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I work at Royal Roads University in the Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies (CTET) as the Faculty Development Support Associate. I coordinate and facilitate CTET workshops for faculty and staff and provide general faculty support. I’ve worked in the CTET team for the past 5 years. I love how my day swings from purely…

The Digital Pedagogy Lab is more than just another educational conference. It’s a dynamic, cohort-based community of practice, dedicated to inspiring and guiding educators to rethink how they engage with technology in education. The 2025, in-person event is hosted by BCcampus in partnership with Jesse Stommel and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Event details Event offerings Who should attend? This event…

A colleague recently shared thoughts around Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous knowledge, discussing issues around remediation between orality and digitally-generated AI output, and I remembered this excellent keynote made by Jennifer Wemigwans at the Spring ETUG 2021 workshop. “A digital bundle is a very unique space. It’s a unique space on the internet because it is…

Upcoming Conferences at Thompson Rivers University Teaching Practices Colloquium (TPC) TRU faculty are busy preparing for the 21st Annual Teaching Practices Colloquium which will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. This year’s theme is Engagement in Postsecondary Education and is structured around several interconnected sub themes that reflect current priorities in higher education:  The…

Emily Simpson, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Research VCC released its Generative AI in Teaching and Learning guidelines this September to help instructors navigate using AI tools ethically and effectively in their work, while seeking to minimize the risks in these tools. The guidelines highlight the connection of this work to VCC’s core values: Similar…

Here at Royal Roads University we’ve been simultaneously pursuing opportunities and dealing with challenges. Like many universities, RRU is dealing with low enrollment numbers while at the same time completing a new campus in Langford and developing plans for a donated property on Salt Spring Island. At the same time we’ve been refining our ed…

Submitted by Bonnie Johnston I’m an Instructional Development Consultant in the Learning and Teaching Centre at BCIT. E-learning has a huge role at BCIT and we are one of the largest distance learning institutions in the country. We use the learning management system Brightspace and we have recently transitioned from using Bongo, a video conferencing…

BCcampus invites expressions of interest from educators, educational technology developers, and learning designers from B.C.’s public post-secondary institutions to lead a session in the EdTech Sandbox Series.   As a EdTech Sandbox leader, you are invited to:  The compensation for participation in this initiative is $750 + GST.  

Irwin DeVries passed away late last month on January 23rd. He was a chair of the ETUG Stewardship Committee in 2001 and 2002, and had a great impact on many in our community over the last few decades. Irwin was officially connected with the Open Learning Agency, The Justice Institute of BC, Thompson Rivers University…