Category: Technology
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My First MOOC
by Melissa Robertson, Learning Technologies Support Specialist, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning, VIU I am in the second week of my very first MOOC, History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education. It certainly has been a learning experience for me. I have just finished Week 1 and am near the middle of week…
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New Technologies in Class: An Added Value or Not?
by Olaf Ernst, Visiting Scholar, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences (Visiting Department of Recreation and Tourism Management, VIU) I have to admit: I am not a man of his time. To say it in another way: I missed the ‘digital’ boat, only being a passive user of Facebook and Linkedin, not connected to Twitter,…
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The shorter the better?
By Wendy Simms, Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Vancouver Island University Last Monday night, while we were waiting for our ecology class to assemble at Departure Bay beach for a lab, I overheard the students talking about vines. “I LOVE vines. They are SO addictive. I can procrastinate by watching (like) ONE HUNDRED…