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e-Portfolios for Teacher Candidates

e-Portfolios for Teacher Candidates

By Catherine Paul and Anne Scholefield on September 22, 2009

Teacher candidates enrolling in the Faculty of Education’s teacher education program are building e-portfolios for personal, academic and professional purposes using WordPress MU (a blogging software).

Open Ed 09 Keynote: Ken Freedman

Open Ed 09 Keynote: Ken Freedman

By Lacey Hayes on August 25, 2009

Day two of the Open Education Conference began with a keynote address from Ken Freedman. Freeman has been working in the radio industry for over 25 years, largely at WFMU where he is station and program manager.

Highlights from the 2009 Open Education Conference

Highlights from the 2009 Open Education Conference

By Michael Wong and Lacey Hayes on August 24, 2009

The 2009 Open Education Conference focused on many topics connected to open education, and all of the presentations and keynotes were streamed live and archived via Ustream. This article contains a few snippets from some of the presentations.

WordPress in Education – Better, Stronger, Faster

WordPress in Education – Better, Stronger, Faster

By Lacey Hayes on July 30, 2009

The Paper Jam session on WordPress, at the 2009 Canadian e-Learning Conference, addressed the many functions of the open source publishing platform. WordPress can be used as a content management system, and has a user-friendly template system that allows the user to rearrange their pages without editing traditional computer code.

Digital Tattoo: Highly Visible and Hard to Remove

Digital Tattoo: Highly Visible and Hard to Remove

By Michael Wong on July 29, 2009

The Digital Tattoo project was designed with the clear goal “to help students become aware of their rights and responsibilities as creators and consumers of digital information in their personal, academic, and professional lives”.

e-Portfolio Implementation in Teacher Education

e-Portfolio Implementation in Teacher Education

By Lacey Hayes on July 29, 2009

The e-portfolio project was initiated by the Faculty of Education during the 2007/2008 school year as a graduating requirement for all teaching candidates. The use of e-portfolios was discussed as both a tool for student reflection and as an auditing tool for the BC College of Teachers (BCCT).

Breaking out of the CMS: Civilizing the Open Internet Frontier for Learning

Breaking out of the CMS: Civilizing the Open Internet Frontier for Learning

By Dianne Mackay on July 3, 2009

Course co-author David Porter, Instructional Designer Jeff Miller, and MET students, Jarrod Bell and Deepika Sharma, described the experience of moving ETEC 522 beyond WebCT as a course management system into several social media environments during their presentation at the Canadian e-Learning Conference.

Northern Voice 2009

Northern Voice 2009

By Anya Volgina on March 9, 2009

Now in its fifth year, Northern Voice 2009 came to the UBC campus as strong as ever. The two-day personal blogging and social media conference sold out in three days, which started the organizers thinking of ways to make it bigger for next year.

Both Sides Now: In Person and on the Web; Slow Learning Communities for Fast Times

Both Sides Now: In Person and on the Web; Slow Learning Communities for Fast Times

By Tracy Lau on November 17, 2008

On October 1, we had gathered to what we thought would be a lecture, but Barbara had managed to pull the rug from under us, and made us question our own perceptions of what a lecture or classroom setting would look like.

Northern Voice 2008

Northern Voice 2008

By Stefanie Wudel on April 4, 2008

On the Northern Voice site, the event is described as “a two-day non-profit personal blogging and social media conference”. Although accurate, this definition doesn’t begin to capture the outcome of bringing some of the most enthusiastic, creative and passionate bloggers together under one roof.

The CTLT is located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ - speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. These lands have long been a place of learning for Musqueam, with cultural and traditional knowledge passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

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