Open: OER and AI
(Time to Read: 3 mins.)Tensions Between OER and AI It may feel like we have been talking about generative artificial intelligence for decades, and maybe you have, but in terms of regulations of AI, we have just gotten…
Being There: Developing VR for Culinary Arts
(Time to Read: 5 mins.)In August of 2024, members of CTLR were invited to test new VR training systems beng developed by VCC’s Culinary Arts program. The team I’m in, CTLR, is a small department, serving all schools…
Extending Moodle: Microsoft Teams Integrations
(Time to Read: 4 mins.)For a couple of years, eLSupport has had a backburner project going to experiment with ways to connect VCC’s Moodle learning management system with our Microsoft Teams environment. Advantages of using Teams with Moodle…
Extending Moodle: Plugins and LTI
(Time to Read: 4 mins.)Modern complex platforms are usually made up of components — parts that perform specific tasks and communicate with other parts using common protocols. Moodle is an example of a complex, open platform, made up…
The Helpdesk Paradox
(Time to Read: 2 mins.)Over the past three years we (VCC) have seen a steady reduction in the total number of ticket requests submitted to our eLearning Support helpdesk* by faculty. At the same time, we have seen…
Indigenous Updates: March 2025
(Time to Read: 4 mins.)ʔa səy̓em̓ ʔiʔ tə nə siyey̓ə ʔiʔ tə nə siyal̕əxʷeʔRespected ones, friends and eldersʔəm̓i ce:p kʷətxʷiləm tə n̓a təməxʷWelcome to the land of thexʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. “Can we talk of integration…
AI Insight: AI tools to improve elearning content
(Time to Read: 5 mins.)Even with my cynic’s hat firmly affixed, I haven’t been able to avoid using GenAI to enhance content for online courses. Here are examples where I’ve used AI to generate or enhance content for elearning projects at VCC.
Open: OER in the Current Educational Climate
(Time to Read: 3 mins.)I’d like to start this post with a little update on the number of OER adoptions at VCC over the last three terms. It is important to recognize this data collection is reliant on…
Do Students actually watch recorded Zoom lectures?
(Time to Read: 2 mins.)I’m continuing to parse the data from 6 years of Kaltura at VCC. Kaltura maintains data on numbers of views for each video so we are able to count the number of videos that…
Exploring UDL to Reduce Accommodation Requests
(Time to Read: 2 mins.)As Online Developers at Vancouver Community College, we’re excited to embark on a new project in collaboration with VCC Disability Services: “Exploring UDL to Reduce Accommodation Requests at VCC”. A few years ago, one…
Does video length impact view counts?
(Time to Read: 2 mins.)In my ongoing efforts to extract meaning from our Kaltura data, I looked into the relationship between video length and the number of times a video has been viewed. What I expected to see…