Podcasting – Ragoonaden and Young

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A solid instructional design based a methodic course content is a priority. For example, students progress through the course by accessing a series of seminars. Each seminar is clearly identified on the website (Seminar 1,2, 3 etc.) Instructional resources, links to websites and podcasts which reflect the content of each chapter/ readings has been uploaded. A separate Discussion Board is in available to students for thematic on-line postings. Each seminar requires two postings, one initial response to the readings and a second response made in relation to a peer’s posting. In this manner, students are engaged and connected to the course content, their peers and the instructor.

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Schedule

Prompted by discussions at the Graduate Exec and Council meetings, the ILC is pleased to host Sharing Our Practice, a monthly gathering for the Faculty of Education.  Each month Faculty can share their promising practices using new tools and learning experiences.  Sessions are informal, discussion based with opportunities for hands on exploration.  Ideas will be accessible on a collective blog, edited and managed by the ILC.  On Feb. 13th Dr. Ragoonaden, in conjunction with Bruce Young will share a different approach to podcasting using new technologies available in the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

The first gathering will be Feb. 13th  (3:30 – 4:30), following the council meetings.  Subsequent gatherings will be March 13 and April 10.

Please RSVP to Lindsay (Lindsay.Peruniak@ubc.ca), so we can make sure there are adequate tasty treats to enjoy.  I know we are all terribly busy, but please consider coming and learning and having some fun!

Sharing Our Practice (CoP)

SoP grew from a discussion among our Graduate Executive about how to support colleagues as we move our program online.  The first SoP gathering as held in the ILC on February 13th, 2013.  Dr. Karen Ragoonaden and Bruce Young from the CT&L shared a new podcasting tool.

Colleagues engaged in a lively debate, while munching tasty snacks, about pedagogy and learning opportunities.  The SoP template was circulated to all faculty.  Faculty were invited to fill it out to either volunteer for a session or use it ask for support for a session on a specific topic.

Click on sop to download the blank template sop

Ai Wei Wei – one of my personal heroes

http://www.globalnews.ca/video/preview+ai+weiwei+part+1/video.html?v=2336851016#video

From Wikipedia

Ai Weiwei (born 18 May 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism.[1][2] Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.[3] As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government‘s stance on democracy and human rights. He has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of so-called “tofu-skin schools” in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[4] In 2011, following his arrest at Beijing airport on 3 April, he was held for over two months without any official charges being filed; officials alluded to their allegations of “economic crimes” (tax evasion). In October 2011 ArtReview magazine named Ai number one in their annual Power 100 list. The decision was criticised by the Chinese authorities. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin responded, “China has many artists who have sufficient ability. We feel that a selection that is based purely on a political bias and perspective has violated the objectives of the magazine”.[5]

 

Digital Humanities

Stop Calling It ‘Digital Humanitites’

And 9 other strategies to help liberal-arts colleges join the movement

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Brian Taylor for The Chronicle       By William Pannapacker

A persistent criticism of the digital-humanities movement is that it is elitist and exclusive because it requires the resources of a major university (faculty, infrastructure, money), and is thus more suited to campuses with a research focus. Academics and administrators at small liberal-arts colleges may read about DH and, however exciting it sounds, decide that it ill suits their teaching mission.

In fact, teaching-focused colleges have significant advantages over research universities in pursuing the digital humanities.

http://chronicle.com/article/Stop-Calling-It-Digital/137325/