Going Public: Into the Great Wide Open
At the 2012 CTLT Institute, a four personal panel shared their experiences with open education.
Students as Creators and Producers
UBC has a number of innovative and interactive courses where students are creators of content and producers of knowledge.
Wikipedia and Higher Education – The Infinite Possibilities
At a recent Open Education Community of Practice event, four speakers shared the successes and challenges they faced when using Wikipedia in higher education.
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.
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.
EDUCamp 2010: Open Learning and Open Educational Resources
In the final instalment of our series of EDUCamp 2010 articles, we look at open learning and open educational resources.
EDUCamp 2010: Community Service Learning Initiatives and an Introduction to Podcasting
EDUCamp 2010 offered attendees a day of thinking and learning about sustainability education and the value of learning technologies. In two sessions, attendees found out about the UBC Community Service Learning initiatives and learned the basics of podcasting.
e-Learning Open House 2010: Best Presentation as Voted on by Open House Attendees
Presentation #14 – Live Video Streaming a Conference on a Shoestring Budget – OpenEd ’09 is the winning presentation, as voted on by e-Learning Open House attendees.
A Beginners Workshop for WordPress
OLT offered a recent Learning Technology Institute workshop, WordPress Basics, offering individuals of varying levels a concise overview of WordPress’ rich set of features. OLT currently hosts the UBC Blogs platform using WordPress Multi-User, and despite being in its early stages, WordPress is already being used effectively at UBC.
Grand Prize Winner of WordPress Plugin Competition 2009: One of Our Own!
Godfrey’s innovative thinking and collaborative efforts with fellow UBC Office of Learning Technology staff bestowed upon him an honourable title – Grand Prize Winner of WordPress Plugin Competition 2009 for his submission of Section Widget 3.0.