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Writing Learning Outcomes for Transformative Learning Experiences
Ross Laird has developed some wonderful intrapersonal, interpersonal and epistemological learning outcomes on his blog at http://rosslaird.com/portfolio/learning-outcomes/ “I worked with a small group of scholars (including Thomas Carey and Tierney Wisniewski) on a project to provide clear…
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Supporting the Indigenization of Higher Education in B.C.
Totem pole unveiling ceremony at Royal Roads University – Oct 19, 2015 | Photo credit to Michele Mateus Photography The Indigenization Project has grown since it was announced this past April. This collaborative project will…
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Classrooms are getting a makeover to accommodate new forms of teaching
New designs address the trend towards student-centred, active learning. By DIANE PETERS | September 28, 2016 reprinted from http://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/student-centred-active-learning-gaining-popularity/ Inside Wilfrid Laurier University’s pastel-painted Dr. Alvin Woods Building, a boxy structure on the school’s…
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Emily Carr Faculty Funding Resources
Funding For Emily Carr Faculty Members Research in the form of creative and scholarly activity is an important part of the Emily Carr Community. The Office of the Director of Research is responsible…
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Further your Teaching Practice: Books on Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning at the Library
Further your teaching practice at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design this fall, by coming to the display section and reading area for books and resources on pedagogy, teaching and learning at…
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New Youth Program Launched for Junior Teens at Emily Carr University
The Junior Art Intensive, a one-week program for ages 13-15, will make its debut this summer. In its first year, it will welcome students to campus from August 8-12, 2016 for a…
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Active Threat Response Module developed for Emily Carr Campus
An online Threat Response module has been developed by the facilities department that provides the Emily Carr community with information on how best to respond to an active threat on campus. This has…
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Teachonline.ca Resource
teachonline.ca was launched in 2010 as a resource for post-secondary educators in Ontario to find the latest information on new technology and new developments in online learning, as well as practical tools and resources…
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Embracing an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus
An Ontario model for campus entrepreneurship is being widely recognized by other countries. In Finland, they have the Start-up Sauna, where meetings are called “warm ups” and start-up accelerators “go full steam ahead.” Japan’s Samurai…
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Threshold Concepts to Student Learning and Curriculum Design
The ‘threshold concepts’ or ‘conceptual thresholds’ approach to student learning and curriculum design now draws from an empirical research base comprising hundreds of academic papers from over 120 disciplinary and professional contexts, and…
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B.C. Post-secondary Educators share their Insight for the Future of EdTech in 2016
As we look ahead in 2016, seven B.C. post-secondary leaders share with us the top Educational Technologies they are excited to learn, test and teach. Find out which technology trends are on the radar…
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Syllabus-writing as Storytelling
Narrative approaches to research and teaching can enhance students’ experiences. Earlier this week, I realized that we had passed the mid-semester mark (our semester is uncharacteristically long, 16 weeks of class instead of…
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Beyond the Blend
The term ‘blended learning’ first appeared in the late-1990s when web-based learning solutions started to become more widely used and were integrated on one way or another with face-to-face methods. Of course the…
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Final Exams, Summative Assessment & Assessment
This post reflects a discussion thread about final exams, summative assessment & assessment in general that was started by Gina Bennett from the College of the Rockies in BC and responses to that thread…
The Neuroscience of Learning Design – Moodle Moot US 2016
Britt Andreatta, CLO (L for Learning) of online education company Lynda.com, shared the company’s decades worth of experience around a talk about neuroscience in higher and corporate education. If you loved the movie Inside…
Threshold Concepts to Student Learning and Curriculum Design
The ‘threshold concepts’ or ‘conceptual thresholds’ approach to student learning and curriculum design now draws from an empirical research base comprising hundreds of academic papers from over 120 disciplinary and professional contexts, and…
