Author Archives: Will Heikoop
Lynda.com – For students – and for instructors too!
Do your students need access to online resources to brush up on software or technical skills? How about coaching on communication and presentation skills? Or perhaps as an instructor you need a quick tutorial on creating course modules in Quercus … Continue reading
Aligning Experiential Learning within Course Design: Try Riipen
You may have heard the buzz around Integrated Learning Experiences (ILEs) in the last several months at the University of Toronto. Interest and engagement has been growing with news of institutional priorities related to the Integrated Learning Experience framework developed by … Continue reading
MOOC Activity Infographic
The latest MOOC Activity Report is now available on the Open UToronto web site! Now in its fifth year of support to MOOC initiatives, DLI has decided to condense our annual Activity Report into a visually engaging, one page, sharable … Continue reading
Open Your Textbooks…
eCampusOntario recently announced the newest recipients of funding for the adoption/adaptation of existing open textbooks and open educational resources.* We are excited to have two new projects and extend our congratulations to Bill Ju for his proposed text Neuroscience – … Continue reading
Online Undergraduate Course Initiative (OUCI) 2017-18
New Re-Design Projects in Development for Coming Year Each year a number of pioneering instructors receive OUCI funding for redesign of their undergraduate courses to leverage the opportunities online instruction offer their learners. To date, more than 30 fully online … Continue reading
Kudos to Online/Hybrid Program Coordinator – OISE
Coleen Scully-Stewart Recognized for “Contribution to Teaching” Congratulations to Coleen Scully-Stewart, the Program Coordinator for OISE’S new Online/Hybrid Master of Education on receiving OISE’s 2017 award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching. As part of the Educational Leadership & Policy Program … Continue reading
Catching the Open eText Wave
The latest round of projects funded by the Ontario government has been announced and we are excited to have six new projects approved in total. This latest call included a funding stream not available in previous years – a call for the … Continue reading
Learning to Learn Online
As this term comes to an end we look forward to a new year, a new semester and new offerings of online courses. Online Learning Strategies has developed a new resource page that is open to use and share with … Continue reading
eCampus Ontario Open Learning Modules
We have added 6 new sets of shareable learning modules on our Open UToronto website. These projects were funded through the MTCU Shared Online Course fund. Each consists of a set of shared curriculum resources that can be re-used in multiple … Continue reading
Course Re/Design 2016 – Online Cohort
Over two full days on May 25th and 26th we held another successful Course Re/Design Institute. The annual event, hosted by the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, includes participation from faculty and staff from across the university community. Our cohort … Continue reading