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The Five Habits of Highly Effective Professors
What does it take to be a wizard inside and outside the classroom? 1. Get excited Everything in the world is inherently interesting. And everything in the world can be made incredibly boring. If I’m...
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Opening Night, The River We Stand In, and Whitewater Rafting Safety Tips
It’s been another active week at the college, with yet more students starting their apprenticeship labs, as well as faculty on campus (and at home) shooting videos (instructional and promotional) and...
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We Are Academic Leaders and Change-Makers
Here we are the Friday before classes start for a fresh new academic year. To carry forward with my theatre analogy from last week (and hopefully not stretch it too far!), I guess we could say that...
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10 Tips for fostering instructional immediacy in online classrooms
How can we create online learning environments that are as dynamic, collaborative and successful as the best face-to-face classrooms? Is it even possible? My own experience in online graduate teaching...
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#EveryChildMatters #OrangeShirtDay
This past week saw the Fall Equinox, as students are getting settled into the new academic year. It is an exciting time of new beginnings, possibilities, and hope. Some are excited and leap right in...
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Online Learning… through a Student Lens
Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash Last week I had the opportunity to meet with student leaders about the student experience through this widespread and radical transition to online learning over the...
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TEDx – Radical Self-Leadership: Banish self-doubt with 3 essential practices
What does it take to banish self-doubt and embrace radical self-leadership?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtFUoA_0fwE In October of 2019 I had the honour of joining an extraordinary roster of thought...
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A Flock of Sparrows
Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash I’ve been thinking about mental health, wellness, and self-care lately, as we approach a full year of public health measures to combat the spread of the COVID...
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Liminal: “occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold”
Photo by Efe Kurnaz on Unsplash Passing the one-year mark in this global pandemic has got me taking stock and thinking about what it means to be living (and having lived) through a strange and...
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Convocation Season: So many ways to “cross the stage”
It’s convocation season! Proud graduates, along with their families, friends, faculty, and loved ones, are celebrating the culmination of their journeys through post-secondary learning. All the...
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