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Canadian e-Learning Conference

Promoting Openness in Higher Education: Which Way Now?

Promoting Openness in Higher Education: Which Way Now?

By Michael Wong on July 30, 2009

Putting a twist on the traditional lecture style presentations that delegates have become accustomed to, Brian Lamb, from the Office of Learning Technology, led an open discussion at the 2009 Canadian e-Learning Conference. The discussion revolved around the open education movement as well as particular challenges that are being faced.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
Tagged with Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events, Open Education Resources, Social Media

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.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
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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”.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students
Tagged with Blog, Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events, Online Privacy, Social Media

Personal Learning Environments: What do Students Think?

Personal Learning Environments: What do Students Think?

By Michael Wong on July 29, 2009

Interest in the concept of personal learning environments (PLE) began in the late 1990s as new technologies made it easier for learners to take control of and manage their own learning experiences. Although much has been written about PLEs in scholarly journals and professional articles, very little has been heard from students on this topic – until now.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Professional Development, Students
Tagged with Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events, Personal Learning Environments, Student Engagement

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).

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools
Tagged with Blog, Canadian e-Learning Conference, e-Portfolio, Events

CeLC 2009 Keynote: Barbara Ganley and CeLC Closing Remarks

CeLC 2009 Keynote: Barbara Ganley and CeLC Closing Remarks

By Lacey Hayes on July 8, 2009

The 2009 Canadian e-Learning Conference was opened by Barbara Ganley, a former professor who is now the current director and founder of Digital Explorations – a not for profit organization that brings multimedia to remote, rural places. To commence the keynote address, Ganley revealed that “fear is the biggest obstacle to trying things that are new”.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
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Use of Needs Assessment for the Evaluation of Online Education in Higher Education

Use of Needs Assessment for the Evaluation of Online Education in Higher Education

By Dianne Lauenstein on July 3, 2009

How often are decisions at public institutions made without a proper needs assessment? Anyone who works regularly on projects probably has many stories of initiatives gone awry due to insufficient planning and undefined project scope.

Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff
Tagged with Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events

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.

Posted in Distance and Blended Learning, Faculty and Staff
Tagged with Blog, Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events, Social Media, WebCT Vista

CeLC 2009 Keynote: Richard Baraniuk

CeLC 2009 Keynote: Richard Baraniuk

By Dianne Mackay on July 2, 2009

A stack of records and a group of college students in a punk-rock band: these are just two of the compelling and intriguing images that Richard Baraniuk used to launch his keynote lecture on the second day of the Canadian e-Learning Conference. He promised to show the audience a whole new way of thinking about content and distribution – and he delivered.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
Tagged with Canadian e-Learning Conference, Events, Open Education Resources, Social Media

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