Author Archives: Jim

About Jim

Faculty Developer at Aurora College's Centre for Teaching and Learning

Found Through Twitter

The Twitter community of educators is my go-to place for finding current research along with conferences and webinars in my areas of interest. Fellow cMOOC participants and the people they follow curate a rich set of resources for self-directed professional … Continue reading

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Module one – #Ethics21 MOOC

I’m watching the recording from Stephen‘s intro yesterday to Ethics, Analytics, and the Duty of Care. Continue reading

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#Ethics21 MOOC Week Two – Applications of AI

I enjoyed seeing Stephen work through the process. I knew he eventually succeeded because I had already viewed the page that he was still trying to create on Tuesday – weird time warp. I immediately thought of another application that I could add, but I believe I misshandled it the first time. Continue reading

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#ethics21 MOOC First Week – What are ethics?

Ethics, can seem fairly simple. It’s what should be done. Then of course, one immediately runs into both ontological and epistemological questions. Continue reading

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Starting #ethics21

Stephen Downs is offering an analytics MOOC bracketed by ethics, and duty of care in the title. That’s enough to draw me in. Continue reading

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Micro Fiction Attempt Two

For Laura Gibbs’ #microfiction stream (AKA Critical Pedagogy and Storytelling) at Digital Pedagogy Lab 2021 (DPL), I am documenting my writing process here. This time I did concoct (is that a term writers use? – I wouldn’t know) an original … Continue reading

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Micro Fiction Attempts

For Laura Gibbs’ #microfiction stream (AKA Critical Pedagogy and Storytelling) at Digital Pedagogy Lab 2021 (DPL), I’ll attempt to document my writing process here. I’m thinking of trying to adapt and condense some stories I already know before making up … Continue reading

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A Hole in the LMS

Does your LMS have a hole?  It’s not a leak.  It’s a necessary feature. In our online class at Royal Roads University this week, Learning Management Systems are under the microscope.  To the question about a favourite LMS, I’m going … Continue reading

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Convergence

I stepped aside from my struggles with the incredible amount of homework taking six graduate course credits in six weeks entails long enough to look at what I was learning about research.  I’ve a long way to go yet, but … Continue reading

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The Price of Open

Early in our LRNT 502 Introduction to Research course we received an invitation to visit Academia.edu.  My first impression was not a positive one.  Faced with a login screen, I signed in with my Google account and immediately began receiving … Continue reading

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