STLHE 2016 Conference: Empowering Learners, Effecting Change
. The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Empowering Learners, Effecting Change will be held at Western University and Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, June 21-24, 2016. The 2016 Society for…
Engaging Audiences: How to Communicate your Research to a Wider Audience
Your research is important and deserves as much attention as possible. But if no one can understand what you’re talking about, what’s the point? University Affairs magazine and Informed Opinions have teamed up…
SAMR Model for Teaching and Learning
SAMR (Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition) is a model designed to help educators infuse technology into teaching and learning. Popularized by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, the model supports and enables teachers to design, develop, and…
The Anatomy of a 21st Century Educator: Simon Bates
In this talk at ETUG’s Spring Workshop 2015, Simon Bates, a physics professor and Senior Advisor, Teaching and Learning at UBC, considers what it means to be a 21st century educator, looking at the…
NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Library Edition
This is the second edition of the NMC Horizon Report that explores the realm of academic and research libraries in a global context. The report describes findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing…
Educators on Educating – Jane Slemon
As an RN, Emily Carr lecturer Jane Slemon listens for the ways people reveal their narratives. Mortality challenges us; illness presents layers of meaning: including chemistry, prognosis, genetics and experience along with family,…
Educators on Educating: Sam Carter
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is home for Professor Emeritus Sam Carter who enjoys working around the world. “My exhibition design projects, and now the incredible capabilities of online projects, allow me to access…
Educators on Educating – Hoda Hamouda
The wide range of media that sessional faculty and former Emily Carr graduate student Hoda Hamouda has encountered in the course of her undergrad studies, freelance work, and workshops provided her with a…
Conversations on Learning
Ross Kelly is a candidate in the Master of Applied Arts Low Residency program at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. He is a Vancouver based artist/photographer who specializes in large…
Bee Time: Lesson from the Hive: Now in the ECU Library
Bee Time presents Winston’s reflections on three decades spent studying these creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world. Being…
Google Docs and Google Drive Tutorials
Google Docs is the web-based editing program that allows users to create, share and edit documents through a secure networked system. There are also offshoots called Google Sheets and Google Slides that allow users…
EcoMUSICology: Howe SoundZ – A Collaboration with the David Suzuki Foundation + Vancouver Maritime Museum
Empowering students to become future community leaders in sustainability, the EcoMUSICology: Howe SoundZ project is taught by Sarah Van Borek, Faculty of Culture + Community, as part of the university’s Social Practice and Community…
What’s Included in a Teaching Dossier?
Teachers should really think about collecting artifacts and evidence as they go. Document your teaching experience to show how it transfers to other work environments, says Jill Grose, director of the Centre for…
New Pedagogies for Deep Learning: White Papers & Global Partnership
Michael Fullan and Geoff Scott co-authored the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning Whitepaper: Education PLUS (pdf). Why was New Pedagogies for Deep Learning established? There is a growing sense among education leaders, educators,…
Educators on Educating: Faculty Video Series
“Educators on Educating” is an Emily Carr University of Art + Design Teaching and Learning Centre video series on faculty talking about their approaches to pedagogy in the classroom, online and with incorporating…
Open Textbooks Event: New Models in Textbook Production
Open textbooks are innovating and disrupting the traditional model of textbook publication. In celebrating Open Access Week, SFU Library is delighted to bring together a range of perspectives on open textbooks. Students spend…
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014
The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014 – the results of the 8th Annual Learning Tools Survey – has been compiled by Jane Hart from the votes of 1,038 learning professionals from 61 countries…
HP LIFE e-Learning: Free Courses
HP LIFE e-Learning is a free, online platform that provides training for educators to integrate entrepreneurship, business, and IT lessons into their classrooms and programs. Once you register through the HP LIFE e-Learning form,…
Gamify a Moodle Course in Under 20 Minutes
Frederic Nevers posted this video about a year ago and details how, with a standard Moodle 2.x installation you can add some game theory to your course(s). Frederic’s site documents a series of…
ETUG Spring Workshop 2014 Keynote: Jentery Sayers
“Make, But Not the Brand: DIY Making after Big Data” Presented at the ETUG Spring workshop 2014, “20/20: Reflecting on the Past/Looking to the Future” in Vancouver, BC Jentery Sayers is Assistant Professor…
