t.e.l.l.: open spaces@ubc

Open Spaces @ UBC

Online presentation for ETUG by Lucas Wright & Emily Renoe,

Learning Technology Specialists, UBC

Feb 2012

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 Lucas Wright

Learning Technology Specialist, UBClucas.wright@ubc.ca

 Emily Renoe

Learning Technology Specialist, UBCemily.renoe@ubc.ca

Chat Panel...

Participants Panel...

This is the Content Area

• Share and discuss ways that WordPress MU can be developed as a personal, community and course spaces in teaching and learning

Agendao Pollso A few stats for you... o Overview of WordPress @ UBCo Examples in Teaching & Learningo Support Model and Training o Your Questions...

Poll Question What do you think this number means? a. Current world populationb. Number of spam emails sent out every dayc. The number of wordpress sites in the world

How polling works in BB Collaborate

Answer: The amount of WordPress

sites  in the world! (wordpress.com hosts about half)

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Overview of WordPress @ UBCo What is WordPress

An open-source personal publishing and content management platform

UBC Blogs is an enterprise level weblogging environment designed to provide an individual or group webspace for instructors and students.

o History  Launched 2009

o Some numbers...  More than 10,000 users, 6,000 blogs

• course blogs• portfolios• personal publishing• variety of themes• informal, more social

• Dept/faculty/admin websites • University-wide events• Business-like atmosphere• variety of themes• CLF branding customization

UBC Blogs - Examples in Teaching & Learning

o Course spaceso Community spaceso Personal learning spaces/e-Portfolios

Poll - How are you using WP or similar personal publishing platforms in your context  a. For course blogs/sitesb. e-Portfolios c. Community sitesd. Other (if you select this option, type how in the CHAT PANEL area)

How polling works in BB Collaborate

Community space - Examples in Teaching & Learning

Course Space

Course space- Examples in Teaching & Learning

Poll-How do you support the use of   blogs in teaching and learning in your context? a. Trainingb. Consultationc. Resourcesd. All of the above

How polling works in BB Collaborate

e-Portfolios - Examples in Teaching & Learning

Training & Support  

Your Questions...

Resources from this presentation will be made available on the ETUG website.