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- Don Haputantri created a wiki page Unit 1
- Wendy Hobbs uploaded the file Feedback_SerialMonitor.mp4
- Mike Sosteric commented on the file General Instructions for Marking Sociology Assignments
- Mike Sosteric uploaded the file Self Reflection Rubric
- Mike Sosteric uploaded the file General Instructions for Marking Sociology AssignmentsComments
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Distributed Teaching
By Jon Dron 16 May 2020 @ 10:14am Comments (3)link.springer.com - I forgot to share this when it first came out at the end of last year. This is my contribution to Springer's Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, a brief (3000 word) article that gives a broad overview of the main ways in which the role of a teacher... -
Free Online Archaeology Field Course
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 21, 2020 - 7:44am Comments (2)Want to learn the basics of field archaeology---for free!?! Check out Dig Venture's "How to Do Archaeology Course" https://digventures.com/shop/how-to-do-archaeology/ -
Earth Day: The roots of our current environmental crisis go back 12,000 years
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 20, 2020 - 7:28pmANTH 277 students, who cover the origins of agriculture, may find this article useful. It is an interesting take on the topic—minus the obvious political platitudes (e.g. how we need to learn from others but without critical consideration of... -
Imigongo in Rwanda
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 9, 2020 - 8:43am Comments (1)From the Ashes: Rwanda’s Traditional Imigongo Art Is on the Rise Very interesting article about an art form that was almost lost. The section describing the process is particularly interesting for... -
Coronavirus Rituals
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 3, 2020 - 8:41am Comments (2)An article by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas about the role that ritual is playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, including as an anxiety response, providing connection, and as a tool of... -
Patty Hajdu brings anthropology, public health experience to coronavirus fight
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 5, 2020 - 11:39am Comments (1)Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has a background in anthropology (and she's from my hometown :) ). Read this interesting piece from the Globe and Mail that discusses her important background and what it brings to our current... -
Seven Warning Signs of Pseudoarchaeology
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown March 20, 2020 - 11:23am Comments (2)All archaeology students--and members of the general public--should be aware of pseudoarchaeology and how to spot it. Check out this great summary of the 7 warning signs of pseudoarchaeology (I've probably posted it before, but it is totally worth... -
The makers of the game complaining about the people playing it
By Jon Dron 5 March 2020 @ 12:20pmwww.cbc.ca - ""I think as long as we have education, we're going to have people who are going to try and game the system and we just have to keep up with them," said Deb Eerkes, the university's director of student conduct and accountability. " (40 University... -
EDDE802 Group Wiki
Last updated January 4, 2016 - 2:46pm by Rita Zuba Prokopetz in the group EDDE802: Advanced Research Methods in Education Comments (1)Posted to group: EDDE802: Advanced Research Methods in EducationBrainstorming... research interest, research question, conceptual framework, research paradigms, -
MDDE 610 Assignment #2: Learn Something with CAI or Mobile Apps
By Bhavik Patel June 4, 2019 - 10:53amLearning how to dribble with the use of the Mobile App "DribbleUp" it's a smart basketball app. - By David H. Scott April 5, 2019 - 1:05pmChrome Browser Bookmarking Extension for the Landing - https:/
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The Myth of 'Learning Styles'
By Jon Dron 18 May 2019 @ 12:47pmgetpocket.com - A straightforward journalistic article from the Atlantic that does a decent job of explaining how and why learning styles theories simply don't work, with a particular focus on VARK. The takeaways are that, yes, people do often prefer to learn in... -
Catch Up on Screen Time: Read This Dracula Critique
By Bev Schellenberg April 16, 2019 - 8:02pmMy parents felt a child’s time was best spent outside, on homework, and in extra-curricular pursuits, so my screen time was limited to one hour per week. The way I got to know any movie was through my father’s recounting the plot to me... -
Bringing Antagonists to their Knees… Or At Least to the Cereal Box
By Bev Schellenberg April 23, 2019 - 6:00pm Comments (2)Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and Darth Vader share something in common: thanks to pop culture, they've been reduced to bobbleheads, children’s playthings, and types of cereal. -
Art from Residential Schools
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 4, 2019 - 10:58am Comments (1)Looking forward to seeing this exhibit next month when I am in... -
Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods
By Janelle Baker March 28, 2019 - 3:40pmForced assimilation destroyed most nations’ diets, but now Native youth are learning to integrate local foods back into their daily lives. -
Archaeology & International Women's Day
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown March 8, 2019 - 9:01amIn celebration of International Women's Day, I'd like to recommend the following book: "Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure" by Amanda Adams Overview: "The first women archaeologists were Victorian era...
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Unit 3 - CSS Site Styling
By Maria Padilla in the group COMP 266 10 hours agoPosted to group: COMP 266 
Unit 2 zipfile
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COMP 361: Assignment 2 Reflection
By Terrence McDonnell May 23, 2020 - 8:33pmI found this assignment much easier than the first. While taking the same amount of time, it was much easier to document my thoughts using the diagrams then with a report. I did struggle, however, with the domain... -
Does technology lead to improved learning? (tl;dr: it's a meaningless question)
By Jon Dron April 23, 2020 - 11:43am Comments (1)There have been (at least) tens of thousands of comparative studies on the effects of 'technology' on learning performed over the past hundred years or so. Though some have been slightly more specific (the effects of computers, online learning,... -
Unit 5
By Tristan Simpson in the group COMP 266 April 1, 2020 - 7:49pmPosted to group: COMP 266Part. 1 Learning Diary - Unit 5: Writing JavaScript - Choosing the ProjectByTristan Simpson Unit 5Comp 266ReflectionsLearning Diary Choosing the project 3 JavaScript Ideas to implement:1. Manual Photo Slideshow of... -
Bananas as educational technologies
By Jon Dron March 29, 2020 - 11:28amOne of my most memorable learning experiences that has served me well for decades, and that I actually recall most days of my life, occurred during a teacher training session early in my teaching career. We had been set the task of giving a... -
Keep Calm And Carry On DE
By Steve Swettenham March 21, 2020 - 9:35amEDDE 806 Critical Reflections of the online conference discourse on March 19, 2020 -
Developing a Research Question and Writing a Literature Review
By Lauren Dodd March 16, 2020 - 11:28amWhen tackling a literature review, trying to determine a research question can sometimes be the most difficult part. What can I review that will have enough research out there in order to provide me with content to write an interesting review. I... -
Modern Duplicate Messages - Plagiarism or just another post...?
By Steve Swettenham March 11, 2020 - 4:10amThe content on the post by Rabecka Krill Feb 6, 2015 - 5 Heutagogical Tips to Empower Lifelong Learners Online - (https://medium.com/@RabeckaKrill/5-heutagogical-tips-to-empower-lifelong-learners-online-c607e9cc1b62) is nearly identical to...
- 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 hunger 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
These are draft. Leave suggestions in the comment section
Mike Sosteric June 16, 2020 - 7:41am