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Think back to when you were a student. What specific challenges or barriers have you faced in your learning experiences, and how would you like to have seen those addressed? What would your ideal experience look like? What is UDL?… Continue Reading →
Innovate, Design, Engage and Applied Solution When Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) enters the world of Interdisciplinary Applied Research, great things happen… This event aims to inspire you to explore the how, what, why, when, and where of interdisciplinary… Continue Reading →
Health, Wellness, Socialization, and Celebration These are the themes that capture the focus of the TAT Faculty Retreat day held at the Nanaimo Campus on May Friday 13th, 2022. This is the first time since March 2020 that all faculty… Continue Reading →
About the Project VIU is always looking for ways to partner with industry and other institutions to create research opportunities. Trades and Applied Technology has begun to explore this arena as well and a prime example of this is the… Continue Reading →
In this short video tutorial, Rita Gower, Professional Bake Instructor at VIU, provides an overview of how she designed an Asynchronous Learning Module in a way that provides students with an easy to follow learning journey. Let’s Get Started with… Continue Reading →
What is Padlet? Padlet can be used by students and by teachers. With padlet you can create an online post-it board that you can share with any student or teacher you want. Just give them the unique Padlet link. Padlet… Continue Reading →
Jose Bowen talks about teaching for an unknown future. With the rapid changes in Trades and Technology, both in Industry and Education, this TED Talk might be what you are looking for right now as you plan for the Fall… Continue Reading →
If you want to become a better Teacher, then show up with the Desire to Learn. In this short video, Simon Sinek shares his perspective on becoming a better teacher. In doing so, he rethinks the teacher/student model and suggests… Continue Reading →
Like many instructors throughout the province, Ken Harper, Professional Bake Instructor at VIU, has spent much of his 2020 teaching year learning new tools and looking for pedagogical approaches that engage learners in the Digital Classroom. When we heard that… Continue Reading →
It was great to see so many folks attend the Digital Toolshed to discuss: What Makes a Good Oral Assessment? As a Trades Faculty many of our instructors have implemented some form or another of an Oral Assessment or Examination… Continue Reading →