I came upon a student in distress
One afternoon last fall, I went to the washroom in the McLennan Library. Unexpectedly, I heard sobbing coming fromContinue Reading
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eLATE Teaching Week: Professors open classrooms for peer observation
Teaching can be an isolating endeavour. Instructors often prep material on their own, go to class, teach, and then goContinue Reading
Publishing’s wild west watchdog
When we hear academic integrity, we often think about the student code of conduct which contains policies on plagiarism andContinue Reading
Reddit Ask Me Anything for McGill’s MOOC on Natural Disasters
What causes natural disasters? Can you avoid them? To kick off the third run of their Natural Disasters MOOC onContinue Reading
Reflections on the Sustainability Learning Community
There’s a lot of buzz around McGill these days about sustainability. We have an office dedicated to it, hundreds ofContinue Reading
The Body Matters – BODY101x – McGill’s 3rd MOOC has begun
McGill has just released its third MOOC, The Body Matters (BODY101x) on the edX platform. This course is 10 weeks longContinue Reading
My farmer, my teacher
Earlier this fall I spent an afternoon in my farmers’ field digging up carrots. Yes, I am part of communityContinue Reading
The value of a liberal arts education
Postmodernism debunked- “As debunkers, they contribute to a cultural climate that has little tolerance for finding or making meaning”! It’sContinue Reading
Co-teaching a blended class across universities: Why? And why not?
This term I am co-teaching a graduate class in advanced groundwater hydrology with Grant Ferguson (University of Saskatchewan) and SteveContinue Reading
Using social media and mobile technology in the classroom
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at an Education Technologies conference, on the topic of using social mediaContinue Reading