Month: January 2007

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Using Technology

Opportunities for Learning

A few upcoming events to tell you about…

Reading Week 2007 – February 19-23

Join us for a full week of the e-Learning Institute. Hands-on and seminar sessions on various topics will be offered, including communicating online with students, keeping up with day to day tasks in WebCT, overview of WebCT Vista, social software, Horizon Wimba, accessibility and more!
Registration for these sessions is now open.

WebCT & Vista Drop-in QA Session

Facilitators: Emily Renoe & Joey Zerdin, Office of Learning Technology
Date: Every Wednesday to March 28 (no drop-in on Feb 21)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Location: ITServices Telestudios, #0115, Lower Level, 2329 West Mall
http://www.telestudios.ubc.ca

The e-Learning Institute and the Office of Learning Technology will be holding a series WebCT & Vista drop-in sessions for faculty throughout winter term. These are informal question and answer sessions with WebCT & Vista specialists in attendance. Bring your questions and we’ll do our best to provide the answers.

Registration not required, drop-in only.

We gratefully acknowledge funding for these events, provided by UBC students through the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF). The TLT Series is sponsored by members of the Faculty Alliance for Technology in Education (FATE), the UBC Office of Learning Technology, and the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth.

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Learning Resources Online Courses Teaching Resources

APA Citation Addendum for Online Sources – CIDER




First day of the Semester

Originally uploaded by PartsnPieces.

I was browsing through the CIDER site and happened to come upon this tidbit that I thought may be interesting to some of you. Apparently, Jamie Anderson, from SFU Surrey Library has created an addendum for the APA Manual that provides updates and suggested formats for citing online resources. He provides some very helpful examples of recommended citation protocol for a variety of electronic sources including webpages, blogs, online journals and email. Look for these editions in the next edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

The UBC Library also has a useful reference on APA style with suggestions for some digital sources (mainly web pages, journals and e-books).

Both of these references will provide some helpful guidance for students using APA citation styles.

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Teaching Resources

Thriving in the Online Classroom

On Thursday, January 18th at 10:00 am in the TAG Seminar room, OLT will be hosting an interactive broadcast session sponsored by Magna Online Seminars called: Managing to Thrive in the Online Classroom.. The presenter for this session will be Dr. Lawrence Ragan, Director of Instructional Design and Development for Penn State’s World Campus. Dr. Ragan is charged with directing the design and development of learning spaces for PSU online learners. He is responsible for directing the integration of a wide range of electronic media technologies into the instructional process in order to create dynamic, student-centered learning systems.

If you want more detail about what Dr. Ragan will offer up on Thursday, check the Magna Pubs Calendar. No need to pay or register, just show up at the TAG Seminar Room on Thursday, Jan. 18th at 10:00.

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Start of Term

Welcome back!




UBC

Originally uploaded by Mikey720.

It’s deceptively quiet on campus today. Some of us are still recovering from the “holiday” and others are in full prep mode for the start of term next week.

On that note, here are a couple of things to keep in mind as you head into next week:
* WebCT servers will be challenged with the start of term volume. Remind your students to log on during mid-day (rather than evening) whenever possible – they’ll be less frustrated. You may want to check for updates on the WebCT upgrade project – periodically.
* Check your class list on the Faculty Service Centre.
* Send a welcome message to your students via the Faculty Service Centre. Online instructors usually do this as soon as the term starts (Monday, Jan 8th). Print based instructors may want to wait until the close of registration (January 22nd).

Note that the Teaching and Learning with Technology series starts up again on January 30th. Watch for upcoming events on the OLT or TAG websites.

Happy start of term!

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