18 Jun The Learning Hub: Issue 14
In this week’s issue…
Preparing to Teach During Covid19
From The Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative | colab.plymouthcreate.net
Over the summer, the staff of the CoLab (and IDS) is available to meet virtually with faculty, staff, and students. You can make an appointment with us via our online scheduling system — you can also work with the many online resources we’ve shared (and will continue to share throughout the summer).
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We Stand in Solidarity Against Systemic Racism
Together we stand in solidarity against any kind of discrimination towards a race, colour, culture, ancestry or place of origin.
We’re Listening and Learning
At BCcampus, we stand against racism. We commit to examining our own biases and doing better for students, educators, colleagues, friends, families, and every person. We must do more and encourage you to do the same.
-BCcampus
Here are some resources on anti-racism and Cultural Diversity:
- The JIBC Library CBC Curio streaming media collection highlights discrimination and anti-racism. JIBC User ID/Password required.
- The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole
- They Said This Would Be Fun by Eternity Martis
- An Urgency of Teachers by Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris
- Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom
Making Virtual Training Work For Your Learners
From Trainers Network Northamptonshire | trainer-net.com
As technology and connections have improved, so has the use of virtual training, yet until recently, face to face training remained the most popular form of training. Most organizations, individuals, course sponsors, and IT Departments seem to have been reluctant to fully embrace it. Read More
JIBC Library
JIBC Library is here for your reference, research and APA citation questions! Connect with us via email, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
If your question is after-hours (evenings and weekends) you can connect with a research expert in BC via AskAway.
AskAway logo, retrieved from https://askaway.org/
Visit our Library’s Ask A Librarians page.
Upcoming CTLI Virtual Drop-in Sessions
Come meet us in Collaborate! Bring your questions!
We are not going to have a drop-in session during the week of June 29th.
- Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
- Thursday, July 16, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
- Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
We’ll be running a drop-in session each week, on Thursdays, between 11am-12pm.
Register for your session here.
Resources
Interesting Finds
- Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions
- Cognitive Complexity and Biggs’ SOLO Mode – Watch this video
- Tools to support remote teaching and learning
Online tools:
- Sandstorm – Open ETC
Students and educators deserve access to the best open-source web apps. With a few clicks, students and educators can enjoy 70+ open-source web apps, all pre-approved, security audited, and hosted within British Columbia on the OpenETC Sandstorm server at https://apps.opened.ca - Find and Use OER in your Online Course – Watch the recording
In this session led by Josie Gray & Krista Lambert, you will learn about how you can find free, open educational resources to be used in your online course.
BCcampus Upcoming Events
- Learning about Indigenous Spirituality: A conversation with Metis student and mental health advocate, Kyle Durocher
Join us for National Indigenous History Month, celebrating Indigenous peoples, voices, arts, and knowledge through a Lunch and Learn Speaker series. We will learn from Indigenous artists, students, knowledge keepers, and educators about their current projects and topics they are passionate about.
June 24, 2020 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Register Here - Fun FLO Friday
We will be hosting a synchronous sandbox session in Zoom with Asif Devji. Asif will give participants an opportunity to experience and explore what a truly interactive session in Zoom could feel and look like.
June 26, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Register Here - Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) – Design
Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) – Design is a complementary course to FLO Fundamentals, which supports educators to learn how to facilitate learning in asynchronous environments.
June 29, 2020 – July 24, 2020 | Register Here - Adapting to COVID-19: Dealing with Burnout
During COVID-19, faculty and staff have adapted the ways in which we work and support others. These changes add stress and pressure to our home and work lives. This session will provide an opportunity to bring those working in B.C.’s post-secondary sector together to learn how to recognize burnout and explore some strategies to guard against it. Participants are encouraged to share their own unique challenges and discuss strategies they have developed for self-care and well-being.
June 30, 2020 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Register Here
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 MONTH
Thursday, June 25, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
Thursday, July 16, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
CTLI RESOURCES
Universal Design for Learning
Facilitating Synchronous Online Learning with Collaborate Webinar
- Watch a recording of the workshop here.
- Follow along with a copy of the slides.
- Suggestions for Synchronous Online Learning (PDF).
Pivoting to Online
- Watch a Recording of a Collaborate Training Workshop
- Instructor Transition Course
- Blackboard Help | For Faculty | For Students
‘I Call My Friends on Zoom’ by Chris Mann (A Taylor Swift Parody)
“You think you can keep me away from my friends?! Well, you can’t–I’ll just call my friends on Zoom”.
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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.
OFFICE OF INDIGENIZATION
In an era of active cultural revival and conscious dismantling of colonial ideologies, structures, systems and discourses in academia and education, we as Indigenous Peoples, are returning to use epistemologies and methods for teaching and learning that have been practiced for thousands of years. This takes shape in a variety of ways and is categorized under umbrella concepts like decolonization and Indigenization to make sense of this cultural shift. We are in a societal revolution across Turtle Island to disrupt the prevailing superiority and privilege of Euro-Western dogma and replace Eurocentric norms with a shared civilization that is balanced and appropriately reflective of distinction and diversity of its Peoples.
Canada is comprised of Inuit, Métis and 634 First Nations that speak over fifty unique languages. To support your continual commitment to advancing social justice and safety in higher education for Indigenous students, we suggest using Indigenous developed educational tools such as Firstvoices.com, a resource developed by local First Nations to preserve, teach and revitalize languages and culture.
CONTACT US
Email indigenization@jibc.ca if you have questions or comments about Firstvoices.ca or if you are seeking other Indigenous developed educational resources and tools.