Students and instructors share ambivalence when it comes to groupwork online. When it goes well, the learning experience is positive and provides a foundation for future collaborative work. When it doesn’t, it can be like a bad case of food poisoning – you’ll want to avoid a repeat episode at all costs. This month’s edition […]

Snowy Gastown Originally uploaded by gray_eminence. Time to prepare for another term start. Here are a few things you may want to do in preparation for the start of another term: Review your course site. Your course will typically be cleaned out and reset somewhere between the final exam and the start of the new […]

Weblogs can be used for many purposes. This one is for sharing information relevant to teaching a distance course at UBC. So far, this has kind of been a one way street. But what about you? I’m sure many of you have comments, stories and issues to share with your colleagues, perhaps you’d like to […]