As the summer is coming to an end, I keep thinking how technology will change my teaching and my life next year. These thoughts made me reflect on my various technology encounters this summer. For example, I like watching TED talks. This is one of the most powerful resources on the web now (in my […]

Recently I became actively involved in the BC Association of Physics Teachers. I have been involved in BCAPT some years ago, then when I moved to Ontario I was involved with ON APT and now I am back to BC. AAPT and its sections (like BCAPT or OAPT) is a very exciting organization. Yet, I […]

I have been working very hard on a new web site for the BCAPT. http://bcapt.sites.olt.ubc.ca/ Thanks to the UBC OLT Staff who were patiently helping me on the project. I would love to hear your comments BEFORE or AFTER it goes live. I hope it is going to be a useful web site for our […]

On Saturday, May 8, 2010 we had a very exciting meeting of the BC Section of the AAPT. The meeting took place at Langara College in Vancouver and almost 40 physics educators from high schools, colleges and universities in BC joined us. We had a very exciting meeting. To know more please check the FB […]

Today I was listening to a special podcast by Linda E. Allen on the Toastmasters web site. She was talking about the importance of doing things that push us outside of our comfort zone. Although she was referring to public speaking and leadership, I was thinking of how it applies to teaching. When being a […]

This is a link to the video clips produced by the Carl Weiman Science Education Initiatives at the University of British Columbia and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I like how these videos illustrate different aspects of clicker use. Excellent resource. If you want to learn more about Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative at […]

MERLOT is a resource in the form of a database of educational multimedia materials for learning and online teaching in many disciplines (including sciences, teacher prep, humanities, etc.). However, MERLOT is more than that – it is a content building opportunity for educators and a community of people who want to make the best out […]

I just read an excellent paper about the validity of what we know about the Learning Styles Hypothesis and I strongly recommend it to others (Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2009). Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 9(3), 105-119.) The reason I think the paper is […]

I am thinking why online courses are more often referred to as  “Online Learning” and not “Online Teaching”. May be because in those courses both the teacher and the students are undergoing a truly online learning experience as they are at the same time to a small degree teachers and to a larger degree learners… […]