E-Learning Resources for Faculty

E-learning refers to technology enhanced learning, including the use of mobile technologies, web-based teaching materials, multimedia, collaborative social software tools, and course management software such as WebCT Vista. Here at UBC many of our instructors use a combination of technologies to support and enhance the face to face teaching environment. The Centre for Teaching and Learning is committed to a scholarly approach toward technology use. To learn more about innovative and effective e-learning strategies, please contact us.

WebCT Vista	i-clickers	e-Portfolios
Learning Objects and Reusable Learning Resources	Live Classroom	Remark (Optical Mark Reader)
Podcasting	PowerPoint	Respondus
RSS	Study Mate	TurnItIn
Videoconferencing	Weblogs	Wiki
Wimba Voice Tools	iPeer

WebCT Vista

WebCT Vista is a web-based system that provides a set of communication, assessment and evaluation, content management and delivery and course administration tools in support of online learning to enhance the face to face classroom.  Use of WebCT Vista covers a range from serving as a web-based aid (distribute handouts or grades) through to serving as a fully online classroom for distance delivery.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning is available to support instructors using WebCT Vista and can provide helpful resources, perform course creation, add users and various other WebCT Vista administration functions.

• Login to WebCT Vista
• WebCT Vista Tools and Online Tutorials

i·clickers

Interwrite Clickers give teachers a powerful assessment tool for connecting to students.  This student response system is ideal for active student participation (even in the largest classrooms) and provides immediate feedback to the instructor and students.  Instructors can instantly gauge student comprehension to guide lectures or class discussions.  Quizzes can be delivered and instantly graded and results recorded  to WebCT Vista gradebook.  Add questions to your existing PowerPoint slides, or use for homework.
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e-Portfolios

e-Portfolios are online collections of your work that allow you to demonstrate your skills and interests to diverse audiences. Highly customizable, e-Portfolios allow you to assemble subsets of your work to present to instructors, potential employers, and others via login. e-Portfolios have shown great potential to document individual learning and growth for UBC students and instructors.   If you are interested in using learning e-portfolios in your class with your students, in developing a personal teaching e-portfolio, or joining the Community of Practice, visit our e-Portfolio page.

Learning Objects and Reusable Learning Resources

As the growth of media continues to explode online, questions arise on how to find quality online learning resources, what are the associated copyright issues, and how they may be integrated into effective online learning here at UBC Okanagan.  For more information about the tools and strategies for managing and reusing online learning materials, please visit Merlot.

Live Classroom

A cross-platform live virtual classroom that enables you to easily add elements of interaction into any WebCT course.  It gives you the capability to add audio, video, share applications, and integrate various content types, such as PowerPoint presentations, polling questions and websites.  Overall, Live Classroom can easily enrich any text-based online classroom environment, by enabling live, online classes, office hours, guest lectures, and meetings.
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Remark (Optical Mark Reader)

The OMR scanner is located in ART 180C and is available on a first come first serve basis.  There is also a scanner available for the Nursing Faculty in FIN 323.  The scanner can be used to score multiple choice exams or to collect and analyze research survey data.   Using Remark software with the OMR provides reports of the scanned data results or research surveys which can be used for reporting or exported to SPSS for further data analysis.  Training is provided by the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

For more information on OMR scanning for exams or research please contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning or visit our OMR page.

Podcasting

How are educators and students using audio to enhance teaching and learning?  Podcasting provides instructors with a means of creating digital audio which can be downloaded and listened to by students at any time using an ipod, MP3 or computer with speakers.  Record lessons, special guest speakers, language lessons and other reusable learning materials that allow students to review and learn at their own pace.  Podcasting, learning for the Net Generation.
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PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a helpful presentation software used by instructors and students for lectures, and presentations.   The Centre for Teaching and Learning provides workshops 1-2 times per year for faculty and students to learn how to use basic and advanced features of PowerPoint.

Presenting with PowerPoint

• 10 Dos and Don'ts
• 12 Tips for Better Presentations

Respondus

Respondus is a client-side software package designed for creating and managing quizzes. This tool makes quiz authoring more streamlined and easily integrates with WebCTVista. It allows you to create questions and quizzes offline and then uploads them directly into your WebCT Vista course. To access instructions on where to download this application and how to install it, contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning or visit our Respondus page.

RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a form of web syndication used by news websites and weblogs.  This allows readers to subscribe to their favorite weblogs and websites so that they can be notified of new postings.  There are free tools that provide readers with this function including Bloglines and Google Reader.  For more information, contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Study Mate

StudyMate is an authoring tool that lets you create Flash-based activities and games using templates.  The Flash activities are usable with any web server or can be published directly into a WebCT Vista course.  StudyMate will import items from MS Word files or the Respondus Test Bank Network.  UBC has a license that permits UBC instructors to use StudyMate.  For more information, contact the Centre for Teaching and Learning.

TurnItIn

UBC subscribes to a service called TurnItIn. This service provides instructors and students with the ability to scan submitted papers. Material copied from websites, purchased papers, assignments and essays previously submitted to TurnItIn, and some published works are readily identified. In response to a growing concern about a "level playing field" for all students, subscribing to this service reinforces academic integrity as a core value of our university.
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Videoconferencing

Located in SCI 331, the videoconferencing system is available for classroom instruction. UBC Okanagan’s videoconferencing technology allows two or more groups or individuals at different locations to hear and see each other at the same time. Participants can share computer applications, CDs, videos and DVDs. This rich communications technology offers many possibilities for formal instruction including connection with guest speakers and experts, project collaboration, and professional activities such as meetings, interviews, and community events.
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WebLogs

WebLogs (or blogs) are a very popular ande easy-to-use technology which can foster online interaction and resource sharing.  A blog is essentially a website that allows a user to post content, short anecdote or open-ended question, and then receive feedback from any of the website's "readers".  All visitors to a blog can participate in the discussion surrounding each post, as well as read all the existing comments.  This results in a shared and open approach to teaching and building learning communities.  If you are interested in learning more about blogs or in using blogs in your class, please visit our Blog page.

Wiki

A wiki is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit and change all content very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for collaborative writing  (definition from Wikipedia).   For more information on how to sign up for a wiki, or how to use wiki for community collaboration, please visit our Wiki page.

Wimba Voice Tools

The Wimba Voice Tools are web-based components that are integrated directly into WebCT that facilitate and promote vocal instruction, collaboration, coaching, and assessment.  The Voice Tools include threaded voice boards, voice-enabled email, and the ability to embed voice within individual content pages.  Overall, the Voice Tools are a great way to help increase the interaction and student engagement level with the online learning environment.
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iPeer

iPeer is an open source web application application that allows instructors to develop and deliver rubric-based peer evaluations, to review and release student comments, to build progress report forms online, and to analyze evaluation results. iPeer features a built-in user management system, data import/export, and an easy-to-use installer.  To get an account and start using peer evaluations with your class groups or teams, contact Janine Hirtz at 250-807-9133 or email Janine.hirtz@ubc.ca .  Click to Read more  

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Last reviewed 12/21/2011 3:55:03 PM