30 Jul The Learning Hub: Issue 19
Dennis Yip
Please note: Due to the holiday this week, we will not be releasing an issue the week of August 10th. We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming August 17th. Happy BC Day!
In this week’s issue…
How to talk to your child about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): 8 tips to help comfort and protect children.
From unicef | unicef.org
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything you’re hearing about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) right now. It’s also understandable if your children are feeling anxious, too. Children might find it difficult to understand what they are seeing online or on TV – or hearing from other people – so they can be particularly vulnerable to feelings of anxiety, stress and sadness. But having an open, supportive discussion with your children can help them understand, cope and even make a positive contribution for others. Read More
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Efficacy of Open Textbook Adoption on Learning Performance and Course Withdrawal Rates: A Meta-Analysis
From SAGE journals | journals.sagepub.com
Open textbooks have been developed in response to rising commercial textbook costs and copyright constraints. Numerous studies have been conducted to examine open textbooks with varied findings. The purpose of this study is to meta-analyze the findings of studies of postsecondary students comparing learning performance and course withdrawal rates between open and commercial textbooks. READ MORE
JIBC Library
Articles on post-secondary teaching/learning online during the COVID-10 pandemic are available HERE. This includes some nice short articles, and, some more in-depth.
To access you need to use your network credentials (i.e. first initial last name & your desktop password).
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Upcoming CTLI Virtual Drop-in Sessions
Come meet us in Collaborate! Bring your questions!
- Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 11am to 12pm
- Thursday, August 13, 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
- Action-Based Assessments – Watch this Webinar Recording
- Free Online Course: COVID-19: Training for Healthcare Workers
Workshops
- Microsoft Higher Education 5-part Series: “Blended and Online Learning in Higher Education.”
Join Microsoft and experts in curriculum design and learning technologies for a 5-part series that explores blended online teaching and learning strategies.
The series will be at 1PM EST from August 10-12th, 17-18th, and available on-demand after. Register here
Online tools for presentations and mind mapping:
- Visme is a cloud-based presentation tool that allows you to create highly visual presentations to engage viewers and communicate your ideas. It features an intuitive, drag-and-drop design method for creating presentations.
- Canva is an online platform that provides templates for a wide range of business-related publications, like resumes, newsletters, business cards, media kits, brochures and infographics.
- MindMeister was built to facilitate collaboration for mind mapping and brainstorming, with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. You can collaborate in real time, discuss changes over live chat, exchange ideas and even view the change history of a mind map.
- With Coggle you can brainstorm and produce beautiful notes or mind maps to share and collaborate with others. You can drag and drop images onto your diagrams, view the change history to keep track of edits and customize the colors within each project.
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BCcampus Upcoming Events
Learning Skills Workshop: Online Communication Skills
In partnership with UBC’s Chapman Learning Commons, BCcampus is pleased to share this Chapman Learning Commons logostudent-led learning skills workshop for students.
As online learners, we constantly communicate with others using a variety of platforms. Which platforms are best suited to different types of communication? How might you engage effectively online with a professor, a classmate, or a colleague? This session helps you build your communication confidence by considering best practices and recommendations when communicating online, using a variety of methods- from email, to instant messaging, to video chat.
August 5, 2020 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Register here
Instructional Designers and Open Education Practices
Dr. Michelle Harrison and Dr. Irwin DeVries will share their research into open education practices (OEP) and will generate a discussion about strategies for effectively advocating and implementing OEP in post-secondary institutions while also maintaining a critical stance.
August 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Register here
Indigenous Speaker Series: A Conversation with Co-Founder of Sisters Sage, Lynn-Marie Angus
Lynn-Marie and Melissa-Rae are two Indigenous entrepreneurs and co-founders of Sisters Sage. On August 12, learn how Sisters Sage got started, the importance of Indigenous-owned and operated businesses, and more!
August 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Register here
(FUN) FLO Friday with Dr. Farah Shroff
Join us for a fun session with Dr. Farah Shroff as they hope to infuse some humour into this new teaching space! Experience polling, break-out sessions, and other helpful tools that you can utilize to keep your students at the centre of your lecture!
August 14, 2020 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 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, August 6, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
Thursday, August 13, 2020 from 11am to 12pm | Join session
CTLI RESOURCES
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning: A Practical Guide (PDF)
UDL Guidelines (PDF)
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
Blackboard Help | For Faculty | For Students
“Don’t Give Up On Me” Andy Grammer ft. PS22 Chorus
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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
Two summers ago, Indspire, a national charitable organization that invests in the education of Indigenous Peoples, conducted a study surveying First Nation, Métis and Inuit post-secondary students to gather their perspective on their educational experience in light of the released Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 2015. Of the 2000 students sent a survey, 290 students responded. Indspire released its survey summary report, thematically analyzing key indicators of successes and gaps reported by students on their institute’s implementation of TRC’s Calls to Action.
Addressing TRC’s Calls to Action is a long-term, vertical and cross-institutional commitment to systemic, policy and cultural change. This work is complex and requires meticulous and methodical integrated planning, partnership and processes. Inspire’s (2018) study’s findings, when extrapolated into one central idea, offers a learner-driven determinant to support Truth and Reconciliation in all areas of the academy: Cultural safety. When cultural safety is embedded as a core characteristic within post-secondary education, Indigenous students report a greater connectedness to their identity and cultures, to their learning environment and community members and the realization of their successes (Success defined not by academics alone but by individual, cultural, and community benefits). Check out this video to learn from Indigenous students attending UBC about issues they face in the classroom and to think about pedagogical practices that respect a diverse student body.
CONTACT US
Email indigenization@jibc.ca if you want to learn more about enhancing cultural safety at JIBC.