Begin BOT in January 2015!

Are you using LEARN@PolyU (理學網) but want to explore more of its potential? Do you want to create more engaging online activities for students? Communicate in different ways with your class? Try using social media? Starting 5 January 2015, we will be offering our Becoming an Online Teacher (BOT) Certificate for the third time. This course provides a blended learning opportunity...

BOT Schedule: Jan-May 2015

The three modules that make up the Certificate in Becoming an Online Teacher will run again in Semester 2  from January to May 2015. Note that Module 3 requires you to have an active class of your own students to work with. To receive the BOT certificate you must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete a range of online tasks. Study hours in the table marked with ✓ are...

BOT Outcomes & Modules: Cohort 3

For Cohort 3, the three modules that make up the Becoming an Online Teacher (BOT) Certificate course will begin in January and conclude in May 2015.   Course Learning Outcomes All three modules will provide you with an opportunity to: develop and apply innovative blended learning approaches aligned to your teaching and subject(s) have a real experience of being an online learner...

Twiddla: team whiteboarding

Twiddla is a useful and simple online collaboration tool that you might like to try with your students. It’s website says: “It’s browser-agnostic, user friendly, and probably more fun than you’re supposed to be having at work.” Twiddla has been recommended by one of our current BOT participants, Mimi Li from SHTM, who says: “Twiddla allows many guests and...

New L@PU Workshop

Once the course design is done and your course has begun, how can you help students be successful? In this new workshop, “Evaluation in Blackboard (L@PU): Studying Students’ Behaviour” we will explore tools that are designed to keep your students on track. We will focus on how to release content using adaptive release rules, monitor student progress through the...