Accessibility in Online Learning Environments
The Centre for Instructional Development proudly presented the Learn @ Lunch Workshop “Accessibility in Online Learning” on Sept. 24, 2013. VCC Instructor (and former head of the Visually Impaired Program) Betty Noble, and SFU…
2014 NMC Summer Conference
The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals (that’s YOU!) who are interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Get a quick preview…
Open Education Week, March 10-15
Open Education Week is taking place from March 10-15, 2014 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The purpose of Open Education Week is to raise awareness of the open education…
Developing Cross-Cultural Intelligence
“Cultural Intelligence, cultural quotient or CQ, is a term used in business, education, government and academic research. Cultural intelligence can be understood as the capability to relate and work effectively across cultures. Originally,…
The NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition
The NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) jointly released the NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition at a special session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2014. This eleventh edition describes annual…
Video: How to support learning in a diverse classroom
Tips on how to prepare the classroom for students from different cultures. Karima Ramji (International coordinator, University of Victoria Co-op and Career Services) and Norah McRae (Executive Director, UVic Co-op and Career Services)…
Universal Design for Learning
Brief summary of Universal Design for Learning and all the 7 principles. Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL…
Alive in the Swamp: Assessing Digital Innovations in Education
Watch the video featuring Sir Michael Barber, Michael Fullan and Katelyn Donnelly discussing education reform, the impact of learning technologies and the practical advice offered in Alive in the Swamp. This report is…
Workshop Peer Assessment Activity in Moodle
Workshop is a peer assessment activity with many options. Students submit their work via an on line text tool and attachments. There are two grades for a student: their own work and their…
Accessibility in Moodle
On May 9th, 2013, the Neil Squire Society participated in Global Accessibility Awareness Day (new window). The focus of the day was to get people talking, thinking, and learning about digital (web, software,…
Current Design Research Journal Interviews
Deborah Shackleton discusses with Jonathan Aitken, Director for the Health Design Lab, about the themes and issues that the lab will encounter in the next couple of years for Emily Carr University of…
Faculty Video Shorts
Faculty Shorts features Emily Carr Faculty taking a few minutes to reflect upon their artistic practice and process. Features: Ben Reeves, Beth Howe, Chick Rice, John Wertschek, Julie Andreyev, Justin Novak, Landon Mackenzie,…
“Ideas That Matter” in Education: NMC Summer 2013
The New Media Consortium (NMC) hosted the 2013 NMC Summer Conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Hundreds of highly skilled education professionals traveled from across the globe to attend the NMC’s most influential…
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June 1, 2016New Youth Program Launched for Junior Teens at Emily Carr University
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May 2, 2016
Alumnus + ECU Assistant Professor Raymond Boisjoly Receives Prestigious VIVA Award
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April 30, 2015
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April 24, 2015
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March 30, 2015
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May 4, 2016Festival of Learning 2016, June 6 – 9, Vancouver: Registration is Open!
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February 7, 2016
STLHE 2016 Conference: Empowering Learners, Effecting Change
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October 29, 2015
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April 3, 2015
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March 16, 2015
Making an Impact: Transforming the Student Experience, May 6 & 7
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November 23, 2016Writing Learning Outcomes for Transformative Learning Experiences
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November 2, 2016
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September 28, 2016
Classrooms are getting a makeover to accommodate new forms of teaching
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September 27, 2016
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August 8, 2016
Further your Teaching Practice: Books on Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning at the Library
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May 10, 2016Embracing an Entrepreneurial Culture on Campus
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January 12, 2016
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October 28, 2015
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September 17, 2015
Teaching in a Digital Age (Open Textbook) by A.W. (Tony) Bates
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