Active Learning Classrooms

One of the key transformations this year was the use of four new active learning classrooms (C010/040, C020, C030), located at the Learning Crossroads (CRX); workshops on techno-pedagogy were also offered to every professor using this new space. The first round of feedback from all users, both professors and students, provided us with information about the impact of these new spaces on teaching and learning...

Use of Educational Technologies

Now in its second year of implementation, the Brightspace platform hosts 73% of all UOCampus courses; 88% of which are lectures. We have seen a slight increase in the number of professors using the Brightspace platform; 84% compared to last year’s 80%, and 98% of students access their courses on Brightspace. 
The following are the Brightspace tools most frequently used by professors:

Techno-pedagogic workshops on the Virtual Campus

A total of 112 professors participated in a series of TLSS workshops that focused on four main themes:

1. Virtual Campus—Essential strategies and tools for course design
2. Virtual Campus—Following your students’ progress
3. Virtual Campus Design and Learning—Reorganizing virtual content to optimize learning
4. Webinar—Organizational strategies to simplify content creation for the Virtual Campus

Developing Blended and Online Courses

A total of 32 professors submitted requests for financing to develop 38 blended courses; 34 courses were funded. 34 courses received funding distributed as follow per faculties...