Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

Education

Experience.do.understand: EduCamp ’09

By Michael Wong and Anya Volgina on March 10, 2009

The inaugural LTI EduCamp was held at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on February 18th, 2009. The morning started off with keynote speaker Richard Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Computer Science at UBC and President of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development
Tagged with Accessibility, e-Portfolio, Educamp, Education, Events, LTI, Online Privacy, Open Education Resources, WebCT Vista

Facebook and Education: The Pros and Cons

By Michael Wong on January 30, 2009

Facebook, the popular social networking website, was the topic of discussion at the first Teaching and Learning with Technology Speaker Series session of 2009. Social software tools such as weblogs and wikis are already being used for educational purposes at UBC, but can Facebook be used in an academic setting?

Posted in Faculty and Staff, Learning Tools, Professional Development, Students
Tagged with Education, Online Privacy, Personal Learning Environments, Social Media, Student Engagement, TLT