Category: 5x5x25
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The Journey of Becoming a Teacher
by Greg Klimes, Teaching Faculty Member, Faculty of Science and Technology, VIU I never considered myself a “teacher” nor was it ever a career aspiration of mine to become a teacher. That word implied someone who taught in the K to 12 environments, many whom I have the utmost of respect and admiration for. I…
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A lesson I bring to my VIU students
By Susan Lymbery, Teaching Faculty Member, Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation and Faculty of Arts and Humanities, VIU I’d been twenty-five years out of high school when my son encouraged me to enrol at Malaspina University-College. Eight years later, I found myself teaching at Cowichan Tribes Yu’thuy’thut Adult Training Centre. One day, as…
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Some thoughts on Textbooks, Open Textbooks and Reviewing for BCCampus
by Jessie Key, Teaching Faculty Member, Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, VIU Textbooks are one of the primary resources of instruction for most courses at the university level. They can act as a framework or backbone to the topics addressed in the course by providing explanations, examples, and practice problems to students. An ideal…
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We Should Let Our Students Cheat
By Laurie Meijer Drees, Teaching Faculty Member, First Nations Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, VIU As teachers, we should let our students cheat. We should encourage them to cheat. We should teach and model cheating. Good cheating. Why? Because cheating is a way of finding answers using clever short-cuts, sharing information, learning about individual…
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Collaboration and Creativity in Action
By Sherryl Maglione, Teaching Faculty Member, Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation, VIU Today revealed one of those ‘aha’ moments that teachers are occasionally humbled to experience. At the beginning of the term, my main focus as facilitator is to create a community of learners who feel safe, are comfortable with each other, become alert,…
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Calibrated Peer Review Part 1
By Barbara Metcalf, Teaching Faculty Member, Bachelor of Nursing Program, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, VIU For the all postings on this subject see Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V In the fall term of 2013, 1st and 2nd year Bachelor of Science in Nursing faculty along with the Centre for Innovation…
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Simulation Snippets Part 1
By Barbara Metcalf, Teaching Faculty Member, Bachelor of Nursing Program, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, VIU For all the Simulation Snippet Postings see Part II, Part III, Part IV and Part V I think it is safe to say that all practice oriented programs use simulation in some form or other to…
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5X5X25 Challenge: Open Blogging with VIU Employees
The 5 X 5 X 25 Challenge! Wanting to do something a bit different this term to engage more than just teaching faculty in our offerings, I found an idea on Faculty Focus about a college in the US who issued a 9 X 9 X 25 challenge to their faculty – blogging 9…