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Vandy Bowyer published a blog post Discovering the Metis Nation Exhibit: Opening Event at the Red Deer Museum in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group- Vandy Bowyer published a blog post Metis Nation Exhibit at the Red Deer Museum in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown published a blog post Typology, Machine Learning, And The Study Of Archaeological Artifacts in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Laurie Milne published a blog post Inuit landscape presentation at Esplanade, Medicine Hat, AB in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Laurie Milne published a blog post How architecture is beginning to mark a historic Indigenous presence in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Agyapl Singh created a wiki page TME4- WSM- SSL/TL
- Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown uploaded the file Upcoming Calgary Talk: Archaeology, History, and Urban Food Security in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown uploaded the file Upcoming Calgary Talk: Sacred Space, Ancestors, and Authority in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
- Janelle Baker published a blog post AU's Elder in Residence Maria Campbell's Halfbreed to be re-released with author's... in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group
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Its official as of November 14, 2018 - CALL TO ACTION
By Steve Swettenham November 15, 2018 - 3:35am Comments (1)CDE non-rep -
Microsoft under GDPR microscope for Office 365 and OneDrive | Alphr
By Jon Dron 15 November 2018 @ 12:04pm Comments (4)www.alphr.com - No big surprises here to anyone that has ever so much as glanced at Microsoft's business model and historical abuse of its customers, but definitely a matter of concern for organizations (like Athabasca University) that rent their services from... -
Digging up the devil (Poorly Drawn Lines)
By Jon Dron 11 May 2018 @ 2:00pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest Groupwww.poorlydrawnlines.com - I thought this might be of interest to this group... -
Tour of Alabama archaeological site
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group October 31, 2018 - 3:35pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupTo celebrate International Archaeology Day (Oct. 20th), AUs Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project released a video walking tour of the monumental core of the ancient Maya site of Alabama, in the Stann Creek District of Central Belize. Watch the... - By Mark A. McCutcheon August 27, 2018 - 9:32amMA-IS students can still enroll in this fall's zombie & vampire literature course: http:/
/ www.athabascau.ca/ syllabi/ mais/ mais752.php - 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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Scholarly publishing is broken. Here’s how to fix it
By Jon Dron 3 July 2018 @ 6:13pm Comments (1)aeon.co - An article for Aeon by Jon Tennant on the heinous state of affairs that gives unscrupulous publishers profit margins that put Apple to shame while hiding publicly funded research from the public that pays for it. It is a shamefully broken system... -
When Whales and Humans Talk
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group April 6, 2018 - 2:56pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest Group"Arctic people have been communicating with cetaceans for centuries—and scientists are finally taking... -
Decoding Prehistoric Art
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 16, 2018 - 10:01amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupANTH 277 Students: Check out this CBC Ideas episode about prehistoric art http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/old-masters-decoding-pre-historic-art-with-jean-clottes-1.4487646 -
The Solutrean Hypothesis and Pseudoarchaeology
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 16, 2018 - 10:13amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupANTH 277 Students: Some of you may have seen the documentary featured on CBCs Nature of Things this Sunday, titled Ice Bridge, about the Solutrean Hypothesis. Please read the following important review of this extremely problematic documentary:... -
What is in a name? Words as Symbols of past and present.
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 5, 2018 - 9:05amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupStudents enrolled in Anthropology 272: Introduction to Archaeology who are seeking specific examples of the use of symbols by ethnic groups may find this recent article in the Calgary Herald of interest. The 108 year old Langevin Bridge... -
Academic Integrity Webinar - Jan. 30, 5-6 pm (Mountain Time)
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 29, 2018 - 10:41amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupAU Library & Scholarly Resources, in cooperation with AU’s Office of the Registrar, will be presenting a webinar on Academic Integrity tomorrow, January 30, from 5 to 6 pm Mountain Time. This session will be presented by Elaine Fabbro,... -
Music for studying
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 9, 2018 - 10:04am Comments (1)Posted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupNeed a break from studying? Need some background music while studying? You can access the AU Music Library at any time. http://news.athabascau.ca/arts/music-library-may/ -
The Gault School of Archaeological Research
By Laurie Milne in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group January 5, 2018 - 9:39amPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupI recently received a Christmas letter from a longtime friend who was previously employed by the Archaeological Survey of Alberta and two CRM (Cultural Resource Management) firms in Alberta and Texas. Mike (Quigg) reported... -
Trials, Tribulations, and Tweaking -- The Final Stretch
By Tyler Lucas December 12, 2017 - 1:16am Comments (4)The one where the robots take over the world because their designer misspelled one of Asimov's laws. -
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... -
terra0 - a forest that will one day buy itself
By Jon Dron 19 December 2017 @ 10:58ampaulkolling.de - I love this art project - a forest that owns itself and that makes money on its own behalf, eventually with no human control or ownership. From the blurb... "The Project emerged from research in the fields of crypto governance, smart contracts,...
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Wooden Word Clock
By Jennifer Davies 19 December 2018 @ 9:26amPosted to group: Robotics and Embedded Controllersimgur.com - I saw this on reddit and thought of you all. :) -
Week 14. political language
By Fairouz Alatabeh December 6, 2018 - 9:14amWeek 14. This is our exercise for this week. “Can you think of some examples of "political language"—that is, words or phrases that "smuggle" or encode a specific political subtext?” I found this question very interesting and I... -
Importance of peer review
By Fairouz Alatabeh November 29, 2018 - 8:02pmWeek 13. After we submitted our draft literature review, we do peer review for 2 peers at least. Peer review is important because it allows other scholars to check or review a manuscript in the same field. It helps in improving the quilty of... -
Presentation on Metis Archaeology at the Red Deer Museum on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
By Vandy Bowyer in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group November 28, 2018 - 2:24pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupMétis Archaeologist, Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta) is giving a presentation at the Red Deer Museum (4525 47A Avenue) on December 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm."Beads, Brigades, and Bison: Exploring the Patterns of Metis Overwintering in... -
Microsoft under GDPR microscope for Office 365 and OneDrive | Alphr
By Jon Dron 15 November 2018 @ 12:04pm Comments (4)www.alphr.com - No big surprises here to anyone that has ever so much as glanced at Microsoft's business model and historical abuse of its customers, but definitely a matter of concern for organizations (like Athabasca University) that rent their services from... -
Tour of Alabama archaeological site
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown in the group AU Anthropology Interest Group October 31, 2018 - 3:35pmPosted to group: AU Anthropology Interest GroupTo celebrate International Archaeology Day (Oct. 20th), AUs Stann Creek Regional Archaeology Project released a video walking tour of the monumental core of the ancient Maya site of Alabama, in the Stann Creek District of Central Belize. Watch the... -
Smart learning environments, and not so smart learning environments: a systems view | Smart...
By Jon Dron 23 October 2018 @ 11:15amslejournal.springeropen.com - This is a new article from me about smartness in learning environments. The originally submitted title was 'stupid learning environments' but the reviewers rightly felt that this didn't accurately reflect the main points of the article. It's worth...
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