emily weldon
In Conversation with Kathryn Shoemaker: Illustration and Teaching for the Online World
August 23 — In the online course LLED 446, Kathryn Shoemaker delivers her illustration teachings through the use of informative and instructional videos. After her second time on set, we spoke with Kathie to discuss the experience of developing and teaching with educational video content, suggestions for instructors creating video for their own curriculum, and the possibilities that educational video could hold for the future.
Simulating Visual Impairments in 360 Degrees
August 9 — ETS supported and collaborated with Dr. Elizabeth Jordan in the introduction of educational virtual reality in her classroom. This introduction aimed to recreate visual differences, allow Teacher Candidates to experience the unique challenges that students with visual impairments may face in their future classrooms, and have them consider how they can accommodate these challenges better through their own virtual-reality-enhanced understanding.
TEC Expo 2016 Photo Gallery
On July 6th and 7th this year, ETS hosted its third TEC Expo event. The Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) Expo is an annual event designed to showcase and celebrate creative and innovative uses of technology in face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms within the Faculty of Education. View our Photo Gallery!
Ideas for a Flipped Classroom Model
In recent years the flipped classroom has been gaining traction in educational communities all over the world. So what is all the hype about flipped classroom model and what can teachers do with it?
Makerspaces Redesign Everything from Technology to Our Own Classrooms
Makerspaces are rethinking how we explore everything from arts and crafts, to computer technology, to the average classroom, library or workspace. What can these inventive spaces do for education, and how easy is it really for us to get making?
TEC Expo 2016
On July 6th and 7th this year, ETS hosted its third TEC Expo event. The Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) Expo is an annual event designed to showcase and celebrate creative and innovative uses of technology in face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms within the Faculty of Education.
High Performance Coaching & Technical Leadership Orientation 2016
On June 6th and 8th 2016, coaches in School of Kinesiology’s Graduate Certificate in High Performance Coaching & Technical Leadership attended orientations and training on Connect, Blackboard Collaborate, and UBC Blogs. These sessions were designed to prepare the coaches for taking on their upcoming challenge of completing the HPC certification program in a fully online environment.
Kathryn Shoemaker Illustrates the Possibilities of Online Curriculum
May 30 — Kathryn Shoemaker is the illustrator of over forty books for children and the author of four books for teachers. In the online course LLED 446, Kathryn has developed instructional videos to help her explore the use of illustrated children’s materials in k-12 classrooms and the ways that illustrated materials support the instructional goals in K-12.
Orientation to Learning Technologies – May 2016
On May 17th and 18th, ETS held its semesterly Orientation to Learning Technologies information sessions. ETS holds these sessions at the beginning of each semester to provide an overview of learning technologies available to Faculty and Staff at UBC, and to provide insight into how learning technologies can enhance both classrooms and curriculum.
Welcome to our New Summer Co-op Students
May 10 – Welcome to our Co-op students! There are some new faces around the ETS office. With the current summer term now in full swing, we have three new Co-op students who have joined our team. Meet our Learning Technology Rover and our Web Programmers for the TLEF project that will be working with us over the upcoming months.