6/29 to 8/17 Join us for Live Faculty Online Support Monday to Thursday - 11am to 2pm Hours may be updated due to furlough or limited staffing. Zoom Link Do you have questions about using Canvas or any of the tools? Need help troubleshooting? Join us. Send us a Request Center ticket or an email ...more about Live Faculty Online Support – 6/29 to 8/17
Email from Rob Viens, Associate Vice President of Instruction, 3/7/2020 Dear faculty, I know many of you are hard at work planning for the last couple weeks of the quarter. Thank you for your efforts. With the help of ITS, we have set up an email Distribution Group called “COVID-19” for faculty to share ideas ...more about COVID-19 Email List Guide for Faculty
This event has been postponed. We will offer an Online Session with eLearning Designers at this scheduled time. Please stop by with your questions about Canvas or related online technology questions. eLearning Online walk-in hours and Zoom session link New Date will be posted soon. The eLearning staff and Instructional Designers will return for Deep ...more about Deep Dive Live 2020 – Postponed
by Brian Bergen-Aurand With our continuing spate of inclement weather closing campus or otherwise interrupting our teaching schedules, I’ve turned toward putting some of my onground materials online. I’ve begun making a few resources and activities available to students with remote access because I’m trying not to fall behind. Most of us already use a ...more about Developing Hybrid / Blended Materials
by Brian Bergen-Aurand Over the past five years, Tech.edu: A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology (from Johns Hopkins University Press) has published eleven books addressing the relationship among digital teaching and learning, accessibility and engagement, and student online experiences. Several of the titles address gaming and gamification. A couple focus on digital knowledge and ...more about On Diversifying Digital Learning— What to Read When You’re (Not) Teaching: November Edition
by Brian Bergen-Aurand Faculty nationwide who have worked with instructional designers say they have enjoyed the experience and report that their courses have benefited from the collaboration, according to a survey recently published in Inside Higher Ed. 93% of faculty describe the experience as positive or very positive, and nearly 70% agree or strongly agree ...more about A Survey of Online Teaching
by George Rowe If you’re an instructor in a higher-education classroom, it’s unlikely you haven’t heard of or used the ‘flipped learning’ or ‘flipped classroom’ approach: students access course content online via video lectures and other multimedia, then come to class armed with questions and background knowledge ready to engage in guided, workshop-oriented tasks. Through ...more about 5 Ways to Use Canvas in Your Onground Classes
by Brian Bergen-Aurand Disability Awareness October is national disability awareness month, which might serve as a reminder to many of us to double check our course accessibility and usability. If you haven’t done so lately, this week might be a good time to run the accessibility checker on your pages and click on those Ally ...more about Disability and the Social Element of Digital Learning
by Bruce Wolcott Figure 1: Social Avatar in Virtual Reality. What is Virtual Reality and What’s It Doing at Bellevue College? The region surrounding Seattle and Bellevue, Washington plays host to some of the leading lights in the realm of Virtual Reality (VR)—that technology that transports you ...more about Experience the Magic of Virtual Reality
by Ron Austin I remember a guest educator speaking about “scaffolding” at a Bellevue College professional development day ten years ago. The term “scaffolding” is an educational metaphor I studied while earning my Master of Education degree. I listened with interest as the educator and another visitor discussed something I had recently learned about myself. ...more about Educators Love a Good Metaphor