Open Educational Media

I’m going to be creating two online program information sessions to replace the traditional face-to-face format that we have been offering. This gives our session leaders and prospective students far more flexibility and will, hopefully, increase participation rates. The two program areas are Craft Beer and Brewing Essentials and First Responders Trauma Prevention …

Check out our landing page for basic information about this new program: https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/programs-and-courses/area-of-study/business-management/visual-analytics.html The program is expected to be approved by Senate on May 5, 2016. Far more detail about the program will be available then. Larry White lawhite@sfu.ca

This is one of my favorite TED talks of all time. It really got my mind thinking about how lectures and information can be done in a more interesting manner. Hans Rosling took what is normally a very, very, very dry bit of information that normally comes buried in a …

Hi everyone. Looking forward to working with you over the next few weeks. I have to share the Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org), an organization that has created uncountable short instructional videos across a very wide range of disciplines. They allow free access to education and promote self-learning. The videos from the …

Build in Progress lets you share what you build as you build it. This method of archiving learning progress is very interesting for novel and experienced learners. It shares the project history, enhances validity, and speaks to the processes within the development of complex projects.

Build in Progress lets you share what you build as you build it. This method of archiving learning progress is very interesting for novel and experienced learners. It shares the project history, enhances validity, and speaks to the processes within the development of complex projects.

My example of an inspiring educational media is an RSA Animate short video where someone is drawing and doodling while a TED talk on Changing Education Paradigms is being played. Both Ted talks and RSA videos are some of my favorite resources to introduce topics or generate discussions in an online …

This short animated video describes the difference between empathy and sympathy.  The use of animation engages viewers in so many interesting ways.  I also like that there is a component of a story.