Learning ResourcesMember colleges are expected to have learning materials centres, or to locate in physical and/or electronic proximity to open-access learning materials resources (libraries, on-line data banks, etc). Students, including external degree candidates, are likewise expected to access such facilities - and to use, relevant to their subject matter, such on-line research resources as The Economist, Merlot, and Google Scholar, etc. For example, BC Montessori Teachers College has its own learning resources centre with specialized pedagogic materials and library. Our other City of Vancouver BC colleges are located in proximity to substantial Vancouver Public Library and provide students with access to on-line data banks, etc. Because lifelong learning, prior learning assessment (PLA, PLAR), and e-Portofilio construction are important factors in our global outreach, we suggest review of relevant online documents available to you at the FuturEd Library. Note at the top of e-Library the documents about the e-Portfolio, and scroll down to others about Lifelong Learning and Prior Learning Assessment. |
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Travel and short-work abroad is an important learning tool. Students (and to some extent teachers) can benefit greatly with ID cards and discounts through www.isic.org. Some opportunities for government-encouraged overseas work, open specially to students, are also available (for example, www.swap.ca ). |
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Maps etc for all countries can be purchased by our students at a discount. Provide your Van.Univ.Worldwide identity number when ordering (on-line or in-store) from Maps/Globes/Guidebooks. | ||||
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In collaboration, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) grants free non-credit access to various course structures and materials. (Vancouver University Worldwide was the pioneering institutional responder to this outreach of MIT). If you would like to read about the prerequisites that MIT students must have completed before taking individual courses at the Institute, please visit the online MIT Courses Catalog. To find answers to all of your questions about MIT OCW please visit their Help section. |
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Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Please see Google Scholar for more details. |
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