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Recent Posts
- More Options for Pursuing Online Professional Development with Magna
- Perspectives VIII: A Zoom with a View
- Join us for a TCDC Webinar on Universal Design for Learning with Dr. Tom Tobin
- Perspectives VII: My Experience Teaching Genetics in Fall 2020
- Perspectives VI: Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom through Brightspace Discussions
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More Options for Pursuing Online Professional Development with Magna
TCDC’s new subscription with Magna Publications gives you four avenues to pursue your professional development online: Magna Monday Morning Mentors – every Monday, a 20-minute seminar is made available online and is accessible on-demand for two weeks. 20-Minute Mentor Commons … Continue reading
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Perspectives VIII: A Zoom with a View
By Dr. Catherine Glass, Instructor, Health Sciences & Biology Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. Nearly a year later, we find ourselves preparing for more semesters teaching … Continue reading
Join us for a TCDC Webinar on Universal Design for Learning with Dr. Tom Tobin
We are very excited to announce and invite faculty to join our webinar with Dr. Thomas J. Tobin on February 5. Some of you may recognize Dr. Tobin as the author of our fall 2020 book club pick, Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for … Continue reading
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Perspectives VII: My Experience Teaching Genetics in Fall 2020
By Mário Moniz de Sá, Instructor, Biology Department Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. A whole two and a half semesters later, we find ourselves preparing for … Continue reading
Perspectives VI: Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom through Brightspace Discussions
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
Why I Love Virtual Office Hours
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
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
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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Developing an Anti-Racist Organization: A Model
JOIN US IN WELCOMING DR. TRAORE BACK TO LANGARA! This session, Dr. Traore will discuss: Developing an … Continue reading
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Perspectives IV: How Online Classes Made Me a Better Teacher
By Lucinda Atwood, Instructor, Langara School of Management Early in 2020, students all over the world experienced a sudden, dramatic, and unprecedented shift in their academic world. A whole semester later, we have found ourselves preparing for at least two … Continue reading
Perspectives III: I don’t know how to teach online… yet.
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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The Virtual Watercooler
Looking for a place to talk to peers about topics related to teaching and learning online? We are here to help! TCDC invites you to a discussion series starting July 28th. Join us in this informal online space to share with colleagues … Continue reading
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Perspectives II: Online Assessments Benefit Biology Students that Performed Poorly in Face-to-Face Assessments
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
Perspectives I: Student Perspectives on a Sudden Transition to Online Learning
By Dr. Catherine Glass, Instructor, Health Sciences & Biology 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 … Continue reading
We’re Here to Help
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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