Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast hosted by Columbia University’s CTL Executive Director, Catherine Ross. Check out the URL to see all seasons listed, summaries, transcripts and topics! Dead ideas are persistent myths about teaching and learning that instructors believe and use! Check this great podcast series out. URL: https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/resources/podcast/ About: Our…
Looking for some suggestions to be more efficient in marking written assignments? I reviewed my favourite teaching and learning websites, connected with key research articles and shared some practices that worked for me – and give you this! NEW Teach Anywhere Webpage: https://teachanywhere.opened.ca/nic-essentials/efficient-marking-written-assmts/ 30 ways to transform inefficient practices into efficient ones! 3 categories of…
URL: https://hiddencurriculum.ca/ Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum is a cross-institution, cross-sector, and cross-disciplinary initiative that aims to support a learner’s academic, personal, and professional development. This website includes various skills-based content and resources that educators can embed in their courses. Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum will support student mental health, which was the initial motivation for this project. In…
A new resource (checklist of questions) has been uploaded to the Course Design > Planning section > Textbooks: Questions to Consider It outlines some questions to consider when looking at your textbook or if you are considering using a textbook. If you’d like to access the resource in a PDF: Handout
A new resource has been created to help instructors design courses – starting with solid assessment practices. This new page called “Assessment: Focused, Simple, and Aligned Ideas” shares core practices and principles around sound learning design. Twenty pedagogically-sound ideas for the assessment of student learning in both online (asynchronous, synchronous and blended) and face-to-face classes…
Evaluation of student learning in post-secondary education has a long way to go before it truly is effective, learner-centric and improves student learning. We are doing a lot of unnecessary and time consuming ranking, rating and giving of numbers and values on student work (done via complex rubrics with vague qualifiers and categories, extensive checklists,…
For a Successful Term Start 21 IMPORTANT CHECKLIST ITEMS TO ENSURE YOUR BRIGHTSPACE COURSE IS READY for STUDENTS! Here is a handy-dandy checklist of 21 important items to ensure your course is ready to for learning. Completing and checking off these 21 items will ensure your course is ready for your students. Each item has…
12 Brightspace Time Saving Tips + Tools Want to save some time when building or working in your Brightspace courses? Want to streamline your course development? Want some helpful tips to save you unnecessary work? Check out the collection of helpful tips and tools in Brightspace to help you SAVE TIME! Go to Learning Technologies…
Get Your Complimentary Under the Hood Brightspace Course Checkup Wondering if your Brightspace Course needs a tune-up? Kim Pfeifer, CTLI Learning Technologies Support Specialist is offering 30-minute private sessions in which she will review ONE of your Brightspace courses to ensure you and your students are set up for success. This could be a current…
Instructors: At this time of year and especially going into a new digital learning environment (Brightspace), there are lots of questions, tickets to the service desk and emails. Here’s hoping this page might help answer some of your questions. If not, please submit a ticket via the NIC Service Desk at https://servicedesk.nic.bc.ca/ and if about…