Today, my Centre for Teaching and Learning published this statement as the lead item in our monthly newsletter.
…Teaching from a place of respect,
equity, and compassionIn light of recent world events, I want to assure our community that the resources coming from the Centre for Teaching and Learning will always come from a place of respect, equity, and compassion.
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Loading...One of the innovative projects I am pleased to work on this year involves a collaboration between myself, another counselling colleague and our art teacher.
BCHS Spectrum Club’s mission is to bring people together and spread a message of love and acceptance.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Today was the faculty and staff Welcome Back BBQ at UBC Okanagan. My Centre for Teaching and Learning had an information table among 25 or so other campus organizations. Always on the lookout to inject a little interaction and teaching and learning, I set up a laptop and i>clicker gear to survey my new colleagues about teaching:
Survey question: What do you think is the hardest part of teaching?
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Every one of our students brings their own identity – age, gender, ability, language, ethnic background, orientation, experiences, knowledge, skills. You want to recognize and support and build on each student’s strengths but how do you support one student without accidentally alienating others?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Every learner needs to build new concepts into their own pre-existing knowledge. That’s the constructivist model for teaching and learning and ultimately, I believe, the rationale and justification for active learning. Like I said on Twitter a few weeks ago,
…“Active learning” means *every* student has opps to practice expert-like behaviors, not just select few who raise hands or voices.
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Three years ago I did not paint (not really paint) and now thanks to my experiences in ETMOOC , I have more confidence and find it one of the most rewarding , therapeutic experiences that I can imagine. I take mini courses and I watch lots of youtube videos to get tips.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...On January 20th we celebrated the 3rd anniversary of the Open and Connected Learning Mooc (etmooc) and launched the Mario Couros Memorial Bursary.
Susan hosted the conversation on Zoom which was a new video conferencing program for most participants.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...The 3 year #etmooc anniversary celebration is tomorrow night and as I have been helping prepare for it I’ve been thinking about (and asking others about) #etmooc’s impact.
How can you measure the impact a learning experience has had, especially a connectivist experience?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Peer instruction is a powerful, evidence-based instructional strategy that supports active learning in all sizes of classes. Typically in peer instruction, every 15-20 minutes,
This can take anywhere from 2 to 10 or more minutes, depending on the question, the answers, and the richness of the discussion.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...(This is a long, detailed post about creating and running a “jigsaw” activity. Mostly, I wrote it for myself before I forget all the details. Reinventing the wheel is bad enough – reinventing your own wheel is even worse!)
The other day, I ran a jigsaw activity in my teaching and learning course.…
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