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Recent updates (latest update: March 5th)
Jon Dron replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)- Mark A. McCutcheon posted to the wire
- Mark A. McCutcheon added a new discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
- Colleen Groth commented on the blog Blogs here Blogs there ...
- Jon Dron commented on the blog Blackboard vs. Moodle
- 610 User - S. R. White commented on the blog Blogs here Blogs there ...
- Colleen Groth commented on the blog Blogs here Blogs there ...
- 610 User - S. R. White published a blog post Blogs here Blogs there ...Comments
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Thanks Colleen,
I did try that but it does not seem to show up on the 610 Group Feed. Thus the hail mary call for help.
Will keep trying.
Cheers.
610 User - S. R. White 20 hours ago
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I think there's just a delay and it can take a few mintues for the post to appear. It's there now!
Colleen Groth 17 hours ago
- Colin Madland commented on the blog Blackboard vs. Moodle
- Daniel Wilton uploaded the file Session Open Call in the group Canadian Initiative for Distance Education Research - CIDER
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Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum
Started by Mark A. McCutcheon in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) 5 hours ago Replies (1) Last reply by Jon Dron 4 hours agoPosted to group: Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)CAUT has alerted Canadian university faculty associations to an emerging concern about the use of "trigger warnings" in university curriculum, use with serious implications for quality of teaching and academic freedom: "Trigger warnings," are... -
Christ, I hate Blackboard
By Jon Dron 27 January 2014 @ 11:04amwww.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com - From Dave Noon, what Boing Boing describes as a 'Lovecraftian rant' about how much the author hates Blackboard. Brilliant. If you don't know Blackboard, it is a learning management system from the Blackboard corporation. The company produces... - By Jon Dron March 4, 2014 - 6:23pmAnd now you should be able to read the Landing in transit! Mobile-friendly theme now installed. Tell us if you hit any problems with it.
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Is Athabasca University moving away from tutoring? Not exactly.
By Jon Dron February 1, 2014 - 6:52pm Comments (3)A response to Tony Bates's question on whether AU is moving away from a tutoring model and an analysis of some of the deeper issues and barriers to change that affect the university.
- By Terry Anderson March 3, 2014 - 2:23pmJust noticed, the Landing just had its 6'000 user sign up. Getting critical mass???
- By Jon Dron March 3, 2014 - 11:47amThe 'Like' button is not on the front page widget but is still in the full Wire page along with other Wire tools - http:/
/ bit.ly/ ULltsT - By sarah beth March 3, 2014 - 5:44amThe "Like" button has disappeared from the Wire, but I like a mobile site! I read stuff on the Landing in transit a lot. :)
- By Mark A. McCutcheon February 10, 2014 - 9:31pmThe Main Thing Students in Literary Studies Need to Understand: “Talk About the Writing” http:/
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In support of OER in MOOCs or OOCs
By Rory McGreal December 9, 2013 - 11:44amWhether there are elites or not, society wants people to be educated. Tthe Marxist approach has always been to educate the masses not confine accessibility to education to small elites. Socialist countries have always focused on training for skills... - By Terry Anderson January 28, 2014 - 4:28pmAU's EdD student Susan Bainbridge wins world's first online 3 minute thesis contest with work on elearning in Nepal
- By Mark A. McCutcheon January 20, 2014 - 3:07pmUBC president sees 3 trends undermining #highered's mission & diversity: rankings; government control of research; MOOCs http:/
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Commonwealth of Learning Award for Excellence in Design of Distance Education Materials
By Cindy Ives December 17, 2013 - 8:54am Comments (1)I'm very pleased to announce that an AU course has been awarded the Commonwealth of Learning Award of Excellence for Distance Education Materials. Collaboration and Mentoring in Educational Environments (MDDE 665) is a classic example of 'simple... - By Terry Anderson January 13, 2014 - 3:50pmAU's George Siemens gets quite a write up in the US Chronicle of Higher Educ. http:/
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How I am learning to code
By Jon Dron January 13, 2014 - 1:22pm Comments (1)During my sabbatical I am learning to program. Given that I have been programming for about 30 years (actually, more than 40 if you count a few weeks learning machine code with a single punchcard machine in primary school before picking it up... -
Differences between Discussion Boards, Blogs and Wikis
By Jon Dron 12 January 2014 @ 10:52amPosted to group: The Landing Help Communitywww.adelaide.edu.au - The Landing's toolset is very flexible indeed and there are many overlaps in functionality between its tools, so it can often be hard to choose between the available tools when you are sharing something. This is one of the reasons it can feel... -
10 Reasons We're Against Unions! - Ampersand Cartoons
By Sandra Law 6 December 2013 @ 4:42am Comments (1)Posted to group: Political Satireleftycartoons.com - Humourous look at the reasons that people give for being against unions. -
Athabasca Learning Environment Score card.
