http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:04:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ted Dodds is the new Vice Provost at UBC responsible for IT innovation in teaching and learning. He wants to know if we should continue teaching at UBC the way they taught in Bologna and Paris and Oxford in the 12th century. If the answer is 'no', then it looks like things are going to change around here, real soon... ]]> http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/11/12/changing-first-year-experience Godfrey Chan took a great idea from Novak Rogic and put a few UBC colleagues to work coming up a new widget for Wordpress that changes the way webpages appear. Their little idea was well received by the content management people out there, so much so they ended up winning the WordPress Plugin Competition for 2009... ]]> http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/11/12/ubc-student-creates-widget-for-wordpress Everybody knows how easy Project Management is in the world of IT, right? Nothing ever goes wrong! But just in case you're having difficulty with project implementation in your area, you should read about how one IT department at UBC has learned how to properly implement project plans and controls that make the process a lot easier...]]> http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/11/12/new-it-environment-at-ubc-part-4 Back in 1949, UBC's Extension Department introduced correspondence courses that would eventually teach a quarter million students off campus. We showcased 60 years of Distance Education during Celebrate Learning Week in October, and we'll be commemorating the 'Distance Ed' milestone at our annual e-Learning Open House coming up in January... ]]> http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/11/12/60-years-of-distance-ed We came across a student website the other day that's hard to leave behind. The UBC Chinese Varsity Club site has podcasts, videos, chatrooms, contests, and a lot of fun stuff to look at. e-Strategy Update recently sat down with the people who put it together for a little Q&A about why and how they did it, and how other web designers can do the same....]]> http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/11/12/496