Learning Technologies

NEW Self-Paced Course: Brightspace Basics

AVAILABLE IN THE DISCOVER AREA OF BRIGHTSPACE Make get­ting start­ed in Bright­space eas­i­er! The NIC Bright­space Basics asyn­chro­nous online course pro­vides a flex­i­ble pro­fes­sion­al learn­ing expe­ri­ence specif­i­cal­ly focused on mas­ter­ing the tech­ni­cal intri­ca­cies of online course devel­op­ment with­in Bright­space. It equips instruc­tors with prac­ti­cal insights and skills nec­es­sary to nav­i­gate the plat­form effec­tive­ly, stream­lin­ing the…

Artificial Intelligence & the 2 Sigma Problem

As arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) ramps up and we set­tle into a new norm of hav­ing a per­son­al assis­tant for every­thing our lives will slow­ly change.  What knowl­edge is impor­tant and valu­able? What knowl­edge can we let die with this gen­er­a­tion? These dis­cus­sions may become com­mon­place as the exper­tise required to accom­plish dif­fer­ent tasks is slow­ly…

Learning from Video: NIC’s Kaltura Platform

Video can be a very effec­tive learn­ing tool. Many research stud­ies have shown its val­ue in enhanc­ing stu­dent learn­ing in a vari­ety of dis­ci­plines and deliv­ery for­mats. Video cre­at­ed or curat­ed by instruc­tors can often allow stu­dents a more thor­ough under­stand­ing of con­tent and con­cepts and engage them in more mean­ing­ful ways while learn­ing. Stu­dents…

Setting Up Pronouns, Preferred and Traditional Names in Brightspace

North Island Col­lege has set up Bright­space to allow stu­dents and instruc­tors to add in their pro­nouns, pre­ferred names and tra­di­tion­al names so that we can respect­ful­ly com­mu­ni­cate with each oth­er in the dig­i­tal world.  Pro­nouns Log in to Bright­space at https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca Click on your per­son­al menu (where your name appears in the top right…