All across the country, student affairs professionals are trying to figure out how to move their services online. Appointments for things like academic advising and counselling are being moved to Zoom or some other video-conferencing tool. Some writing centres are…
Over the last 10-20 years, there has been a pretty rapid shift from analogue to digital. Podcasts, videos, blog posts and social media are now a major part of most people’s daily ecosystem. As these mediums become more prevalent, the…
I fell in love with the internet a long time ago. As a young, unconfident introvert, it was a great way for me to share thoughts and engage in conversations while being a safe distance away from judgement. As an…
In October 2019, I attended the NODA conference in Houston, Texas to learn all about orientation and share some of our work at UVic. While the conference didn’t quite meet my expectations in terms of session quality, I managed to…
I’ve been reading a lot about quality online learning lately, both for a literature review I had to write, and for course readings. There are a lot of factors that influence online learning effectiveness, and a lot of small (and…
I never thought that reading an academic article would be an emotional experience, but reading Funes and Mackness’ article When inclusion excludes: A counter narrative of open online education felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster. It started off…
There’s no debating that education is a good thing. Education can lift people from poverty, move society forward, and open up new opportunities and possibilities. In this light, open practices seem like a great idea. They make education accessible to…
Another new year, another round looking ahead at the year and setting goals for what I want to accomplish and who I want to be. I truly love this time of year. Having now gone through the process of setting…
My original intent had been to blog regularly throughout my program, sharing my experience as a grad student. By ‘regularly’, I had been envisioning weekly. We’re now five weeks into the fourth course, and this is the first time I’m…
At the end of 2018, I watched Tyler Oakley’s “100 Things We Did in 2018” video. Since Tyler Oakley is famous, his video had a lot of big, magical moments in it, like competing in Fear Factor and being on…