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Susanne Cardwell commented on the blog Generating Robotic Arm Working Ranges- Tyler Lucas published a blog post Generating Robotic Arm Working Rangestl;dr - Use Photoshop.
Comments - Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown published a blog post Archaeology Day (Oct. 21) at TELUS World of Science, Edmonton in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Tyler Lucas commented on the blog Project Proposal: Automatic Object Relocation
- Susanne Cardwell commented on the blog Project Proposal: Automatic Object Relocation
- Tyler Lucas commented on the blog Project Proposal: Automatic Object Relocation
- Susanne Cardwell replied on the discussion topic How to fit non-linear functions to data in Excel?
- peterde replied on the discussion topic How to fit non-linear functions to data in Excel?
- Vandy Bowyer published a blog post Exodus of Mesa Verde Region Tracked Using Ancient Turkey DNA in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Reid Wheeler published a blog post Reid Wheeler's Notebook
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mLearning and the Mona Lisa
By Rob Power November 5, 2014 - 2:28amLeave it to John Traxler to get me thinking! In his keynote address at mLearn 2014, Traxler used the Mona Lisa as an analogy for the disconnect between mLearning research and practice, and policy makers' expectations. He described policy makers'... -
Mobilizing the MOOC: A Review of Instructional Design for Mobile Learning (IDML13)
By Rob Power June 19, 2013 - 7:01amJenny Poole via FlickrMy latest... a review on MOOC News & Reviews about the Instructional Design for Mobile Learning (IDML13) micro-MOOC hosted by Academic... -
Link to Tony Bates' latest book (online open access textbook) Teaching in a Digital Age
Started by Madelaine Befus in the group EDDE 806 Doctoral Research Seminar January 18, 2015 - 5:45pmPosted to group: EDDE 806 Doctoral Research SeminarFYI - Tony Bates' latest textbook published using an open-access, Creative Commons license, is available here: http://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/ Tony is the 806 guest speaker for Feb. 19. -
Making the community the curriculum | Dave Cormier
By Jon Dron 30 August 2017 @ 7:48pmdavecormier.pressbooks.com - The always wonderful Dave Cormier is writing a book (open, of course) about rhizomatic learning and, as you might expect given Dave's eclectic and rich range of skills (from uber-tech-guru to uber-learning-guru) not to mention his cutting edge... - By Terry Anderson January 18, 2016 - 12:46pmA grad student and a supervsor go into a bar. The supervsior orders a rough draft. Then 12 months of awkward silence.
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Four Student Misconceptions about Learning - Faculty Focus
By Sandra Law in the group Teaching and Learning at Athabasca July 26, 2017 - 3:15pmPosted to group: Teaching and Learning at AthabascaList of most common student misconceptions about learning cited in Stephen Chew's chapter on helping students to maximize their study time. -
The Lives and Deaths of Buildings in History
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group June 8, 2017 - 11:21amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupIn Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings (Picador, 2017) James Crawford presents a history of architecture's impact on society and vice versa. Covering nearly 5000 years of human achievement and featuring 21... -
Computer science students should learn to cheat, not be punished for it
By Jon Dron 31 May 2017 @ 10:45am Comments (1)thenextweb.com - This is a well thought-through response to a recent alarmist NYT article about cheating among programming students. The original NYT article is full of holy pronouncements about the evils of plagiarism, horrified statistics about its extent, and... -
Workplace culture, slang, and motivation
Started by Tyler Lucas in the group COMP268 May 25, 2017 - 10:00am Replies (1) Last reply by Tyler Lucas May 25, 2017 - 2:12pmPosted to group: COMP268When I first started getting into fixing vehicles, being a general annoyance to my dad and his coworkers while he worked on semi trucks, there was no better motivation for an 11-year old to jump into a new field than getting to learn the slang and... -
Learnium
By Jon Dron 25 April 2017 @ 4:54pm Comments (5)www.learnium.com - Learnium is yet another attempt to overlay a cloud-based social medium on institutional learning, in the same family as systems like Edmodo, Wikispaces Classroom, Lore, GoingOn, etc, etc. I deliberately exclude from this list the far more excellent,... -
Congratulations, Dawn Wambold!
