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Recent updates (latest update: March 21st)
Sandra Law commented on a bookmark Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Resources in the group Accessibility at AU- Cindy Ives commented on a bookmark Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Resources in the group Accessibility at AU
- Sandra Law bookmarked Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Resources in the group Accessibility at AUComments
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There are many resources on this topic as well as information on online or in person courses on how to incorporate universal design principles into course or learning design. Possibly developing some topics or categories would help to us determine which resources to include on the website.
Sandra Law 12 hours ago
- Madelaine Befus posted to the wire
- Sheri Oberman commented on the blog Please Boycott the 2014 AUGSA Student Council Election until these Questions are Answered in the group AUGSA
- Jon Dron commented on a bookmark Americans' Trust in Online Higher Ed Rising
- Hongxin Yan commented on a bookmark Americans' Trust in Online Higher Ed Rising
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Resistance to "corporate war on public education" at the U of Southern Maine
Started by Mark A. McCutcheon in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) April 1, 2014 - 9:29amPosted to group: Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)The unfolding drama of mass layoffs and student protest at the U of Southern Maine is worth paying attention to, as the neoliberalization of liberal education continues. Pressured by the specious ruse of "austerity," North American universities... -
Does AUGSA truly represent Athabasca graduate students?
Posted to group: AUGSAI encourage everyone to contact Amanda Nielsen, president of AUGSA and demand to know why the AUGSA is formulating policy positions WITHOUT CONSULTING with its members. Apparently, the AUGSA executive has formulated a policy about the structure of... -
Interview with Terry Anderson
By Jon Dron 21 March 2014 @ 8:15pm Comments (1)steve-wheeler.blogspot.ca - Steve Wheeler (a fine contributor to the world of online learning himself with a blog worth subscribing to and a very active Twitter presence with a Twitter handle that beats most) interviews our own Terry Anderson about distance learning and... 
- By 610 User - S. R. White March 5, 2014 - 9:26amJon Dron was very generous with his time commenting on my MDDE610 post. http:/
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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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How to Get a Decent Grade on an Essay, or “Writing Tips for Students Who Suck at Writing”
Last updated April 13, 2014 - 11:57am by sarah beth Comments (2)Writing is a fact of university life, but not everyone likes to do it, and not everyone is particularly good at it. If you don’t make it out of undergrad without at least the ability to communicate clearly, you’re going to be pretty... -
Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum
Started by Mark A. McCutcheon in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA) March 7, 2014 - 9:19am Replies (9) Last reply by Mark A. McCutcheon March 13, 2014 - 2:25pmPosted 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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- By Madelaine Befus 14 hours agoFull-time permanent RRU faculty posting http:/
/ humanresources.royalroads.ca/ careers/ faculty-school-education-and-technology-0 - By 610 User - S. R. White April 8, 2014 - 6:13amVery interesting CLOUD story from MDDE610 prof. Craig; http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1oJcvic Snowden leaks are costing the USA real dollars in lost business - By Sheri Oberman April 6, 2014 - 4:02pmFree research data management training course called MANTRA http:/
/ datalib.edina.ac.uk/ mantra/ - By Sheri Oberman April 6, 2014 - 4:01pmResearch Data Mangement Training http:/
/ datalib.edina.ac.uk/ mantra/ - By Wayne Brehaut April 6, 2014 - 1:04pmScience and Oil Don't Mix: http:/
/ bit.ly/ 1qda0lF Solution: have the gas & oil industry develop the curriculum instead! - By Terry Anderson April 4, 2014 - 10:49amJust did survey on social net use in higher ed. courses from UBC Other educ. using social media invited. http:/
/ tinyurl.com/ SMlearningsurvey - By Mark A. McCutcheon April 1, 2014 - 1:41pm
- By Mark A. McCutcheon April 1, 2014 - 1:41pm
- By Mark A. McCutcheon April 1, 2014 - 9:11amThis recent Rabble article makes a case for free PSE: http:/
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Does teaching presence matter in a MOOC?
By Terry Anderson March 13, 2014 - 11:23amA recent study of a Coursera MOOC is really interesting in that it implemented a random assignment of student to 2 conditions – one with no teacher interaction with the students and the other with teacher and teacher assistant interaction in... -
A Slideshow of Advice from Griffith University
By Terry Anderson 22 February 2014 @ 12:09pmPosted to group: International Online 3 Minute Thesiswww.griffith.edu.au - This slides how has rules and more important a set of practical hints and suggestions - such as "You should be aiming for approximately 200 –250 written words for your Three Minute Thesis summary, depending on how fast you speak." -
"Five strategies to improve writing in your courses"
By Mark A. McCutcheon 22 February 2014 @ 11:21amwww.universityaffairs.ca - The short version: Identify the genre of the assignment; Let students know how you'll evaluate it; Structure in opportunities for revision; Assign low-stakes writing; Contact the writing centre 
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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... -
Smash Type of (Doctoral) Research Question into Depth of Knowledge Scale: Doesn’t Matter
By Sheri Oberman January 5, 2014 - 12:00pmRecently, Pat Thompson wrote about classification of research questions. Research questions can classified broadly as gap-spotting questions or problematization questions (Alvesson and Sandberg, 2011). Gap spotting questions ( ie. confusion gaps,... -
Boston Study: What Higher Standardized Test Scores Don’t Mean
By Jon Dron 20 December 2013 @ 12:22amcommonhealth.wbur.org - Interesting report and interview on the relationship between test scores of 'crystallized skills' (what schools teach) and 'fluid intelligence' (basically, the ability to think). Of course, there is none. Futhermore, teaching makes almost no... -
CLDD learning designers win international award
By Cindy Ives December 16, 2013 - 4:00pm Comments (1)At the ICDE meeting in October
Sandra:
This link is a very useful resource. As we build a new CLDD website, I imagine we can be inspired by it, or maybe we should just describe and link to it.
Cindy
Cindy Ives 12 hours ago