by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 10, 2018 | Learning design, Professional development
Last fall a connection of mine told me about the Canada-B.C. Job Grant, a pot of money available to B.C. employers to “support skills training for their current and new employees”. Since I employ myself in my own business, I was happily able to take...
by Beth Cougler Blom | Mar 28, 2018 | Learning design, Teaching online
A couple of weeks ago I finished teaching the online course that I teach at this time every year. It’s called “Innovation Tools and Processes” and is the second course in Royal Roads University’s Graduate Certificate in Workplace Innovation. I...
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...
