invite you all to come!
Top Tech Trends for 2010: Open Content and Mobile Computing
Open content and mobile computing are two technological trends which are about to have a very big influence in higher education.
e-Portfolios at a Glance: Report and Business Writing at the UBC Writing Centre
Recently, we sat down with Ramona Montagnes, Director of the UBC Writing Centre and the instructor of Report and Business Writing, to discuss the use e-Portfolios and the level of effectiveness it has contributed to her class.
e-Portfolios at a Glance: Doctor of Pharmacy Program
In 2003, UBC launched a campus-wide pilot project that explored the use of e-Portfolios for members of the university community. The project spanned 13 projects at a variety of levels throughout UBC, and included participation from more than 2000 students, instructors, and staff in total. The pilot project ended in 2006 and since then some […]
Making Public Health Studies More Accessible: Distributed Learning in the Master of Public Health
Dr. Patti Janssen, a 2009/2010 Killam Teaching Prize recipient, shares her experience working with CTLT to develop a distributed learning format in the Master of Public Health program. She also discusses her teaching experience, and how she was able to use an online component to enhance the accessibility of the MPH to working health professionals.
Collaborative Development of a Media Rich International Course
At a recent Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) series, Negin Mirriahi and Lyana Patrick discussed their experience designing an online course. The course was designed in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, and is titled “Is the Past Present? International Indigenous Experiences of Colonization.”
Course Technologies Roundtable: Teaching, Learning, and Technology in Action
Innovative projects from UBC instructors
2010 Horizon Report Unplugged: Emerging Technologies in the Classroom and Beyond
Each year, the report identifies six areas of emerging technology that are most likely to have a significant impact on higher education within an adoption period of one to five years.
