Category Archives: Academic Innovation Newsletter

Perspectives VI: Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom through Brightspace Discussions

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Shawna Williams

By Branca Mirnic, Instructor, LEAP Program Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. A whole semester and half later, we have found ourselves preparing for more semesters teaching … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Virtual Office Hours

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Shawna Williams

By Frances Wintjes Clarke, MA, LSSC Instructor As the instructor for the asynchronous Langara Student Success Course (LSSC), I have grappled a lot with how to best connect to and engage with the approximately 3000 first year students who are … Continue reading →

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Perspectives V: Maintaining Academic Integrity Online through Fostering a Culture of Academic and Educational Integrity

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Shawna Williams

By Jessica Kalra, Instructor, Health Sciences and Biology  Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. A whole semester and half later, we have found ourselves preparing for more … Continue reading →

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Free Online PD for Langara Faculty & Staff with Go2Knowledge

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Shawna Williams

With Langara’s membership with Go2Knowledge, you have incredible access to online professional development at your fingertips. What is Go2Knowledge? The Go2Knowledge website offers online professional development to staff and faculty in post-secondary institutions. They offer both live webinars and an on-demand digital library of over 300 webinars, categorized into six topics of relevance … Continue reading →

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Small Teaching Online

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcellos Vianna

Written by Mirabelle Tinio, Department Chair, French Instructor, Modern Languages & Curriculum Consultant at TCDC In the spring, the sudden shift to remote online learning forced most people to venture out into the unknown alone, but a rambunctious, fun, and supportive … Continue reading →

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Perspectives I: Student perspectives on a sudden transition to online learning

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Shawna Williams

Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. Four months on, we have found ourselves finishing one semester remotely, delivering another fully online, and preparing for at least two … Continue reading →

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We’re Here to Help

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Patricia Cia

TCDC and Ed Tech have created resources to help you teach remotely and we continue to host several online support sessions and webinars to address instructor questions. We’re Here to Help (on MyLangara Employees) TCDC and EdTech Calendar of Events or … Continue reading →

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Discover Unlimited Access to Live Webinars and Digital Library

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Shawna Williams

Langara faculty and staff can access free live and recorded webinars by Innovative Educators in six diverse categories including teaching and learning, student success and institutional effectiveness.        

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TCDC and Ed Tech Open House a Success

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Patricia Cia

Thank you to those who dropped by our Open House on January 29, 2020.  TCDC and Ed Tech are sharing C-Building 2nd floor (updated TCDC contacts). We received a steady stream of faculty and staff interested in our new space. … Continue reading →

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TCDC & EdTech Open House 

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Shawna Williams

The staff and faculty from Educational Technology (EdTech) and the Teaching and Curriculum Development Centre (TCDC) are excited to unveil our new home on the 2nd floor of the C-building at our Open House event on Wednesday, January 29th from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of Changes to Program Review

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Carmen Larsen

The fall semester is underway as are big changes to the program review process at Langara. So, what does this change mean for departments, faculty, TCDC and all the great program review work we’ve been doing around the snack-covered TCDC … Continue reading →

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Join us for an Unconference on Student Conduct and Academic Integrity

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcellos Vianna

Written by Jessica Kalra, TCDC Curriculum Consultant At Langara, we strive to create a rich and positive learning environment in which staff and students are free to ask questions and have open discussions in a safe, professional and respectful space. … Continue reading →

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TCDC Drop-In Hours

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcellos Vianna

Image by Maksymiv Yura in Freepik Written by Mirabelle Tinio, TCDC Curriculum Consultant Starting in September, the Teaching and Curriculum Development Centre (TCDC) will host drop-in hours for faculty and instructional staff who would like support with course planning and … Continue reading →

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TCDC Book Club: Creating Self-Regulated Learners

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Marcus Vinicius Vasconcellos Vianna

Do you ever wish your students would spend just a little more time reviewing graded papers, exams, homework assignments and practice quizzes to identify and address gaps in their understanding? Would you like more of your students to be able … Continue reading →

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Discover Unlimited Access to Live Webinars and Digital Library

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Parisa Zitouni

Langara Faculty and staff can now access live and recorded webinars offered by Innovative Educators in six diverse categories including, student success, organizational development, health, safety, teaching and learning. Speaker resources are also available. Webinars can be viewed independently or requests … Continue reading →

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