Month: November 2013
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Reflections of a Novice: Educational Developers Caucus Institute, October 28-30, 2013
Last month, I had the privilege of attending the Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) Institute at the University of British Columbia in sunny Vancouver. Yes, it was sunny in Vancouver. The institute was facilitated by Ruth Rodgers and Alice Cassidy, two of Canada’s leading educational developers. Ruth and Alice brought not only their experience and expertise…
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Course Outlines – boring or inspired?
Difficult and oftentimes tedious to create, linear in content and layout, something students review with the instructor on the first day of class…as they struggle to stifle bored yawns, and then toss or lose. According to Liesel Knaack (I will leave you alone in future posts I promise!) course outlines or syllabus do not have…
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EDUCAUSE 2013 Conference
A couple of us attended the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference held this year in Anaheim, California from October 15-18. The conference program is derived from member-driven content organized across six overarching IT domains including: Data/Information Access and Management; Enterprise and Infrastructure; Leadership and Management; Security, Privacy, and Compliance; Services and Support; and Teaching and Learning. This…
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Join other B.C. Nursing Educators for a webinar on Developing a Scholarly Project in Nursing
InspireNet Nurse Educators’ Scholarship Team Webinar Journey to Develop a Research Project November 25 3:30-4:30pm Presenters: Members of Collegial Relationships Research Team ►Sessions are recorded and archived on their team’s eCoP. Interested in attending via webinar or reviewing the recording? Three easy steps: 1. Join InspireNet if you’re not already a member (link at top right hand…
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Have you used InspireNet to network with other B.C. nurses or Nursing Educators?
There is a good article on online professional networking for B.C. Nurses in InspireNet in the recent proceedings of Use of Social Media and Web 2.0 Technologies to Increase Knowledge and Skills of British Columbia Nurses Health professionals’ use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies are emerging as a new area of research. We…
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Strategies for doing conference reviews and reflections
Attending a conference is a great opportunity to learn and interact with like minded colleagues from around the world. Conferences can also be exhausting and overwhelming as the program is often fast and furious and you interact with many people in a very short timespan. In this post I reflect on my strategies for…
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What does blended learning look like?
I always find it interesting to hear people’s reactions when the topic of “blended learning” comes up. As soon as these words hang in the air you can see the different thoughts whirling around. Some will stare off in the distance thinking of themselves sitting in their pajamas, drinking coffee, never to be seen by their fellow classmates;…
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Why am I blogging…?
Why am I blogging…?! I have a love of learning and am attracted to smart people, so when the opportunity to blog was presented to me by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning at Vancouver Island University, I thought, “why not…?” Then it hit me, “I can’t write well enough to put my…
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A Memo from the Faculty PLNNet future
The Faculty PLNNet project was introduced via a concept outline in the previous post. Here is another way to think about it, as a “memo from the future” to new faculty several years from now when we are past the pilot stage and into a more operational steady state. To: New faculty From:…
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Once upon a time…
A couple of years ago, I attended a teaching and learning session with Liesel Knaack Director, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning…and learn I did! It was a great session, and thus began my relationship with Liesel and her terrific team—they support my teaching and learning enormously. Hi! my name is Micki McCartney. I…
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Community of Practice for Community Engagement at VIU
Last week, Robin June Hood, Director of the Community- Based Research Institute at VIU, and I convened the first community of practice (CoP) for community engaged faculty. A community of practice (CoP) is a group whose members share a concern or a passion for a topic and who deepen their knowledge by interacting regularly (Wenger,…
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Introducing the Faculty PLNNet (“planet”) project
In the Faculty PLNNET project we are beginning to explore how Faculty Professional Learning and Knowledge Networks can enhance teaching and learning at VIU in two complementary ways: develop student capability to engage in professional learning through knowledge networks, and enable faculty to advance their teaching activities ‒ and student learning ‒ by participation in…