Elearning:E-Learning community

UBC Committees & Initiatives with an e-Learning Focus

CART

The Course Management System Administration Resource Team, CART, is a pan-university advisory group that provides input and advice on how online learning is administered at UBC. Members of this group include Faculty-based instructional support staff, and staff from various central organizations (Arts, Applied Sciences, Dentistry, Education, Land & Food Systems, Library, Medicine, Sauder School of Business, Information Technology , Centre for Teaching Academic and Growth and Office of Learning Technology as well as various Faculties/Departments). For more information please contact: cart-chair@interchange.ubc.ca

CIT

The Committee for Information Technology, College of Health Disciplines is a cross-college committee that strives to identify, support, and integrate the knowledge and skills necessary to use information technology and resources in teaching, learning and research in the health and human service programs at the University of British Columbia. For more information go to: http://www.health-disciplines.ubc.ca/chd_site_files/committees/it_committee.htm

UBC's e-Strategy

The UBC e-Strategy is a university-wide initiative that supports work, learning and research through the use of new Internet and Web technologies. Visit their website for details.

Professional Development

Learning Technology Institute

Main article: Elearning:Learning Technology Institute

At various times throughout the year, many members of the e-Learning community here at UBC contribute their efforts and talent to offer the UBC Learning Technology Institute. These institutes are typically spread out over a week, and include a variety of 3-hour hands-on and seminar sessions dealing with an assortment of useful e-Learning topics. They are open to all faculty and staff and are a great way to fine-tune your existing skills or help build a strong foundation to start from.

Teaching and Learning with Technology Series

Main article: Elearning:Teaching and Learning with Technology series

The Teaching and Learning with Technology series focuses on innovative ideas, emerging technologies, and effective practices related to the integration of technology into the teaching and learning environment. In its fifth year, the TLT Series is funded by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund and sponsored by members of the Faculty Alliance for Technology in Education (FATE), the UBC Office of Learning Technology, and the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth.

UBC e-Learning Support and Research Units

Faculty of Applied Science: Centre for Instructional Support

The purpose of this unit the Centre within Applied Science is to encourage and assist the Faculty's members to make increased use of, and wise use of, information technology in order to enrich the learning environment for students - consistent with Trek 2000 and the Academic Plan. Contact

Faculty of Arts: ARTS ISIT

The Instructional Support and Information Technology Unit of the Faculty of Arts provides project support, pedagogical advice and technical assistance to members of the Faculty of Arts. Contact

Faculty of Education: CMS

Education Computing and Media Services provides computing, media and instructional support for members of the Faculty of Education. Contact

College of Health Disciplines: Educational Technology Centre

The Educational Technology Centre (ETC) in the College of Health is a teaching and learning support centre assisting faculty and students in Health Sciences programs with development of technology-based educational resources. Contact

Faculty of Land and Food Systems: The Learning Centre

The Learning Centre provides facilities, resources, training and technical support for on-line learning, and the creation of multimedia resources for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. The Learning Centre facilitates the achievement of learning outcomes expected from Faculty programs. Its mission is to foster technological innovation in teaching and learning. Contact

Faculty of Science: Skylight

Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teaching) develops and shares information and resources on learning and teaching. Skylight is a research-focused unit engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning in the Faculty of Science. Our research perspective is reflective, practice-based, project and community building oriented. Contact

Associate VP, Academic Programs

Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth

Since the inception of the Faculty Development Program in 1987, the Centre's personnel have worked together to enhance the teaching skills of faculty and graduate students from across the UBC campus. Our staff designs and coordinates workshops, support services, and professional development programs to meet a wide range of needs and interests. Contact

Office of Learning Technology

The Office of Learning Technology builds on the strengths and traditions of two organizations. Distance Education and Technology (DE&T) has a 57-year history of serving the needs of students and collaborating with Faculties to design and deliver high quality, innovative courses and programs that leverage technology to support learning and teaching at a distance. The (predecessor) Office of Learning Technology was established in 2002 in response to recommendations of the ACCULT report. In its short history, the Office became well recognized on campus for collaborating on educationally-focused technology projects, advocating for constructive action on campus-wide interests and issues involving learning and teaching with technology, and supporting and coordinating professional development activities and events on behalf of UBC's learning technology community.

The Office of Learning Technology, with its vision of "Bridging the Distance," focuses on partnering with Faculties and service units to support innovations and improvements to UBC's learning environment that are enriched and supported with technology. The collective talent of the new organization better enables the University to realize its TREK 2010 Learning goals to enhance services and support for distance learners and to support innovative teaching and create new learning experiences through the application of leading edge technology. Contact

External e-Learning Organizations

• Educause
  The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
• Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
  MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
• STLHE
  The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) is a national association of academics interested in the improvement of teaching and learning in higher education.
• BCIT's Instructional Development Resources
  Resources including links brief help sheets on specific instructional topics.

See Also

• Elearning:e-Learning community contacts