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Transitioning from life in industry to teaching full-time at the post-secondary level is a journey that many of us remember well. It’s a steep learning curve for the best of us, and that’s under normal circumstances. For Damien Miles, Electrical… Continue Reading →
Tech Tip of the week comes from Gina Easton! Thanks Gina for this great tutorial on how students can easily use their iphone as a scanner to upload documents to VIULearn No more blurry uploads! Please note: this video is… Continue Reading →
Today in the Toolshed, Rita Gower presented on How to Implement Case-Studies using VIULearn Tools, focusing on the key points listed in the slide below: Rita kindly gave us permission to record her presentation. So, if you were unable to… Continue Reading →
Jessica Gemella, Chair and Instructor for the Horticulture Program at VIU, aims to enhance her students’ experience this coming semester by expanding the walls of her digital classroom far beyond Nanaimo, BC. Jessica plans to provide her students with several… Continue Reading →
If you haven’t made bread before Covid-19, I’m pretty sure you may have given it go at some point over the past 14 weeks. I know I did! Well, it’s not as easy as it looks – that is all… Continue Reading →
Rita Gower, Chair/Instructor, VIU Professional Bake & Pastry Arts Program, was quick to recognize how Zoom conferencing tool could provide the right media for her students to present part of their final capstone project. In doing so, her students also… Continue Reading →
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Barb McQueen, HVAC Instructor, and Matthew Beck, HVAC Chair/Instructor. I learned that the RACM (Refrigeration Air Conditioning Mechanic) Program at VIU is all about equipment designed to keep things cool or… Continue Reading →
Richard Kobayashi
VIU Electrical Trades Instructor
We are thrilled to let you know that Jessica Gemella, Chair & Instructor, Horticulture Program, has been awarded the Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching Design and Practice, 2020. To get a glimpse into Jessica’s passion for teaching and learning,… Continue Reading →
Like many trades instructors in BC, Buddy Wolfe, Culinary Arts and Hospitality Instructor at VIU, has recently found himself searching for alternatives to the traditional assessment methods used in face2face teaching & learning settings, such as multiple-choice questions. In this… Continue Reading →