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Recent updates (latest update: March 5th)
Mark A. McCutcheon replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)- Mike Sosteric added a new discussion topic Open forum for discussion of topics related to the Sociology of Religion/Spirituality/Mysticism. in the group Sociology of Religion 231
- Mike Sosteric uploaded the file Doing the Sociology of Religion in the group Sociology of Religion 231
- Sandra Law 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 replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
- Marc Cels 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 replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
- Sandra Law replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
- Derek Briton replied on the discussion topic Warning about "trigger warnings" used to censor university curriculum in the group Athabasca University Faculty Association (AUFA)
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How to Get a Decent Grade on an Essay, or “Writing Tips for Students Who Suck at Writing”
Last updated 6 hours ago by sarah bethWriting 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) yesterday Replies (8) Last reply by Mark A. McCutcheon 3 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 Mark A. McCutcheon yesterdayCAUT 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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Th Great Online 3 Minute thesis is back- only International!!
By Terry Anderson in the group Centre for Distance Education (CDE) December 27, 2013 - 12:28pmPosted to group: Centre for Distance Education (CDE)Dear CDE researchers.We are just finalizing plans for the world's first International, 3 miniute thesis contest. This event at 10:00 AM MST on Tuesday January 28 pits up to 5 thesis students from Open University UK, Open University of Catalonia,... -
Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning
By Sandra Law 2 December 2013 @ 3:36pmPosted to group: Accessibility at AUwww.cast.org - Free, online book by David Rose and Anne Meyer that discusses the principles of universal design for learning in the digital context. -
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Because stealing from one is 'plagiarism', stealing from many is 'research'.
By Erin Gray November 21, 2013 - 9:10am Comments (1)I seriously considered plagiarising the literature review paper I wrote on plagiarism. I know what you’re thinking: “Man, is she crazy?” and the answer is: Absolutely. But let me first tell you why I seriously considered it,... -
Comic in the Spree
By Louise Martin November 6, 2013 - 9:54pmThe sun and the earth had a naughty fight last Sunday morning. Never dream that I would not be able to watch it. I missed my Tank water and my memories! -
Pedagogy - Scrap exams to create schools of the future - news - TES
By Jon Dron 22 October 2013 @ 10:00amwww.tes.co.uk - A report on the findings of this year's Equinox Summit. Amongst the more interesting: "the summit’s conclusion was that, in less than 20 years, “knowing facts will have little value”, meaning that schools will have to scrap...
