Two years after I first walked into a classroom in the basement of Clearihue for my first day of grad school, I’ve officially graduated. The grad box arrived last week, so now I have that degree in hand (and the…
Category: Educational Technology
One of my two presentations at #CACUSS21 was all about digital accessibility. For this presentation, I partnered with Charlie Watson from UVic’s Centre for Accessible Learning to share basic principles of accessibility, demo some assistive technology tools, and share a…
This post was originally posted on Remote Teaching Resources as part of an EDCI 565 assignment. It was co-written with Joanna Lake. Having a computer and internet access does not automatically make the content viewed via the computer and internet…
This post was originally posted on Remote Teaching Resources as part of an EDCI 565 assignment. It was co-written with Joanna Lake. Despite the fact that we all spend a lot of time living in a digital world, we’re taught…
This post was originally posted on Remote Teaching Resources as part of an EDCI 565 assignment. It was co-written with Joanna Lake. Since COVID-19 forced the world to embrace online learning, we’ve been hearing a lot about issues of access….
A month ago, when we first began exploring the concept of curriculum, I put forth the metaphor of curriculum as a baby human. Both form the centre of your life, dictate structure, demand to not be forgotten, and can be…
As a student affairs professional, especially one who has always worked in student life, I often find myself trying to convince people that I am, in fact, an educator. As articulated by ACPA’s The Student Learning Imperative in 1994, student…
Critical review of resource Online learning opportunities have been growing in number since the early 1990s, and online learning is often said to increase access to education (Hashey & Stahl, 2014). However, many of the content types and technologies used…
Despite the fact that we all spend a lot of time living in a digital world, we’re taught rather little about digital accessibility. As a result, lots of digital content (websites, blogs, PDFs, Word documents, videos, etc.) are inaccessible to…
In the classroom, curriculum is a well-known concept. Curriculum dictates what you teach and what your students learn and, in many ways, forms the cornerstone of our educational system. In student affairs, my professional field of practice, curriculum is a…