Erica Hargreave discusses the importance of building community around online courses & programs at TEC Expo 2018.
Community is essential for student growth, especially in an online study environment, that can otherwise be isolating. Erica Hargreave talks about how community can be fostered in online programs and courses to promote collaboration and a sense of belonging. She shares examples from both her role of managing UBC’s MET (Master of Educational Technology) Community and from teaching her own online courses at BCIT.
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Erica Hargreave teaches four courses at BCIT: BCST 0108 - Creating and Marketing your Own Web Series, BCST 0107 - Travel Writing: Your Journey from Branding to Monetizing your Travel Stories, BCST 1073 - Building Your Digital Media Presence, and BCST 1193 - Social Media Storytelling. While community building is important in all her courses, her course that focuses on teaching community building to the greatest degree is BCST 1073 - Building Your Digital Media Presence: www.bcit.ca/study/courses/bcs...
Learn more about Erica on her speaking blog: ericahargreave.com, connect with the contemporary media community building and education site that Erica is fostering at storytogo.ca, and discover more of Erica's work on her company site at ahimsamedia.com
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This video was created by Eric Lee as a part of the 2018 the Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) Expo. TEC Expo is a yearly event hosted by the Educational Technology Support in UBC's Faculty of Education. The event is designed to showcase and celebrate creative and innovative uses of technology in face-to-face, blended, and online classrooms within the Faculty of Education. You can learn more about TEC Expo here: ets.educ.ubc.ca/tec-expo-2018/
For more on the UBC MET (Master in Educational Technology) Community, please subscribe to our channel, check out our blog: community.met.ubc.ca/ and connect with us on Twitter: / ubcmetcommunity
You can also learn more about the UBC Master of Educational Technology at met.ubc.ca/
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