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17 Apr The Learning Hub: Issue 05

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In this week’s issue…

Need some advice?

Dr. Tony Bates, Research Associate of Contact North | Contact Nord, offers some advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus:

With the reports of more and more institutions closing campuses because of the corona-virus, and even those not closing advising their instructors to move their classes online, I am wondering what advice or help these instructors are getting from their administrations. So what would I advise?

Read the full article here.

Want to read more from Dr. Tony Bates? In ten short guides, Dr. Bates provides a succinct introduction for faculty and instructors to the fundamentals of teaching online and how to do it well. Download The 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online for Faculty and Instructors

CTLI Virtual Drop-ins This Week

Come meet us in Collaborate!

  • Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 from 11am to 12pm

Register for your session here.

Beyond The Pivot @BCcampus

from Tracy Roberts, Director, Learning & Teaching
As we start looking beyond pivot toward preparation for fall, we want to share more pathways to the FLO (Facilitating Learning Online) family of courses to help educators build skills, confidence, and new ideas for supporting learning online.

In a nutshell, the FLO family:

  • has 3 foundational courses to build skills in design + facilitation in both asynchronous + synchronous setings: FLO Fundamentals, FLO Design, FLO Synchronous. These courses are built on solid learning theory, many opportunities to actually practice facilitating and giving/receiving feedback.
  • also has MicroCourses on a variety of topics to expand and amplify learning and skills on things like how to create an video introduction, how to do a land acknowledgment, how to craft compelling discussion prompts
  • are also OERs (Open Educational Resources) so YOU can adopt, adapt, and offer them yourselves (we have created a Facilitation Guide to help!).
  • have been updated with great skill and care over the years by a community of enthusiasts/facilitators, 3 of whom will be present in this session to answer your questions!

Like many, we’ve changed our practices to avoid zoom-bombing, so please register, but it’s free and all are welcome: https://bccampus.ca/event/implementing-the-flo-family-of-courses-qa-session/

Resources

Interesting Finds

CTLI Resources

  • Synchronous Online Delivery: During this one-hour session, we will cover some of the best practices and video conferencing tools for planning and facilitating online synchronous (real-time) learning sessions.
    Monday, April 20th, 2020 – 2pm (Join session)
  • The Basics of Online Learning: As everyone is pivoting online, you’ve been hearing about asynchronous vs synchronous, BlueJeans, Collaborate, Zoom — and what is an LMS, anyway? If these are the kinds of questions you have, this drop-in session is for you.
    Friday, April 24th, 2020 – 12pm (Join Session)

Click here for the list of BlueJeans recordings from #AskBCcampus

We’re still in the early days for pivoting learning online –
it’s best to practice simplicity, empathy, and compassion. #AskBCcampus
~ BCcampus

DROP-IN THIS WEEK

  • Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11AM to 12:00PM | Join session

TIPS & TRICKS

Looking to develop the hardware requirements necessary for future online courses? Use Blackboard Help’s Browser Support section as a guide and don’t forget: always use Browser Checker!

MOVESAFE

Don’t forget to stretch in your home office! It’s important to still keep up with your daily movement routines. We do!

CONTACT US

Want some one-on-one help? Have something specific you need assistance with? Reach out to the CTLI team by emailing us at telt@jibc.ca.

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