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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…

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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…

Based on “Théâtre d'Opéra Spatial” by Michael J. Allen (created with Midjourney), Sept. 5, 2022. (Public Domain)

design / how-to / strategy

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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.

design / strategy

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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…

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AI Insight: Supporting Teaching & Learning Success with AI Tools

(Time to Read: 2 mins.)This fall, VCC’s Cen­tre for Teach­ing, Learn­ing, and Research (CTLR) has focused on one key ques­tion: How can we help instruc­tors con­fi­dent­ly, eth­i­cal­ly and effec­tive­ly use AI tools into their teach­ing prac­tice? Through tar­get­ed…

Based on “Théâtre d'Opéra Spatial” by Michael J. Allen (created with Midjourney), Sept. 5, 2022. (Public Domain)

strategy / technology

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AI Insight: Creation or Mechanization?

(Time to Read: 6 mins.)In this post, I’ll cov­er main ideas and issues that have both dri­ven me away from and pulled me towards using AI-based tools for con­tent cre­ation. (If you’re more inter­est­ed in prac­ti­cal uses than…

Based on “Théâtre d'Opéra Spatial” by Michael J. Allen (created with Midjourney), Sept. 5, 2022. (Public Domain)

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AI Insight: CTLR’s AI Workshop Series

(Time to Read: 2 mins.)This is the first in a series of arti­cles on arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence and GenAI, in which we’ll cov­er some his­tor­i­cal tech­no­log­i­cal back­ground, along with the spe­cif­ic projects and tools in use at Van­cou­ver Com­mu­ni­ty…

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Frame by Frame: OPTA Videos, Part 3 — Editing and Distribution

(Time to Read: 5 mins.)This three-part series describes the ins and outs of design­ing edu­ca­tion­al videos for post-sec­ondary train­ing in the Occu­pa­tion­al and Phys­i­cal Ther­a­py Assis­tant pro­gram at Van­cou­ver Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege. In Part 3, we describe edit­ing, dis­tri­b­u­tion, and the appli­ca­tions of the fin­ished videos in OPTA’s elearn­ing projects.