by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 2, 2018 | Learning design
It was a pleasure for me to work this past winter with Victoria Hospice, a Victoria-based non-profit which provides end-of-life care focused on palliative treatment. Victoria Hospice’s Education & Research Department contacted me last year for learning...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 23, 2018 | Learning design, Online facilitation, Workshops
Last October I co-facilitated the “FLO Synchronous” course for the third time, with a class of over 20 people from various BC post-secondary institutions. FLO Synchronous is short for “Facilitating Learning Online: Synchronous”, a three-week...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 4, 2018 | Educational technology, Learning design
One of the projects I worked on this year through my work at Royal Roads University in faculty development was creating an online interactive resource in Articulate Storyline. It’s a simple tool that is intended to help faculty members choose between RRU faculty...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Sep 11, 2017 | Learning design
The BC Cancer Agency has been a client for the past several years and I’ve been happy to have worked with them on designing and developing both blended online and e-learning courses for staff and volunteers. I’d like to showcase, with their permission, a...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 29, 2016 | Learning design
One of the most enjoyable things I’ve been doing work-wise lately is learning more about how people learn. Here are some examples: Last year I got the excellent book Design for How People Learn and in February I picked up the Make it Stick book at the UBC... by Beth Cougler Blom | Feb 14, 2016 | Facilitation, Learning design, Online facilitation
Right now I’m involved in teaching two courses, both online. Course A is a nine-week credit course and Course B is a five-week non-credit course. I’m teaching Course A for the first time and I’ve taught Course B many times. Teaching Course A is a... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jan 15, 2016 | Learning design
I mentioned in my last post that we moved homes in the fall and I’ve been busily (or languidly) setting up my new home office ever since. Since I LOVE to organize, this activity fills me with glee as I add each piece of art or furniture or storage solution to... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 17, 2015 | Facilitation, Learning design
Recently I went to a presentation which had me feeling unsafe. The presenter asked us to write a personal statement (about our business niche) on an index card and place it in a basket at the front of the room after we came back from a break. He didn’t tell us... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 4, 2015 | Facilitation, Learning design
A friend of mine here in Victoria was a “maple syrup connector” for me this week. She, through a friend of hers, brought in a few cases of Quebec maple syrup and I got my cans out of her trunk on Monday afternoon. We spent a few minutes talking about the...