Month: November 2014
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Changes to the ‘My Home’ Page in VIULearn
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning is making changes to the page that you land on when logging into VIULearn. The new page configuration will give you access to information and events that will help you improve your learning and will also allow you to enrol in a limited (but growing) selection of…
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New Course Homepages in VIULearn
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning is currently reviewing Course Homepages in VIULearn. We have received feedback from various VIU stakeholders and are incorporating this feedback into a new course homepage design. We are hoping to update and refresh the course homepage look and feel for the Fall 2015 term. The course homepage…
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The Off-Campus Classroom: Community-engaged Pedagogy at VIU – Three Special Sessions!
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence and Learning would like to invite everyone to a new speaker series to explore innovations in community-engaged pedagogy at VIU. Intent on sharing some of the stories from faculty, staff and students already engaged in campus-community partnerships, VIU instructors, staff and students will present their stories of community-engaged teaching…
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Course Redesign Institute
Teaching Faculty Members: Do you have a course next term that could use a boost of new ideas or an enhancement to engage students more? Do you want to reconsider your assignments and ensure they are in alignment with intended learning outcomes? Might you have a course that is working okay for you and your students, but it could be…
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Mid-Year New Faculty Orientation
We invite all new VIU teaching faculty and newly appointed sessional instructors to join us on Friday, January 9 for VIU’s Mid-Year New Faculty Orientation. Breakfast and lunch are included. The purpose of the Orientation, sponsored by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, is to introduce you to teaching and learning resources for…