On April 30, Vancouver Island University switched its learning environment, called VIULearn, to the “Daylight Experience” from D2L. Daylight is a change in the look and feel (colours, buttons, icons, text), but it really updates the learning environment to one… Read more ›
Background: Trades education across Canada is undergoing a harmonization initiative spearheaded by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA), and supported by various provincial stakeholders. This initiative seeks to align apprenticeship programs nationally, making training requirements and certification more… Read more ›
August 2017 Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute The Vancouver Island Team-Based Learning Institute, hosted at Vancouver Island University, is an opportunity for teachers in post-secondary education to (re)design and (re)construct one of their courses using the Team-Based Learning (TBL) model… Read more ›
This page outlines details about Aligning, Assigning and Redesigning: Effective Course Assessment for Student Learning – Course Redesign Workshop Intensive May 15-17, 2017. A limited number of seats are available for guests (i.e. higher education teachers not currently on the faculty… Read more ›
What is happening? VIU’s video streaming service (VIUTube) is moving to a shared service hosted at UBC. This means UBC is hosting the streaming media software “Kaltura” for the whole province on its servers. Many other colleges and universities are already… Read more ›
On April 30, VIULearn will undergo a change in terms of look and feel as we upgrade to a new version called Daylight. We are also going to slide in a few enhancements to the My Home, Course Home and the… Read more ›
This page outlines details about VIU’s Team-Based Learning Course Redesign Program running from August – December 2017. Facilitators: Tine Reimers, Bill Roberson, and Marilyn Funk, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Specialists, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning Registration open until Institute… Read more ›
VIUTube, VIU’s streaming video platform for uploading and watching videos in a secure and private location is being upgraded (and moved to a new location). VIU is now part of a centralized shared service for post-secondary institutions in BC for… Read more ›
This page outlines details about Aligning, Assigning and Redesigning: Effective Course Assessment for Student Learning – Course Redesign Program running from May 1 until December 2017. Facilitators: Kathleen Bortolin, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Specialist and Stephanie Boychuk, Learning Technologies Support… Read more ›
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning welcomes Maxwell Stevenson to the new role of Associate Director. Maxwell hails from Victoria where he grew up and attended the University of Victoria. After his undergraduate degree he headed to England… Read more ›