Author: Liesel Knaack
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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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Aboriginal Education: Humility Through Service
By Sherryl Maglione (Miss Magz), Cowichan Campus, ABE English Instructor, Vancouver Island University As an Aboriginal educator, teaching Aboriginal students has, over time and very simply, become my focus, passion, and life’s work. My life’s journey as an Aboriginal educator, through service to others, has been professionally and personally fulfilling, and is yet still evolving. …
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QuickWrites
By Sherryl Maglione (Miss Magz), Cowichan Campus, ABE English Instructor, Vancouver Island University I used to have an exercise like that back in elementary, but with computers, and the exercise was quick-type. I hated it, though. But with this quick-write, I personally found it easy enough that I could enjoy the exercise. Plus, it’s a…
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International Education Creates Value-Added Opportunities For Faculty and Students
By Sharon Kelly, Teaching Faculty Member and Degree Advisor, Faculty of Management/Educational Counsellor, Student Affairs, VIU I feel ever so lucky to be able to work at Vancouver Island University where international students are welcomed and international experiences for students and faculty alike are encouraged as well as supported. And NEW! Starting in fall 2013,…
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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…
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The Post-Assessment Reflection (PAR)
by Jessie Key, Teaching Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, VIU As an instructor, it is really frustrating and disappointing when students receive back a marked assessment (Quiz, Test, Report etc.), look at the grade and then shove it directly into the back of their backpack; never to see the light…
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Writing Examinations
by Jessie Key, Teaching Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, VIU As a newer teaching faculty member, I find one of the most difficult and time consuming parts of my job is writing and marking exams. By comparison, preparing lecture material seems much easier to me. As a subject matter expert,…
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Think Outside the Dodecahedron Part 2
by Anna Atkinson, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Vancouver Island University If you promise not to tell anyone, I’ll let you in on a secret: I don’t find business writing all that interesting. But I teach it, all the time . . . it’s one of the courses that our faculty offers…
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Council on Learning and Teaching Excellence: Q+A for VIU Faculty
What is the Council about? What is the time commitment? The new Council on Learning and Teaching Excellence is an initiative for VIU to more fully engage faculty to have greater input into activities, direction and initiatives around teaching and learning. The Council will be composed of teaching faculty members representing all Faculties and campuses…