Author: Bill Roberson
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Do your recorded videos need a makeover? 4 Questions to help you decide
As video recordings become increasingly central to university teaching, it’s good practice to evaluate them on an ongoing basis. The videos you made a year ago might be OK for one or more iterations of your course, but they can quickly become outdated. And if students aren’t watching your videos, this might be a sign…
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Promoting Student Persistence and Critical Thinking with Team-Based Learning
Welcome to the Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute, August 9-10-11, 2022 at Vancouver Island University. Members of the VIU Faculty can sign up to participate in this project here. Non-VIU faculty are also welcome to participate, as seats are available. Please visit our page specifically for VIU Guests. Imagine a classroom where…students come prepared because…
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2022 Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute (August 9-10-11)
Promoting Student Persistence and Critical Thinking Tine Reimers and Bill Roberson of Vancouver Island University, and Jim Sibley of University of British Columbia will be your hosts and facilitators for the 2022 Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute. As users of Team-Based Learning (Michaelsen, Knight, Fink, 2002) and authors of numerous TBL publications, they have coached…
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UnMarking Institute 2021 at VIU
Liberate Learning: How to Untangle the Web of Feedback and Grading May 12 and 13, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM This two-day workshop includes a series of Zoom interactions, independent faculty work on their chosen course, and consultations with facilitators. Participants will also be invited to participate in follow-up conversations before and during course implementation…
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Survey Your Students in VIULearn
The Early Feedback Survey is now available in VIULearn. VIU faculty members are invited to use this tool to capture information—anonymously—on how students are responding to your course. The survey is already populated with a suite of questions tailored toward online learning. You can preview the questions in PDF form here. This type of mid-course…
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9 Suggestions for Assessment in the Age of the Coronavirus
If you’re under pressure to reconfigure quizzes, tests, exams and other assignments because of time pressure or or lack of access to physical settings (such as during a pandemic), this is a good opportunity to revisit principles and practices that might help you through this situation. As always, the focus should be on supporting students…
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Are you ready to UN-Teach?
(This project fulfills the course requirement—“Roles and Responsibilities” –- for the VIU Recognition of Achievement for Student Engagement.) Successful teachers are agents of deep change. They can be singlehandedly responsible for altering permanently the way students think, act, and view the world—no matter what their discipline, content, or area of expertise. And no matter their…
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Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute (August 14-16, 2019)
**Information for Non-VIU Guest Registrants** August 14-16, 2019 | Vancouver Island University | Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Tine Reimers and Bill Roberson of Vancouver Island University, and Jim Sibley of University of British Columbia will be your facilitators for the Institute. As users of Team-Based Learning (TBL) and authors of numerous TBL publications, they have coached hundreds of post-secondary instructors in the use of…
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August 2019 VIU Team-Based Learning Course (Re)Design Program
Deeper Engagement and More Fun with Team-Based Learning **August 2019 Course Re(Design) Program for Vancouver Island University Faculty Members** Workshop (Team-Based Learning Institute) August 14-16, 2019; followed by Implementation of newly designed course in Fall 2019 or Spring 2020. To participate in this program, please submit your request . Non-VIU faculty are welcome to participate, as seats are available. Please…