This summer I had an amazing opportunity to teach an online graduate course in the Master of Educational Technology Program at UBC. I was a little bit apprehensive of it at first – a new graduate course (I taught four… Read moreEducational Tutorials from ETEC533 Course
A few days ago I had a chance to attend a talk by Dwayne Huebner. He is a philosopher, an educator, a theologian. It was a very interesting talk. However, what I remembered the most is his mentioning of how… Read moreCovering the Material
I have had two days of the most interesting and stimulating conversations about the use of technology in education. IPTEL conference this year was the first conference organized by UBC Faculty of Education that tried to bring people interested in… Read moreIPTEL 2013 at UBC: Lessons Learned
On May 6th, I was very fortunate to attend a public lecture hosted by the UBC Centre of Teaching Learning and Technology. This public lecture “The Tyranny of the Lecture” featured a Harvard Professor Eric Mazur who for the last… Read moreEric Mazur’s Lecture: The Tyranny of the Lecture
I happen to stumble upon this video clip and it made me think of how we teach our students. What do we do to engage them or do we still rely on all this information transmission method that doesn’t engage… Read moreWith or Without Technology: But Student Engagement is the Key
I am currently teaching a graduate online course that explores how students learn mathematics and science with technology and how we can design more effective learning environments to support students. I do not want to tell much about this course,… Read moreAn Online Course about Technology-Enabled Math and Science Learning
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtMdy-C8Wew[/youtube] I have been thinking about SMART Boards for a while now. One of the concerns I have had, is that this technology is very much teacher-centered… You can do many exciting things with SMART Boards, but one person at… Read moreTechnology in Math & Science: An Active Table…
A few days ago I happened to attend a conference at UBC, titled Creating Connections 2013. The conference lasted for two days and was organized by Prof. Elizabeth Croft and her team. Elizabeth is an NSERC Research Chair on Women in… Read moreReflections on the Panel during Creating Connections Conference…
Today I began teaching an online course on the use of technology in mathematics and science classroom. It is an online course in the MET (Master’s in Educational Technology) Program at the UBC Faculty of Education. While the students introduced… Read moreExploring Technology in Math and Science in an Online Graduate Course
A few weeks ago a colleague of mine shared a NY Times article with me that reported the results of PISA (International Science Assessment) broken down by gender. The paper was very interesting and if you click on the image,… Read morePISA Results: Girls Lead in Science Exams but not in the US and not in Canada, or do they?
