Category: Learning
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A light-bulb moment 30 years in the making
by Sandra Johnstone, Teaching Faculty, Faculty of Science and Technology, VIU Illumination A few weeks ago I had a busy day. I attended a morning meeting to discuss learning outcomes for our programs in the Earth Science department. In the afternoon my daughter and I jumped on the ferry to visit my parents. Over the…
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What’s the purpose of higher education?
by Andrea Noble, Online Course Support Assistant, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning (CIEL) 100% Human Connection If the purpose of higher education is to gather information, the Internet would’ve replaced teachers by now. When teachers bring the human element into the classroom, students experience transformational learning. Ideally, we should inspire each other to…
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Auditory Learners and the Lecture Format
by Doris Carey, Faculty Member, Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation, VIU In my decades as an educator, few students have ever claimed that their preferred learning modality is auditory. Not that it matters, since no research evidence exists to support the widely held belief that students learn best when their preferred modality is accommodated.…
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Righty-Tighty, Lefty-Lovey
By Carrie Johns, Secretary Registrar and Convocation, Registration Centre, VIU My grandmother had magical hands. Oh, she couldn’t move solid objects with a flick of her wrists but she was exceptionally gifted at transformation. Flour, sugar, and butter were magically whipped into feather-light shortbread; yards of fabric could be reformed into skirts and dresses in…
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I love it when a plan comes together
by Rob Ferguson, Teaching Faculty Member and Co-Chair, Department of Recreation and Tourism Management, Faculty of Management, VIU While I refuse to acknowledge that I am well past my youthful prime, I am old enough to remember the popular TV series A-Team that pitted a group of misfits who used their wits and creativity to…
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Color vs Colour
by Darlene Goodrick, Supervisor – Printing & Duplicating, Vancouver Island University Have you ever been involved in a debate on how to correctly spell the word ‘colour’? Ever wonder why British English spells ‘color’ with a ‘u’ and the American English does not? What about us in Canada? I remember when my daughter was in…
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Watch and Learn
By Deirdre Godwin, Program Assistant, Professional Development and Training, Faculties of Health and Human Services & Trades and Applied Technology, VIU Watch, my child, and learn Watch us stay instead of roam Watch a camp become our home Watch a house built up from stone Watch our kills used, skin to bone Watch those…
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History Lessons
By Deirdre Godwin, Program Assistant, Professional Development and Training, Faculties of Health and Human Services & Trades and Applied Technology, VIU Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do learn from it are privileged to repeat it. As for me, these days, I am revelling in the joys of…
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Goal Setting, Planning (and Monitoring) Skills Part 2: How To Avoid Becoming A One Trick Pony
By Sharon Kelly, Teaching Faculty Member and Degree Advisor, Faculty of Management/Educational Counsellor, Student Affairs, VIU Pardon the mini essay tone of this blog post: I think I wrote this as much for me as for you! Goal setting and planning skills are used for everything from planning an event, to planning finances, to planning…