Category: Teaching & Learning
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VIUTube moves to a New Location at UBC
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 streaming video. By being part of this new service means we save on our annual…
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Maxwell Stevenson joins the Centre as new Associate Director
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 to do his Masters in Architectural History and his PhD exploring the role of the…
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VIU’s Council on Learning and Teaching Excellence: Takes on Institutional Challenges
VIU’s Council on Learning and Teaching Excellence is Taking on Institutional Challenges: Seeking New Members for 2017-2018! Handout (PDF): Summary Handout For the 2017-2018 year, faculty members will explore solutions, resources and activities to support these two institutional challenges. Identified by the 2016-2017 Council, faculty members will explore how they can contribute to these teaching and learning…
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VIU Teaching and Learning Conference: Registration Filling Up Fast!
VIU Teaching and Learning Conference: Celebrating Impactful Assessment Wednesday, May 10 – Friday, May 12 Conference Website: bit.ly/viutlc2017 Program Sessions: Link (online schedule that allows you to bookmark sessions you may wish to attend; adding sessions to your schedule does not mean you are registered – please still complete the registration for each day you wish…
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Marilyn Funk joins the Centre as a Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Specialist!
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning is excited to welcome Marilyn Funk to a two-year (August 1, 2017 – July 31, 2019) term as a Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Specialist. Marilyn is a Vancouver Island University (VIU) faculty member in the Resource Management and Protection Program. She’ll be taking a leave from this…
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Best Practices for Facilitating Online Learning: VIU Community of Practice Recap of Session two
We hosted our second fully online VIU community of practice session discussing best practices for facilitating online learning on October 21st. This was another great session with a number of faculty returning from the first session as well as some new arrivals. All are welcome in these sessions, they are informal chances to discuss the challenges, wins, best…
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Best Practices for Facilitating Online Learning: VIU Community of Practice Recap
We hosted our first fully online VIU community of practice discussing best practices for facilitating online learning last Friday over lunch. While the initial group was small the session went very well. We had established some structure to and prompts to guide the discussion however we ended up having a vocal group of faculty who…
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What is the BSN Partnership for Student Learning Initiative?
The BSN Partnership consists of Bachelor of Science in Nursing faculty members and students who have formed a collaborative team (representing all four years of the program) focused on finding new ways to engage students in thinking critically about nursing issues. The Partnership is designed for faculty and students to work together to collaboratively design…
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VIU Faculty Fast Start Institute
Initial “Launch” Workshop Dates: Tuesday August 25 and Wednesday, August 26, 2015 (2 days) Time Each Day: 8:30 AM – 3 PM each day (breakfast and lunch will be included) Description The goal of a faculty member is to thrive and excel, not merely survive. The Faculty Fast Start Institute is a Fall 2015 (one…
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Teaching Excellence Video Series: Louis Mattar on getting to know students, gathering feedback and flipping the classroom
Louis Mattar from Sport, Health & Physical Education shares his strategies for getting to know students, gathering feedback and flipping the classroom.
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Skills and Post-Secondary Education Summit: Five Year Initiative on Canadian Education
I attended possibly the best learning experience I have had in recent years! The 2nd Annual Skills and Post-Secondary Education Summit was an extremely well-organized, wonderfully-designed experience for sharing expertise and new knowledge along with research insights and directions for post-secondary education in Canada. For the past decade or so, I have been on…
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The Off-Campus Classroom: Community-engaged Pedagogy at VIU – Three Special Sessions!
The Centre for Innovation and Excellence and Learning would like to invite everyone to a new speaker series to explore innovations in community-engaged pedagogy at VIU. Intent on sharing some of the stories from faculty, staff and students already engaged in campus-community partnerships, VIU instructors, staff and students will present their stories of community-engaged teaching…