Last updated December 12, 2013 - 2:41pm by Carrie Anton Comments (3)This wiki is designed for us to accurately look at and assess our own Learning Environment. I've made a comparison to "Best practices". Even I have trouble understanding how a practice can be the "Best" in any context, but I meant it as a goal. I... - By Mark A. McCutcheon December 6, 2013 - 9:45amWomen & Violence: a special issue of Hook & Eye, out today. http:/
/ t.co/ 4iXeppnasC #Dec6 #feminism #is #for #everybody - By Terry Anderson December 5, 2013 - 3:58pm"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice."—Nelson Mandela - RIP
- By Mark A. McCutcheon 5 hours agoCAUT issues warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum: http:/
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- By 610 User - S. R. White March 5, 2014 - 9:26amJon Dron was very generous with his time commenting on my MDDE610 post. http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1lySvwi Great comments on his vision for The Landing - By Jenni Hayman March 4, 2014 - 8:18pmCelebrating Open Education Week! Open Online Education for Non-Profits hosted by Jenni Hayman on her Google+ account. "Opens" March 10.
- By Jon Dron March 4, 2014 - 6:23pmAnd now you should be able to read the Landing in transit! Mobile-friendly theme now installed. Tell us if you hit any problems with it.
- By Jon Dron March 4, 2014 - 5:47pmAnd now we have a new theme! Hope you like it. Also there's a new group blog locking tool. More information at http:/
/ bit.ly/ NlwbRv - By Terry Anderson March 3, 2014 - 2:23pmJust noticed, the Landing just had its 6'000 user sign up. Getting critical mass???
- By Jon Dron March 3, 2014 - 11:47amThe 'Like' button is not on the front page widget but is still in the full Wire page along with other Wire tools - http:/
/ bit.ly/ ULltsT - By sarah beth March 3, 2014 - 5:44amThe "Like" button has disappeared from the Wire, but I like a mobile site! I read stuff on the Landing in transit a lot. :)
- By Terry Anderson February 27, 2014 - 12:15pmCheck out the new and mobile friendly Landing theme that Jon has been working on. Do out very soon http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1jDSXGk Comments welcomed!
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2014 Web Accessibility Predictions
By Sandra Law 12 February 2014 @ 1:45pmPosted to group: Accessibility at AUwww.denisboudreau.org - A summary of the projected changes to web accessibility in 2014 posted by dboudreau: WCAG 3.0 modules WAI-ARIA as W3C recommendation Adaptive web design SImpler layouts Flat designs Screen reader democratization -
iNaturalist.org
By Sandra Law 11 February 2014 @ 12:25pmPosted to group: Open Science Activities and Resourceswww.inaturalist.org - iNaturalist.org allows citizen scientists to record what they see in the natural world & meet other people interested in the natural world. -
How Rise of Citizen Science is Democratizing Research
By Sandra Law 4 February 2014 @ 12:11pmPosted to group: Open Science Activities and Resourceswww.resilience.org - "New technology is dramatically increasing the role of non-scientists in providing key data for researchers. In an interview with Yale Enviornment 360, Caren Cooper of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology talks about the tremendous benefits -- and... -
Stress and it's effects on students. Just a thought
By Miranda Tumbach January 18, 2014 - 9:09pm Comments (5)I saw this story today. I had to share. It's not the ending you would expect. It is in it's original form.A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected...
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Accreditation – for Learning Accomplishment or for Presence and Persistence?
By Terry Anderson November 12, 2013 - 10:32amOffering degrees and certificates is the currency of higher education. Degree and certificates are very highly valued by students, parents, employers and postsecondary institutions. Despite occasional challenges to the authenticity of this form of... -
Memory Lane of MAIS 606
I am glad this course has enabled one to express his or herself. In many of the other courses, the opportunity is not as available, and so this course has acquired its merit from many people in the academic world. The point is this that... -
CAFA launches media campaign about government cuts to postsecondary education
By Mark A. McCutcheon October 23, 2013 - 10:57pmToday CAFA (the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations) held a press conference to launch our new media campaign to protest the Alberta government's cuts to postsecondary education, and to promote the public value of postsecondary...
It's already pretty easy. Go to your blog post, click to edit, scroll down, you'll see a 'where to edit' option, choose Group: MDDE 610.
Hope this is helpful.
Colleen Groth 20 hours ago