Course+Resources

Course Resources
Provincial Diploma Program 3250 October 2011 term instructor Glenn Galy email ggaly@vcc.ca Here is a helpful link to a moodle prepared by Vancouver City College to assist with computer skills. It is an on-line tutorial and will be helpful to explore: [|To aid in course success try this tutorial]

The course textbook is: [|Barkley, Elizabeth F]. (2010). Student Engagement Techniques A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Son. This book is also available on-line through the Vancouver City College Library and can be accessed by this [|link]. To read this textbook enter your VCC library account number and password.

Barkley has authored another book that compliments the themes of our Learning Community Wiki. This learning experience transforms and challenges students to read course material, take on new educational and technology and assignments. This wiki assignment process reinforces Barkley's emphasis on the value of: orienting students; forming groups; structuring the learning task; facilitating student collaboration; grading; and evaluating collaborative learning.