Category Archives: News
Preventing Cheating and Plagiarism
This professional development opportunity explores ways of mitigating plagiarism and creating preventative strategies to avoid cheating in the classroom. This course is blended delivery (Desire2Learn and face to face) so it includes online content (multimedia and print) as well as group interaction. Enrollment deadline is Friday, May 6th. There is room for 20 participants and [...]
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Walls Optional – Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
8:30am – 2:45pm
Fisher Building, Lansdowne
Walls Optional was our 5th annual one day conference showcasing and promoting innovation in teaching, learning and technology at Camosun College. Presented by Educational Support and Development with support from the CCFA PD Fund, it included sessions that cut across all disciplines and schools. We recognised our successes, established connections, [...]
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Distributed Education Needs Analysis
The Distributed Education survey which was open from Jan 18 to Feb 15, 2011, was completed by 115 faculty. The following results reflect the opinions of the 115 respondents, and are not generalizable to Camosun faculty as a whole. 55% of the departments on campus were represented.
Needs Assessment Executive Summary March 10
Congratulations to Clint Lalonde
It is with mixed emotions we share the news that Clint Lalonde will be leaving Camosun College for a position at Royal Roads University. Clint will be the new Manager of Learning Technologies at RRU, beginning early March.
Clint has worked at Camosun, on and off, for over 15 years. He began with the ACP program, [...]
Classroom Assessment Using AI Methodology
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Ewing 346, Lansdowne
This workshop will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn or refresh their skills about classroom assessment using an Appreciative Inquiry methodology. The workshop is being delivered as a result of a number of queries from faculty about how to encourage and support learning [...]
Webinar – Engaging in Difficult Conversations
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Room 151, Multipurpose Room, Library & Learning Commons, Lansdowne
There are certain conversations we all dread, such as delivering bad news, discussing sensitive subjects, confronting unprofessional behavior, or revealing unfavorable performance reviews. Regardless of the topic, difficult conversations occur at all levels of an organization. While it may [...]
Distributed Education Needs Analysis Survey
This survey is now finished. Thank you for your participation.
The Distributed Education team is interested in hearing from ALL teaching faculty (including CE and term faculty): those who teach online, those who use a combination of both face-to-face and online strategies, those who use online tools in the classroom, and those who have chosen not [...]
Copyright Q & A
Does copyright confuse you? Are you unclear when you need to seek permission to use an article or photograph? Do you wonder how the new copyright legislation might affect your teaching practice? Are you concerned whether or not you can continue to produce course packs? Copyright is a complex issue and with the upcoming changes [...]
Using copyright materials in D2L or faculty website
Camosun College recently signed an interim agreement with Access Copyright (requires credentials) that extends the current licensing agreement for copying printed material until 2013.
This Access Copyright agreement only gives permission for Camosun employees to copy and distribute physical copies of works from Access Copyright’s repertoire. These include items such as coursepacks, photocopy [...]
The West Coast Great Teachers Seminar June 20-23, 2011