February 20, 2025

Becoming Your Own Best Teacher

This is a follow-up post to “Implementing a Learner’s Mindset.” Embedded below is a free resource that I created discussing the value of assessment as learning, and how I intend to introduce the strategy to my learners who are operations managers at a unionized distribution centre. The resources below combined with my blog post about implementing a strategy of feedforward […]

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January 31, 2025

Coffee Talk: Applying Backward Design & Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Online Courses

PIDP 3360 Challenges & Trends in Online Learning Research Assignment Five years ago, my organization abruptly transitioned from face-to-face classes to synchronous online course in response to COVID-19. We began with Cisco’s Webex, a platform rich with features like whiteboards, polls, quizzes, and breakout rooms designed to enhance online learning. However, facilitators often overused these tools, opting for quantity over […]

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February 18, 2024

Online Course Quality Review

World of Wines – from Grape to Glass; Assignment # 5 from EDUC 4250 at Vancouver Community College in the Provincial Instructors Diploma Program (PIDP) Foundations of Online Learning course. Assignment #5 in my Foundations of Online Learning course tasked the learner to search the internet for a five to ten week Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) and audit the […]

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December 21, 2023

Challenges and Benefits of Online Learning and Teaching

Video report I created in my EDUC 4250-Foundations Of Online Learning course at Vancouver Community College in the Provincial Instructor’s Diploma Program in Dec. 2023 about the Challenges and Opportunities of Online Learning and Teaching. This is the third talking head video I have ever created, so be kind. Received an A+ Have you taken or taught an Online course? […]

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September 3, 2023

Traditional Justice vs Cosmic Justice

I came across a really important video on the AfterSkool channel on Youtube. I strongly believe in Traditional Justice, yet I see the world around me embracing Cosmic Justice. I am a Learning and Development professional that works for a public sector organization. Helping people discover their true potential is why I get up in the morning. My best day […]

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Long Term Care (LTC) and BC Cannabis (BCCS) Trends Discussion
May 21, 2023

Long Term Care (LTC) and BC Cannabis (BCCS) Trends Discussion

I had an amazing discussion with Janelle on Sunday April 30, 2023. Our conversation started at 11:00am and then suddenly it was 12:30pm! It was as if no time had passed by at all. LTC and BCCS, while very different (Health Care vs Retail) the recent switch from in-person to virtual was a common theme in both our industries. Additionally, […]

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