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ENVS461 blog 5 unit 4 natural disasters and (a)political responses
By Chaoran Chen July 8, 2023 - 1:33amWe all know that technology has now grown exponentially over the last few decades, but nowadays humans are often still too small in the face of the forces of nature, and every natural disaster that occurs causes billions or even...
ENVS461 blog 4 unit 3 Social constructions of nature and wilderness
By Chaoran Chen July 7, 2023 - 8:30pmAccording to William Cronon, the question of wilderness is why it has gone from being “deserted,” “savage,” “desolate,” “barren” to a sacred place to which everyone aspires. The word wilderness is...
ENVS461 blog 3 unit2 Property
By Chaoran Chen July 6, 2023 - 4:43amIn the first story, people treat the proceeds of their labour as their property and the things of the world (i.e. everything created by God) as things that can be turned into property. The introduction of private property is fundamental to the...
ENVS461 blog 2 unit1 what's a political ecology
By Chaoran Chen July 5, 2023 - 6:16amRobbins argues that political ecology focuses on the impact of political, economic and other social factors on the environment, while apolitical ecology focuses on environmental issues. In addition, he gives several examples to describe the...
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By Chaoran Chen July 2, 2023 - 1:44amThe ungrading approach means that I can complete the activity without having to carefully follow the instruction of the assignment to revise my work as I usually do with other assignments. The ungraded approach is often used for open-ended...
Look what just arrived on my doorstep! #howeducationworks from @au_press is now available in print...
By Jon Dron June 29, 2023 - 1:49pmHard copies and e-book versions of How Education Works are now available, and they are starting to turn up in bookstores. The recommended retail price is CAD$40 but Amazon is selling the Kindle version for a bit less.Here are a few outlets that...Which version is required?
By Lilith Richter-Stephenson June 26, 2023 - 12:35amIn the Gooddocs we are asked to provide information on whihc program is required to run your code. Is there a way to test earlier versions of java to see if they can run my code effectively?Writing format and common grammar and sentencing errors
By Kyla James June 24, 2023 - 9:16pm Comments (1)This week we are editing our drafts for our critical review assignment and are asked to reflect on our how we usually format our writing, our reaction to style guides, and sentence, grammar, and punctuation issues that we may have identified in our...A decade of unwriting: the life history of "How Education Works"
By Jon Dron June 24, 2023 - 2:16pmAbout 10 years ago I submitted the first draft of a book called "How Learning Technologies Work" to AU Press. The title was a nod to David Byrne's book, "How Music Works".Criteria-based feedback and reader-based feedback
By Kyla James June 19, 2023 - 9:09pm Comments (1)Rarely am I in the position of editing other students work in academia, most likely because of time and opposing schedules, however the 606 graduate writing class at AU has provided me with this opportunity. I read the Elbow Chapters assigned...
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