By Tony Bates, on January 31st, 2010
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)
It’s now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC, and my motto has always been ‘Never look back.’ However, two things came together to bring me back to UBC last week with a ‘formal’ invitation for [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 14th, 2009
Terris, B. (2009) University Uses ‘Clickers’ to Quiz Students in Multiple Location Chronicle of Higher Education, September 14
The University of British Columbia recently completed a trial of a new satellite polling system by i>clicker, which sells student-response systems. The new system allowed students on three campuses, all part of the university’s Distributed Undergraduate Medical Program, [...]
By Tony Bates, on September 12th, 2009
Wong, M. and Hayes, L. (2009) Amazing stories of open-ness – learning to share with Open Ed UBC e-Strategy Update, September
The International Open Education Conference was held in Vancouver at UBC Robson Square from August 12th to 14th. The conference focused on many topics connected to open education. This article provides an excellent report on [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 14th, 2009
For some fun go to University of British Columbia’s Library’s Academic Integrity Resource Centre site and click on the ’stage’ icon on the right of the screen. It’s a ‘wizard’ way to teach students about academic integrity! (Or is it?).
Comments, please.
Thanks to Natasha Boskic for sending this to me.
By Tony Bates, on November 6th, 2008
Wong, M. (2008) Why online education works! UBC’s e-Strategy Newsletter, November 6
Professors reflect on how teaching fully online distance courses helps their on-campus classes.
(This is my old department where I was Director – now absorbed into the Office of Learning Technologies. It’s nice to see an acorn grow into an oak, as when I arrived [...]
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