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group February 21, 2017 - 11:19amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupA big congratulations to AU Anthropology program student, Dawn Piche Wambold, who has been accepted into the MA program in Anthropology at the University of Alberta. Dawn will be working with Dr. Kisha Supernant as part of The Exploring Métis... -
Mexican Remittances Hit Record in 2016
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group February 2, 2017 - 2:39pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupStudents enrolled in Anth 394 (Urban Anthropology) take note of a recent article on remittances that Mexicans living abroad have sent home in 2016. http://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-ottawaquebec-edition/20170202/281943132613030 -
Recommended: Isolate Your USB Connections
Started by Tyler Lucas February 7, 2017 - 8:18pm Replies (9) Last reply by Tyler Lucas February 15, 2017 - 10:29amJust fried my laptop through the USB programming cable attached to the RedBoard/Arduino when something went wrong on the SparkFun Inventor's Kit breadboard. Could have saved my $2000+ computer with this $15 USB... -
Test Post
By Michael Mitter February 7, 2017 - 2:06pmJust testing out the AU blog posting system. Nothing to see here. -
TSUGI - Tsugi Framework for Building Learning Tools
By Jon Dron 31 January 2017 @ 11:46am Comments (1)https://www.tsugi.org/ - TSUGI is a very interesting approach to building a NGDLE (Next gen digital learning environment). It is another in a long line of fine projects by Chuck Severance, who is one of the leaders of Sakai (last gen digital learning environment), and who... -
Bridge champion who played her cards right (From The Argus)
By Jon Dron 11 January 2017 @ 3:27pm Comments (1)www.theargus.co.uk - Sad news for the world of bridge, about which I know almost nothing apart from what Sandra Landy, several-times world and European bridge champion, occasionally shared with me, and sad news for me. I learned today that she died last week, at the age... -
Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm.
By Jon Dron 9 January 2017 @ 2:26pmPosted to group: COMP 650: Social Computingwww.benkler.org - Yochai Benkler's seminal paper from 2002, introducing themes later explored in greater depth in the Wealth of Networks (very highly recommended, albeit very long indeed). In this shorter and earlier paper, he outlines his central notion of a third... -
Alfie Kohn: "It's bad news if students are motivated to get A's" - YouTube
By Jon Dron 6 January 2017 @ 12:53pm Comments (1)- A nice one-minute summary of Alfie Kohn's case against grades at www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt-ZI58wpw There's a great deal more Kohn has to say on the subject that is worth reading, such as at http://www.alfiekohn.org/article/case-grades/... -
Interview with AU History/Anthropology student
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 6, 2017 - 2:52pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupThe Voice Magazine, an AUSU publication, recently conducted an interview with History and Anthropology major, Amanda Gillis. https://www.voicemagazine.org/search/searchdisplay.php?ART=11907
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Reflections on EDDE806 Spring 2017 and Moving Forward – Rosemarri Klamn
By Rosemarri Klamn in the group EDDE 806 Doctoral Research Seminar September 15, 2017 - 8:08amPosted to group: EDDE 806 Doctoral Research SeminarCongratulations to our colleagues that have passed their candidacy defense and those who are finalizing proposals and choosing committees. That is fantastic. I am one of the guilt-ridden students that Susan talked about –... -
Considering Context when Determining Degrees of Freedom
By Tyler Lucas August 31, 2017 - 2:22pmHow many DOF does a pebble have?
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Free online course--Intro to ArcGIS for Archaeologists
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group August 29, 2017 - 8:02pm Comments (2)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupCheck it out http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/arcgis/Main.html -
Apartment towers fail as community hubs
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group August 18, 2017 - 10:16amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupStudents enrolled in Anthropology 394: Urban Anthropology may find a recent article in the Globe and Mail of interest. Alex Bozikovic reports on the problems of many 20th century residential high rise clusters which hinder street life... -
Confronting Cultural Imperialism
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group August 17, 2017 - 1:08amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupVery interesting and important topic. What is your... -
Manipulator Arm Modifications
By Tyler Lucas July 25, 2017 - 11:01pm Comments (2)There comes a point where one must stop modifying a plan and just start over...
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Taking a Peek at Observer Patterns
By Tyler Lucas in the group COMP268 July 15, 2017 - 5:40pmPosted to group: COMP268... and Conway's Game of Life, with more life!
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Unit 0 Intro and Learning Diary
Posted to group: COMP 266Hello everyone, my name Zakaria and you can call me Zack. I am 35 years old and live in Alberta. I'm taking this course because it seems interesting and also any programmer should at least know how to make websites I believe. As I was looking for...
- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Twain
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a hearth to be lighted - Parlby
- We have a hunder of the mind, which asks for knowledge all around us - Mitchell
- Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Gandhi
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts
Wow. How did you get so skilled in graphics, Tyler? Was it part of an engineering education? I wonder if I could import parts from Tinkercad into Photoshop. And what made that awesome animation? Fusion360? Nice work.
Susanne Cardwell 8 hours ago