t.e.l.l.: open spaces@ubc
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T.E.L.L. is a new series of lunchtime webinars held on the last Tuesday of the month to provide an opportunity for members to present workshops and share materials they’ve developed to a wider community, the ETUG community.TRANSCRIPT
Open Spaces @ UBC
Online presentation for ETUG by Lucas Wright & Emily Renoe,
Learning Technology Specialists, UBC
Feb 2012
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The resources from this workshop are offered via a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license
Lucas Wright
Learning Technology Specialist, [email protected]
Emily Renoe
Learning Technology Specialist, [email protected]
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.