22 Jan The Learning Hub: Issue 39
Dennis Yip
In this week’s issue…
Exam Design: Promoting Integrity Through Trust and Flexibility
Insights from Nurse Killam | hinsights.nursekillam.com
I spent a lot of time thinking about how to design my exam after a mid-semester pivot to online learning due to COVID-19. In the end, my exams this term are open book with no time limit. They have a due date but are open for a week or more. I am even open to extending it. Students can go in and out of the exam as many times as they want. I also provided them with a downloadable copy of the exam so they could work on it outside of Moodle. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and my decisions are founded in good pedagogy. Read More
WORKSHOP: Startup Toolkit for the New Academic Term
With the start of a new academic term, Center for Teaching, Learning and Innovation (CTLI) is offering an online session to all JIBC faculty and staff. We will share with you a number of useful resources that could help you make sure your course is ready to go, learn about online teaching tools and in general get started on the right track.
If you are interested please register here:
https://forms.gle/kNMpBXTQi5B472xh8
Date: Tuesday February 9, 2021
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
A meeting request with the workshop link will follow up this registration.
Distracted Minds: Your Classroom Can Be a Retreat in Dark Times
By James M. Lang, The Chronicle of Higher Education | chronicle.com
Years ago, the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  using a technique he called the Experience Sampling Method  handed out pagers and asked people, at random periods throughout the day, to pause and describe what they were doing and their current mood. An early researcher in the field of positive psychology, he wanted to understand which kinds of activities made people feel happy.
JIBC Library
Helping you (and your students) morning, noon, night.and weekends!
JIBC Library staff are available via phone or email: library@jibc.ca or 604.528.5599
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Meet us face-to-face (virtually) via MS Teams. Students can meet us in a Blackboard Collaborate Consult Room.
Evening and weekend help is available via AskAway Virtual Chat Reference Service:
https://www.jibc.ca/library/ask-a-librarian
Upcoming CTLI Virtual Drop-in Sessions
Come meet us in Collaborate! Bring your Blackboard, Collaborate, Kaltura or other teaching & learning questions!
- Thursday, January 28, 2021 from 12pm to 1pm
We are offering two special drop-in sessions starting February:
- Blackboard Grade Center Part 1- Basics: Thursday, February 4, 2021 from 12pm to 1pm
- Blackboard Grade Center Part 2 – Set Up: Thursday, February 11, 2021 from 12pm to 1pm
Register for your session here.
Resources
Interesting Finds
- Working Group Guide – Subtitle:Establish, run, and sustain an open working group. The Working Group Guide is a resource for librarians, staff, and faculty who support or are supporting open education at their institution and are starting or running an open working group. This resource contains three sections to help users establish, run, and sustain a working group.
Conferences
- The BC Black Awareness society is hosting a great month (February) with five online events to recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions of historical and contemporary people of African descent. Event details and registration can be found here: https://bcblackhistory.ca/events/
- Black History Month Panel Conversation – Lessons for February
Join human rights nonprofit FAST, and an esteemed panel to discuss ways to honour Black history and culture – in preparation for February: Black History Month with opening remarks from BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commisioner. link to register for the: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-history-month-panel-conversation-lessons-for-february-tickets-136368015405 - UDLHE DigiCon 2021: Guiding this Moment in Higher Education
With so much happening in the world and in our education communities, there are new and unique challenges and opportunities for UDL in higher education. This second-ever UDLHE Digicon will focus on bringing together individuals who are invested in UDL in Higher Education contexts to share their research and promising practices and will serve as an opportunity to network and collaborate with others around the globe.
BCcampus Upcoming Events
BCcampus Research Fellows 2021 – 2022
BCcampus invites research proposals from B.C. post-secondary educators and students who are committed to exploring and improving student learning and eager to conduct and share research with others. For this call, only projects with Indigenous lead researchers and/or projects that are equitably and reciprocally partnered with Indigenous peoples and communities will be considered.
Deadline for submissions is Sunday, February 14, 2021. Awards are typically up to $6,000.
For more information, visit the BCcampus Research Fellows 2021-2022 page.
FLO MicroCourse – Open Options to Enrich your Career
Are you looking for ways to improve your teaching practices or develop your digital literacies? We will explore the amazing diversity of open or free options to enhance your career and broaden your perspectives.
January 25, 2021 – January 31, 2021| 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, Jan 21, 12pm – 1pm | Join session
Thursday, Jan 28, 12pm – 1pm | Join session
CTLI RESOURCES
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning: A Practical Guide (PDF)
UDL Guidelines (PDF)
UDL: Strategies for Blended and Online Learning (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
Instructional Continuity Checklist for Faculty
Watch a Recording of a Collaborate Training Workshop
Blackboard Help | For Faculty | For Students
Blackboard Training Workshops for LESD/BLES and PBDLES (Recordings):
Workshop 1: Course Template, Announcements, Discussions and Uploading Content
Workshop 2: Assignments & Groups
Workshop 3: Tests & The Basics of the Grade Centre
Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’
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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 ctli@jibc.ca.