Part 2: What do I do? (Part 1) 7:20am: Arrive at Vancouver Island University. Walk in and smile at the rogue bunnies. Turn a blind eye to the faculty member who is feeding the rogue bunnies. 7:30am: Host an early… Read more ›
Part 1: What do you do? In awkward social settings, when the conversation runs dry, someone, hoping to buoy the dialogue, might inquire after what I do. For a living. It’s at that moment that I wish I could respond… Read more ›
D2L’s annual FUSION conference (Reach Every Learner) for its customers was held July 19-20 in Las Vegas. This is a summary of the key take-aways for higher education faculty and support staff with a focus on Brightspace (D2L’s learning environment). Much… Read more ›
When Vancouver Island University students and faculty members log in to VIULearn for the first time this Fall 2017, they will experience a change in the look and feel of the learning environment. On April 30, 2017 VIULearn was upgraded… Read more ›
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 ›
December 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 ›