Organized by HUB, Your Cycling Connection, Bike to Work Week is a twice yearly event that is intended to get more people cycling, more often. Langara College has participated in Bike to Work Week since its inception in 2007.
The Langara College Bike to Work Week Team cycled 3,274 kilometres during the two weeks in 2015. The distance is more than that from Vancouver to Houston, Texas and allowed the team to burn 98,233 calories and to keep 709 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
It has been an exceptional first year for the Academic Plan. Thanks to the tremendous work and dedication of the Academic Plan Action Groups (APAGs), many important successes were achieved and good progress continues to be made in each of the five priorities. Summary of Academic Plan Year One Handout.
By Allison Sullivan (Instructional Services Librarian)
We all love our library workshops, but library instruction can be so much more than that! These recently published articles in the library literature discusses some new or different activities that we can integrate into library classes and workshops to make them useful and engaging for students.
By Janet Ready, Faculty, Recreation Studies Dept.
“Learning is not something done to students, but rather something students themselves do. It is the direct result of how students interpret and respond to their experiences – conscious and unconscious, past and present.” (Ambrose et al 3)
On Monday 26 October 2015, Rebecca Friesen, Giselle Lemay, Eugene Li, Valerie Lloyd, Deborah Moniuk, Heidi Mede, Linda Scratchley, Erin Skinner and Fulton Tom met to discuss techniques to prevent and to detect cheating in exams.
If you are doing something innovative in your teaching or you have a colleague who is, please consider applying or nominating them for a Brightspace Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. After the success of Steve Musson’s nomination for a College Sector Educator’s award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) (read more about Steve’s award here), The Learning and Teaching Academic Priority Action Group (APAG) is interested in hearing about faculty who have implemented “innovative approaches that promote student-centred teaching and learning.” Continue reading
By Dr. Niall Christie, Department of History, Latin and Political Science
A technique that I like to use from time to time in my history classes is to have the
students to take on the roles of medieval figures, in order to encourage them to see the primary sources that they are reading “from the inside,” as it were. This helps them to get a better understanding of how the medieval writers saw the world.
One case where this seems to have particularly engaged the students is in a class that I run as part of my HIST 1123 (Late Medieval World) course.
Nariko Takayangi from the Asian studies department and Akemi Takei from the Modern Languages Department led Japan Field Studies from May 11th to June 19th, 2015. This program was a unique and enriching experience for the students who would like to learn about traditional Japanese culture, history, and language. The entire program was created, planned, managed, and conducted by the two Japanese instructors who were able to bring out the insider’s perspective as well as culturally nuanced approach to the subject matter.
Below is a brief summary, view the full Japan Field Studies Report for more details and the full photo gallery showcasing the students’ experiences. Continue reading
From May 4 to June 3, 2015, Langara students participated in Langara’s first China Field Study Program and first program to promote inter-disciplinary studies through offering two courses from different departments (Langara School of Management’s International Business’ Management Issues & Asian Studies’ Contemporary China.
Below is a brief summary, view the full China Field Study 2015 Report for more details and the full photo gallery showcasing the students’ experiences.
Currently used by students in biology, chemistry, and environmental studies courses, Langara’s wetland is located along the northeast corner of the college, bordered by 49th Ave and Ontario Street.
