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Author Valerie Irvine

Cable Green

Dr. Cable Green is the Director of Open Education at Creative Commons. He works with open education, science and research communities to leverage open licensing, content, practices and policies to expand equitable access and contributions to open education. Cable’s work is focused on identifying… Continue Reading →

Mike Caulfield

Creator of the SIFT methodology, Mike Caulfield has taught thousands of teachers and students how to verify claims and sources through his workshops. His new book with Sam Wineburg, Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better… Continue Reading →

Week 5: Intellectual Property, Copyright, Open Licensing, and more

Hopefully most of you have gotten your blog set up and your first blog post made. Keep on a weekly pace though so this course does not run away from you. Please get started with these tasks: Watch talk with… Continue Reading →

What Makes a Good Blog Post Reflection

As you start gaining experience in finding your blog voice and reviewing blog posts of your peers, you might start to get a sense of what makes a good blog post. Take some time to review the blog feed of… Continue Reading →

Week 4: Digital Literacy Frameworks

You previously watched a recording on Digital Literacy Frameworks that exist out there. I’m providing some additional links below – some required, some recommended, and some linked for reference purposes or interest only. When working on your inquiry assignment, make… Continue Reading →

Week 3: Inquiry Process and Learning Pods

This week, we’re finally settling down with movement in the registration list in the first two weeks, which means we can move forward with our locked in class list. We have two guests – one with Jeff Hopkins on the… Continue Reading →

Jeff Hopkins: Guest on the Inquiry

About Jeff & PSII Jeff is the founder and Principal Educator of the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) – an independent high school in Victoria designed to provide a model for education system transformation. Inspired by the notion… Continue Reading →

Jesse Miller: Guest on Digital Citizenship

Jesse Miller (MA. PgDip) is a recognized Canadian authority on the topics of media literacy, social media education, and digital trends. Jesse is an international speaker who has addressed thousands of participants in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Currently, Jesse… Continue Reading →

Week 2: WordPress, Digital Citizenship, Digital Literacy Frameworks, & Evaluating Online Information

This week’s post will continue to evolve across the week, so please come back to check until completed. We have the following topics and tasks for this week. Walkthrough of WordPress Once you have your blog created, you can start… Continue Reading →

Brian Lamb

Brian Lamb Director, Learning Technology & Innovation Thompson Rivers University Brian has spent more than twenty years working with instructors and students to use the open web to promote learning, communication and collaboration. He oversees learning technology for both campus… Continue Reading →

Welcome to Week 1!

I’m so excited to teach EDCI 136: Digital Literacy for learners at UVic and to welcome also open learners who wish to wrap around this course, whether they are K12 students or teachers, post-secondary instructors, leadership in various roles, or… Continue Reading →

Privacy & Safety

FIPPA, PIPA, Privacy, and Consent Resources It is second nature to most to take selfies, share them on instagram, Snapchat, etc., but once you move into the role of a public school teacher, you must adhere to the laws set… Continue Reading →

Prepping for EdcampUVic on March 31

We are excited to be hosting an edcamp on Wednesday, March 31, from 1-2pm PST that will combine both sections of EDCI 336 this term as well as stakeholders from beyond. We have run edcamps in our classes before as… Continue Reading →

Tech Inquiry Sign-up Sheets for A01 & A04

For those of you looking to review the Tech Inquiry Sign-up Sheets we reviewed in class, you can access them here: A01 Tech Inquiry Sign-up Sheet A04 Tech Inquiry Sign-up Sheet Think about the artifact you can create to leave… Continue Reading →

Booking 1-1 Meets with Valerie

Hi all, It’s that time! I would like to meet with each of my learners in A01 and A04 for 10 minutes to go over their blog, their Trello, and to answer any questions. I have created a Google Spreadsheet,… Continue Reading →

Sharing Your Learning Pathways

As we are encouraging learner-owned data and personal preferences for collaboration spaces, we will need to collect information from you about if and where you are setting up your accounts. We have created an online Google form, if you wish… Continue Reading →

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