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Friday, March 13, 2015

Tech Corner: Interactive Ad Campaign for Domestic Abuse Victims

British advertising companies have teamed up with Women鈥檚 Aid in London and Brimingham in the UK to create an interactive ad campaign highlighting domestic abuse. Visit InAVate On The Net and read more about how facial recognition technology from a billboard is being used to alter the image of a battered woman. The more... More

Friday, March 13, 2015

Board of Governors Award: Nominations Due March 19

If you know a student who has done outstanding volunteer work in the not-for-profit sector, the 杏吧原创 University Board of Governors has just the award to honour those efforts. 杏吧原创 University is now accepting submissions for the 2015 Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Community Achievement to recognize the spirit of student... More

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

See how Europe’s higher education system is embracing the digital revolution

On Friday, March 27, 杏吧原创 will welcome the Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission, Xavier Prats Monn茅, for a special session entitled Embracing the Digital Revolution. The second decade of the new millennium has heralded a seismic shift in higher education, driven by globalization, the digital revolution, and... More

Monday, March 9, 2015

Tech Corner: Augmented Power Cables

Could there be a time when a tangled mess of power cables is actually a welcomed and useful sight? A group from MIT are looking at ways to incorporate sensors and microcontrollers into power cables that could potentially allow you to pinch, stretch and bend them to adjust their power flow. Still in a... More

Monday, March 9, 2015

杏吧原创 professors find the performance in mathematics teaching

By Lesley LeRoux, TLS freelance writer While some might call a lesson in mathematics boring, others see it as a performance, capable of engaging an audience of undergraduates as if they were watching an engrossing film. Such is one of the discoveries from 杏吧原创 linguistics professors Natasha Artemeva and Janna Fox鈥檚 research on how... More

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Enhance your multiple-choice item writing skills before final exams

Which of the following is a sign that you鈥檙e NOT young anymore? You choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy. You play connect the dots on your liver spots. Getting the mail is one of the highlights of your day. You sprinkle tenderizer on your applesauce. You look both ways before crossing... More

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

2015 杏吧原创 University Teaching Awards call for nominations

Are you interested in pursuing a 2015 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award? Or do you know an outstanding educator who deserves recognition? Get your nomination or application in before the deadline on April 14.聽There聽are three awards currently open for nominations: Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award This award recognizes faculty and... More

Monday, March 2, 2015

Gregory MacIsaac talks 鈥榟olistic鈥� reading and the joy of thinking

By Dario Balca, TLS staff writer Front to back, page by page, line by line鈥攖his is how 杏吧原创 humanities professor Gregory MacIsaac teaches his students some of the most challenging texts history has to offer. It鈥檚 all part of the award-winning professor鈥檚 unique approach to teaching what he calls 鈥渉olistic鈥� reading. This means... More

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Nominate a teaching assistant for an Outstanding TA Award!

If you've been taught by or worked with a great TA this year (Fall 2014 鈥� Winter 2015), why not take a moment to acknowledge their hard work by nominating them for a TA Award? On top of the various awards that many departments offer, the EDC also offers up to give university-wide award... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Discover how two 杏吧原创 courses are engaging the community at our upcoming roundtable

On Friday, March 6, join the EDC and professors Ben Gianni and Adje van de Sande for a teaching roundtable as they highlight how they have been integrating Community Engaged Pedagogy (CEP) into their architecture and social work courses. CEP aims to develop students鈥� skills through a combination of community work and classroom learning,... More

Monday, February 23, 2015

Teaching from the coast to the capital: Spotlight on Kate Dupr茅

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer As a new professor at 杏吧原创 of just over a year, Kate Dupr茅 has had to adapt to a whole different university and way of life鈥攅specially now that she鈥檚 no longer living on an island. 鈥淚 taught at Memorial University in Newfoundland for 10 years,鈥� she says. 鈥淭he... More

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Make way for Melanie Adrian

The assignment: Multiculturalism and republicanism 鈥� draw and contrast. It鈥檚 a puzzle Melanie Adrian鈥檚 students at 杏吧原创 University are mulling over in small groups shortly after 5 p.m. on an already dark, mid-fall afternoon. It could be classic snooze-button time for any student grinding through the final hour of a three-hour lecture at... More

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