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Innovative Learning Centre hosts Kelowna’s second Design Jam
Maker Days movement shifts learning across BC schools
Educators are reclaiming ‘making’ in classrooms across BC The University of British Columbia (UBC), in partnership with The Industry Training Authority (ITA), piloted 5 ‘Maker Days’ in Kelowna, Sicamous, and Maple Ridge as a way of introducing trades and technology and experiential learning opportunities from Kindergarten to Grade 12. The Maker movement encourages a shift […]
Maker Day 2013 brings international Maker Movement to local students and teachers
Faculty of Education launches event in UBC’s Innovative Learning Centre What: Maker Day 2013 When: Saturday, November 2, 2013 (all day) Where: Innovative Learning Centre (ILC) in the Engineering, Management and Education Building at UBC’s Okanagan Campus, 1137 Alumni Ave., Kelowna, BC Who: Maker Day 2013 is an invitation-only event for educators. Media is invited […]
Faculty of Education professor receives grant from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Dr. Susan Crichton, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, in collaboration with colleagues in East Africa, was awarded a grant from the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, for her research in using technology to foster innovations in literacy. Crichton is the Director of the […]