Category: General
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Starting Your Semester Off Right
Our first interactions with students will set the tone for the rest of the semester. This initial engagement, whether in person, synchronously via tools like Teams, or asynchronously through VIULearn, provides the perfect opportunity to achieve several key objectives.
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Sustainability: Teaching and Learning Showcase Series 2025
The May 14 roundtable at the 2025 Teaching and Learning Conference, hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Excellence in Learning (CIEL), focused on the theme of sustainability. The discussion explored how teaching practices can promote environmental responsibility, foster well-being, and strengthen community connections.
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GenAI@VIU: In Conversation with Liana Appelt
Liana Appelt is an Instructor and Researcher in VIU’s Faculty of Education. In this episode, Liana tells us about the research she is doing with local secondary school teachers and their experience with using GenAI in their work. We also hear about how the research has impacted Liana’s own teaching practices here at VIU. Day…
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Digital Literacy: Teaching and Learning Showcase Series 2025
Learn how three VIU faculty integrate Digital Literacy into their work and teaching.
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Teaching, Truth and Reconciliation- Teaching and Learning Showcase Series 2025
“Too often reconciliation becomes symbolic: land acknowledgements, diversity statements… But real reconciliation happens in the space between students and teachers, where people are vulnerable, curious and unafraid to learn out loud.” -Ursula Filis The Teaching and Learning Showcase Series 2025 featured four roundtable discussions on the themes of Community as Pedagogy, Truth and Reconciliation, Digital…
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Community as Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Showcase Series 2025
In early May, the CIEL is hosting a series of Roundtable discussions as part of the Teaching and Learning Showcase Series. The first showcase focused on the theme of Community as Pedagogy. Featuring VIU faculty members Dr. Carla Tilley from Nursing, and Sarah Greenway from Resource Management and Protection, we had rich discussions about building…
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GenAI@VIU: In Conversation with Luke McLeod
In this podcast episode, we examine the challenges the VIU Library is facing around AI Research Assistants (AI-RA). VIU librarian Luke McLeod discusses concerns such as privacy, consent, academic integrity, and research quality, while offering insights into how we can better prepare for the impact of generative AI.
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GenAI@VIU: In Conversation with Sarah Segal
How have concerns about Academic Integrity at VIU been influenced by the arrival of Gen AI? In this episode we explore some challenges that students and faculty have faced, provide solutions for mitigating the risk and guidance for when it looks like things have gone wrong.
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Reminder: VIULearn, VIUBlogs and VIUTube Cleanup July 2025
As we wrap up the spring semester we want to remind you about the cleanup processes for VIULearn, VIUTube and VIUBlogs. In order to minimize the amount of student data kept in any of our systems, and to ensure that these platforms continue to be places for current and active course materials, we have implemented…
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Applying for Teaching Awards
The deadline for the Provost Teaching Awards is approaching; applications must be submitted by May 15th, 2025. If you are considering putting in an application, or are interested in applying next year, here are a few things you may not have considered. It can be fun! Applying for a teaching award is a unique opportunity…
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Digital Literacy: Community-Based Learning
From a community-based learning perspective, a digitally literate person will work with individuals and communities to support digital projects. This can include placing Indigenous or community knowledge and cultural practices at the centre of projects to produce mutually beneficial outcomes.
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Rethinking Assessments and Rubrics
As generative AI (GenAI) continues to grow, educators are finding new ways to navigate or integrate it into their teaching while upholding academic integrity. Educators are modifying assignments, adapting assessments to focus on critical thinking and uniquely human skills, and discovering ways to enhance learning through GenAI. This blog provides an overview of strategies for…