Stirring Minds Series at 2011 ICEL Conference
Small Technologies with Big Potential: Lessons Learned from Colleagues in Challenging Contexts Dr. Susan Crichton is an associate professor at the University of Calgary – Faculty of Education and a fellow of the Centre for Commonwealth Education at Cambridge University. Her research explores the design and development of ICT enhanced learning environments and the use […]
Keith Culver named new director of Okanagan Sustainability Institute
International expert in sustainable development returns to his BC roots Keith Culver has been named Director of the Okanagan Sustainability Institute (OSI), effective July 1, concurrent with an appointment to the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. Culver comes to UBC from the UniverSud Paris consortium of universities in France, […]
Historic firsts celebrated during UBC’s Okanagan campus Convocation
Record number of graduates at ceremonies Thursday and Friday, June 9 & 10 Among the historic events at this week’s Convocation ceremonies at UBC’s Okanagan campus are the conferral of Bachelor of Human Kinetics degrees for the first time, and the conferral of a PhD upon microbiologist Max Jones, whose doctoral degree is the first […]
Education’s unsung heroes help prepare tomorrow’s teachers
More than 180 Central Okanagan teachers sponsor student teachers in the classroom Over the past several months, more than 350 teachers in elementary and secondary schools throughout BC’s Southern Interior – including more than 180 Central Okanagan teachers – have shared their classrooms with student teachers from the Faculty of Education at UBC’s Okanagan campus. […]