Category: design

Encom­pass­ing eLearn­ing design, tech­ni­cal design, visu­al design, and inter­ac­tion design.

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…

assessment / design / strategy / technology

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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…

design / how-to / strategy / technology

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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.

design / how-to / strategy / technology

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Frame by Frame: OPTA Videos, Part 2 — Starting to Shoot

(Time to Read: 4 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 2, we describe the process of shoot­ing video footage using a small crew.

design / strategy / technology

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Frame by Frame: OPTA Videos, Part 1 — Planning & Prep

(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 1, the pre-pro­duc­tion plan­ning process is detailed.

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The Online Developer’s Journey at VCC

(Time to Read: < 1 min.)As Online Devel­op­ers at VCC, we are ded­i­cat­ed to empow­er­ing instruc­tors to cre­ate dynam­ic and effec­tive learn­ing envi­ron­ments. We col­lab­o­rate close­ly with fac­ul­ty and instruc­tion­al asso­ciates to ensure that our edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams align with…