Podcast Series: interdisciplinary learning
Thinking Outside the Sandbox was created in summer 2020 as the result of a collaboration between two graduate students Belén Guillemin and Nashwa Khedr, together with Yvonne Dawydiak, Learning Design Manager, Teacher Education as part of the 2020 Scarfe Sandbox team. The inspiration for the podcast series came about as Belen and Nashwa interviewed Faculty […]
Kaltura: Media housing and sharing without Youtube!
Have you ever wanted to share a video but don’t want to upload to Youtube? Are you trying to embed a video in a Canvas discussion or assignment and find you’re low on space or it’s taking too long to load? As UBC Faculty, Staff or Students, you have the option of using Kaltura – […]
Mathematics All Around Us: Podcast Resource Blogpost
“Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.” Galileo Galilei The last three episodes (episodes 7, 8, and 9) of our Thinking Outside the Sandbox podcast, are dedicated to discussing possible creative ways of teaching Math outside abstraction, in ways that embody more physicality and representation. Dr. Kerry Renwick, Dr. Susan Gerofsky, […]
Teaching for Race and Diversity
“If you don’t teach your kids about race and about racism, the world will.” ~Dr. Handel Wright, UBC education professor in CBC interview Several scholars interviewed in the CBC article, How to Talk to Kids about Race, recommend that learning about race should start at an early age. Current events can provide learning opportunities to […]
Video housing, annotation and sharing: possibilities for remote observation of teaching
Sharing video to youtube or teachertube and embedding on a website or sharing via URL is an efficient way to share video with others. Sometimes, however, we do not want to make content available in these platforms. In particular, when working with students, Canadian data housing and FIPPA compliance are essential. In the case of […]
