Category: TPCK

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Gamification in the Classroom

Here is a real situation from my lab (this happened just today): I’m in my 200-level Cell Biology lab,  trying to get my students to figure out how to do a particular (simple) calculation – I don’t want to just give them a formula to memorize (and forget on an...

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Moodle Course Site (UBC – ETEC 565A)

The main project in ETEC 565A involved designing a few modules of a course in an LMS of our choosing.  The idea was to put some of the things we had been learning into practice. I chose Moodle as my LMS because it’s a mature, well established platform, which I...

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Cell Biology BB Site Comparison

One of the strengths of ETEC 565A was that we were able to put some of the learned material directly into practice in designing an LMS course site.  This has been helpful in “cementing” that knowledge and I have noticed that it has had a very clear, immediate impact on...