TRU is taking a leading role for academic integrity by initiating conversations and strengthening relationships with academic partners across BC. On Friday, Oct. 18, TRU…
How are student outcomes impacted by working in the open, through collaborative learning with faculty and through creating widely-shared knowledge? These are the fundamental questions…
Deadline to apply: Oct. 15, 2019 at 9 a.m. Ever-increasing tuition and textbook costs are creating educational blockades. As a result, only those…
Getting transfer credits is one thing, but earning credits for your employment, volunteering, independent studies, professional development, hobbies and even travel—well, that’s a game changer…
A poor night’s sleep can be detrimental to your health. Sleep deprived individuals experience excessive daytime sleepiness, decreased cognitive functioning, emotional difficulties, poor job performance…
There is no room for error inside Canada’s largest trauma centre. Having a unit run smoothly doesn’t happen on its own or by accident. Over…
A flexible schedule can be the most important thing for a student to find success in their education. This was the case when Ateshia York…
Shawn Berney is working on a technology that could be on the precipice of change in how business is done. He originally completed his first…
TRU faculty member Melissa Jakubec and the late Dr. Cameron Reid, an Open Learning Faculty member, took an innovative approach to online course design which…
“I have a ton of respect and gratitude for Open Learning.” –Deb Bartlette Forty years ago, the provincial government created the Open Learning Institute in order…
The Writing Centre is open for face-to-face appointments until Thursday, Aug. 9, inclusive, Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in Old Main 2674.…
Frontline emergency response workers don’t improvise when called to action. Their response is calculated, based on many hours of training and practise. Lives depend on…
[caption id="attachment_2734523" align="alignright" width="335"] Open Learning celebrates its 40th anniversary[/caption] Forty years ago, there was no internet. The era of home computers and modern email…
They are people who stand out in their communities for their contributions and leadership. They are this year’s six honorary doctorate recipients at TRU's 2018…
[caption id="attachment_2636837" align="alignright" width="532"] The 2018 Knowledge Makers.[/caption] For design student Lyle Paul, it was an opportunity to spend two days exploring a topic he’s…
Eric Clausen is in his first year of law school. However, the journey that led him there is far from conventional. Clausen is in his…
It's open season on WriteAway. The BC-wide service, available to Open Learning (OL) students, is open for the winter semester from Jan. 15 to Apr. 9,…
Five years ago, John Belshaw decided to rewrite history. More specifically, he aimed to write a textbook for his Canadian history course and make it…
She travels thousands of miles to help people in some of the poorest places on the planet. Nurse practitioner Patrice Gordon has seen the face…
Irwin DeVries, the recently retired Interim Associate Vice-President, Open Learning, has been formally recognized for his outstanding leadership and contributions to accessible and open education.…
