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(Teaching Practices Colloquium 2020 Speed Presentation) Accessibility is the way of the future. TRU prides itself as being an open university, yet if students or potential students cannot easily navigate and read our websites and online documents, we are creating… Continue Reading →
Dr. Gregory Younging, Professor of Indigenous Studies at UBC-Okanagan and Managing Editor, Theytus Books, the first Aboriginal-owned publishing house in Canada visited TRU to speak about his new book Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous… Continue Reading →
Amanda Coolidge and Josie Gray from BCcampus gave an engaging workshop about creating accessible educational resources, and applying inclusive design. They were knowledgeable, informative, and thought-provoking. If you missed this session, here are a few pointers you can use to… Continue Reading →
ICDE 2017 In the end more than 1400 delegates gathered to discuss distance education topics at this conference. In one way I found the amount of information overwhelming, but in another it meant a great opportunity to share information and… Continue Reading →
Perhaps the largest repository of screencast lectures is found at the Khan Academy. The library of topics covered seems to be growing exponentially. What started as a site to teach mathematics has grown to something that provides insight into sociology,… Continue Reading →
Bernie Warren identified Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything site in his TPC discussion. It is a comprehensive site with tremendous information in a wide variety of topics. As far as screencasting goes, there’s something on it to meet the needs of everyone from beginner… Continue Reading →