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Group work

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Group work Originally uploaded by sparklefish. If groupwork is part of your course, you may want to share this resource with your students. It’s all about group process in the online environment. We’ve mainly pulled together resources from elsewhere but found some excellent pieces on managing conflict, which were developed at UBC. The Online Groupwork […]

Vista: What is it and Why do I Care?

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

If you aren’t teaching an online course, and don’t plan to in the future, you probably don’t care. If you are, or plan to, this post is for you. Vista is the new learning management system that UBC is moving to over the next year. Some of you may be teaching on Vista already, more […]

Mid-Course Assessment: What Do Learners Think?

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Food for Thought A Originally uploaded by Iguana Jo. I recently co-facilitated a focus group of about 10 learners – with Jeff Friedrich from the AMS. Our intention was to learn something about: what motivates students to participate in course evaluations? what kind of results would students like to see made public and how would […]

Digital Age: Scholars and Bloggers

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

There are a couple of events coming up that might interest you. Weblogger’s Salon — UBC’s Bloggers Sound Off Date: Thursday, February 15, 2007 – 1:30 – 3:30pm Location: Telestudios Main Theatre, Lower Level, 2329 West Mall, Rm. #0110 http://www.telestudios.ubc.ca The simplicity and flexibility of weblog systems has led to an explosion of popularity in […]

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