How Martin Luther King’s legacy speaks to our Canadian reality
n April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Most Canadians, even those with little knowledge…
2013
5818…Ex Raptor Gets Kid Kicked Out Of School
Texas. Where I am thinking toting a gun is not a big deal. Haircuts coz problems though. Ball Don’t Lie reports that A young San Antonio Spurs fan faces an…
MOOC Provider Panel: Coursera, Academic Partnerships, Instructure, edX
Summary of a panel with Maria H. Andersen (Canvas by Instructure), Relly Brandman (Coursera), Rebecca Petersen (EdX), Barbara E. Truman (Academic Partnerships) Question: How do you think the MOOC will…
5817…NHL Games Cancelled April 4th
1968. Serious stuff. MLK gets murdered. WFDS
Climate Science Denier James Delingpole Calls For "Alarmists" To Face Court With Death Penalty Powers
I IMAGINE only a small percentage of people reading this have had any journalism training, but don’t let that stop you from pondering the following ethical question. If you read…
Trio of Shame II: New Citizenship Guide Has More Monarchy, Less History
This isn’t entirely a new story, because it seems that the official Canadian Citizenship Guide was published last fall, but I’d not heard much about it until Le Devoir‘s Marie…
Internet Interruptus
Today is the second day I have been without direct internet access owing to some sort of problem on the Bell network. Yesterday I was in the midst of writing…
International Perspective: The MOOC and Campus-Based Learning
Summary of a presentation by Phillip D. Long, University of Queensland Role of the University: – Drew Faust, Harvard: it’s not really about what’s happening term by term or even…
Causation
Ediger v. Johnston, 2013 SCC 18 restores a multi-million damages award to a B.C. girl whose health and future were severely compromised by a birthing-room error. In a ruling today,…
CBC interviews Senator Mike Duffy!
Mike Duffy is quite eloquent. 😉 Watch the video below. What a jackass! Taxpayers pay him $134000.00 in annual salary and another $403,392 for expenses. “During his first three months…
Will new businesses help the DTES?: A much needed lesson on the definition of gentrification
Apparently it looks like this has become a series on Gentrification in the DTES: 1) Are the Anti-Gentrification Front protesters wrong to “vandalize” Save-on-Meats? 2) Anarchy, the Anti-Gentrification Front and…
Secrets: Responsibility for diluted chemo cocktails may be tied up in secret contract
Who is responsible for the unexpectedly diluted chemotherapy cocktail that more than a 1,000 cancer patients received since February 2012? And will we ever know when aspects of the story…
The Real Price We Pay for Fossil Fuel Energy
Did you know our government spend money subsidizing fossil fuel energy to keep prices artificially low? A new International Monetary Fund study uncovers just how much these subsidies are and…
Assessing the Efficacy of Third-Party MOOCs in Hybrid Instruction
Summary of a presentation by Rebecca Griffiths, ITHAKA Why did we start this study? It’s very difficult to engage students ‘in the wild’. They come in with a great deal…
Bill Maher’s Take on Christianity and Just About Everything Else
Maher, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and it is hilarious.
Getawayfromme – the Hot Nasties
Getting ready for tonight’s SFH session, and dug up this old Hot Nasties tune for us to try – Getawayfromme. Boy, I was an angry young man. (Who has become…
Digging into MOOC Mania: One Investor’s Key Research Questions and Approach
Summary of a presentation from Stacey L. Clawson, Anh Nguyen, Gates Foundation (Stacey) MOOCs are one of the trends that are top of mind for institutional leaders. Institutions are pursuing…
Agreeing to a summary judgment
It is becoming common in civil matters for parties to agree a case is fit for summary judgment. In effect the parties agree to a modified stated case. The Court…
Multiple Lessons Learned from Implementing MOOC Environments at San Jose State University
Summary of a presentation by speaker Ellen Junn Technically our MOOCs aren’t MOOCs any more, because we’re doing them for college credit, so there’s a fee involved. Also not all…