Analysis and Support of MOOCs
My contributions to the Network Learning ‘Hot Seat’ addressing the question, “How do we analyse and support the networked interactions of thousands of people learning together?” View the whole discussion…
November 2015
Role for Educators in MOOCs
My comments to the Networked Learning Conference ‘hot seat’ on the role of educators in MOOCs. Read the full discussion here. # # # At the risk of self-reference, I’d…
The Incredible Shrinking Road: Staff Pulls a Fast One on Council with Shorter Maley Drive
It’s been a big week in Greater Sudbury for Maley Drive watchers like me. Back in September, our municipal Council asked staff if it could review certain documentation which had…
Newly Elected Malahat First Nation Chief Caroline Harry is dead against the Steelhead LNG deal and its potential impact on the fish-bearing Saanich Inlet.
Richard Hughes South Cowichan Echo reporter Peter Rusland has sent us this story, originally published in the South Cowichan Echo. Peter tells of an amazing triumph Carole Harry who was…
Telus to cut 1,500 jobs but hike dividend 5%
Hmm… Wireless customers fleeing the company. Profits up. 1,500 jobs cut. And shareholders getting a 10% hike? Looks like this telecom giant isn’t putting its eggs in the “good customer…
Yes, Yes, Yes!!! Conservatives Choose the Big Hair for Interim Leader
Rona Ambrose will lead the Conservatives in Parliament. Yippee! Let the games begin.
Canada’s New Climate Change Minister ‘Excited’ To Tackle Emissions. Is this For Real?!
It’s already big news that Canada now has a Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna. But it might be even more newsworthy that McKenna is promising that Canada…
Nov. 5: Dominic Leblanc named House Leader! says Irving news.
Gee! Who woulda guessed. And what does Dominic Leblanc stand for? Who knows? But this almost certainly will make him the bagman for New Brunswick, the boy who picks up…
Yes!!! New York Attorney General Launches Criminal Probe into Exxon’s Climate Lies
It’s one thing to knowingly deceive and confuse the public about the reality of climate change but when you’re also misleading shareholders into how climate change might affect their investments…
And, to commemorate the Guy who tried to blow up Parliament…
…we will pick up the pieces and meet in Parliament to pick our next, er, Guy! (Or, if they’re smart, gal.) Has anyone else noticed that the #CPC are picking…
The Liberals Just Restored Canada’s Long-Form Census. Here’s Why That Matters
Canada’s new Minister of Innovation, Science and Development, Navdeep Bains, told reporters on Parliament Hill on Thursday that the federal government is restoring the mandatory long-form census just in time…
Misunderstanding Local Government
A recent editorial in the Collingwood Connection underscores the need to have writers who understand the actual process of government, and not simply comment on politics from an ideological perspective.…
An Auspicious Start
Today, the first full day of the new Trudeau government, is a day that suggests what is to come. The long-from mandatory census, whose importance I discussed in a recent…
Geist: Official Release of TPP Text Confirms Massive Loss to Canadian Public Domain
The final TPP text threatens Internet freedom and will force Canada to overhaul copyright. Here’s Michael Geist on what we can expect our copyright law to look like. Article by…
The Census Returns!
Here’s what I wrote about the Census back in 2010: The debate focuses on the long form. Those trying to axe the Census argue these questions are an invasion of…
Shaggy cool cat
In process, maybe done, maybe not. I feel a push-pull about doing something in the background. Typically – even as I neglected the practice for a time – it starts…
Short-form punditry, from long ago
About the long-form census move that Stephen Harper made, so many years ago – lifted from this web site way back in January 2011: “A disastrously dumb move: the mishandling…
Addressing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Being at the table during deliberations on war, peace, and the fate of nations was an extraordinary experience. I remember seeing the Berlin Wall fall, and hoping that the age…
Final TPP text threatens Internet freedom and will force Canada to overhaul copyright – but will Trudeau go along?
tppreleased_720.jpg Final text includes provisions to censor the Internet, rob the public domain, and force Canada to import U.S.-style copyright rules November 5, 2015 – Over a month since a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 5, 2015
Your news links for today: Official Release of TPP Text Confirms Massive Loss to Canadian Public Domain – Michael Geist Bell’s third quarter results exceed analyst estimates – Mobile Syrup…