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By epederso on September 6, 2013
The Faculty of Education and UBC Library have teamed up to introduce UBC’s first LOOC – or local open online course. The offering, part of UBC’s Master of Educational Technology program, is meant to help UBC students, staff and faculty hone their digital literacy skills. The course, called M101, features topics including Mining (research), Meshing […]
By Jenn on September 24, 2012
You are cordially invited to re-imagine the role of libraries – specifically the Education Library, First Nations House of Learning Xwi7xwa Library, and more broadly, school libraries will be examined. The re-imagined teacher education program has inspired revision in the role Education librarians play to respectfully and meaningfully integrate First Nations history, content, and world-views; […]
By Jenn on September 18, 2012
Open Education has come of age. The tiny movement that began in the late 1990s as a desire to increase access to educational opportunity has blossomed into requirements in national grant programs, key strategies in state legislatures and offices of education, content sharing initiatives at hundreds of universities and high schools, and a wide range […]
By Jenn on June 20, 2012
See Tiffany Poirier’s website about The Personalized Learning Movement: an new approach for teaching and enriching students’ learning experience. Philosophy of Personalized Learning here. Tiffany Poirier is an award-winning teacher, published children’s book author-illustrator and educational writer, with areas of specialty in gifted education, philosophy for children, and creativity. Sought after as a curriculum designer, speaker and […]
By Jenn on June 12, 2012
Read The Vancouver Sun’s article about innovative enriched education for young students in British Columbia. Full article here. By Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun June 5, 2012 © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
By Jenn on June 7, 2012
Read The Tyee’s article on the the future of Library and Archives Canada and Canadian heritage here. Article written by Myron Groover, 07 June 2012, The Tyee © Copyright (c) TheTyee.ca
By Jenn on May 30, 2012
The UBC Farm offers many educational options for teachers, parents, and children. Check out the Children’s Learning Garden, the Intergenerational Landed Learning Project, FarmDiscovery Tours, and the FarmWonders Spring and Summer Camp on the UBC Farm website. School programs and workshops available.
By Jenn on May 22, 2012
Children and youth can attend a variety of summer programs offered by the Digital Media Academy at the UBC Vancouver Campus. Courses include filmmaking, acting, game and comic creation, science, engineering, architecture, art, music, photography, and media studies. Education is fun! For more information, dates, and registration, view the website here.
By deewin on April 24, 2012
Stranger in a Strange Land 2012 is a Children’s Literature Conference Organized by UBC Graduate Students This one-day conference will showcase graduate research that explores and questions many facets of children’s literature. Presenters are coming from across Canada,the UK, the US, and France. Keynote speakers: Elizabeth Marshall and Sarah Park. See the program schedule here. There is still time to register! […]
By Jenn on March 28, 2012
Post-secondary institutions have sent a stern letter to the B.C. government in response to the recent provincial budget, which ordered them to trim administrative spending by $70 million in 2013-14 and 2014-15. “It is critical for government to understand that the $70 million reduction to institutional grants over the last two years of the fiscal […]