This is a personal note and reflection on my trip to the North Country Fair for the 31st annual solstice celebration and folk festival. Way back in 1979 I was […]
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Passing of a scholarly friend
I was saddened to hear this morning of the death of a good friend, fellow Canadian and colleague, Robin Mason. Robin was an influential and important figure in the development […]
I'm your fan
Just had to share an incredible experience shared with 8,000 others at Leonard Cohen’s world tour concert in Vancouver last night. The evening with poet of our generation exceeded all […]
On Walden Pond
A portion of the motivation for the 15 years I spent on a homestead farm in Northern Alberta was inspired by reading and rereading of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond […]
Passing through Elgg
On the train yesterday, through the beautiful fall colored Swiss countryside, I was delightfully surprised to speed through the small town of Elgg – It is located between Zurich and […]
Chalk Assisted Instruction (CAI)
The presentation at the European Conference on E-Learning ECEL 2007 of Jon Dron and my paper – on Groups, Network and Collectives had some exciting moments. It was scheduled in […]
Online End of Class Christmas Party
This year’s version of Athabasca’s University Masters in Distance education course “Emerging Technologies in Distance Education” ended with our now traditional online party. The gala event (beginning on Elluminate) began […]
Shameless Self promotion – for Mom
From the AU News Room: Dr. Terry Anderson’s appointment as Canada Research Chair in distance education has been renewed for five years. He was presented with the award at the […]
A bus ran over my MP3 Player
This is not an April Fools joke, but a true story of near calamity. Yesterday, I was pedaling my bike along Jasper Avenue, Edmonton’s main downtown street, on my usual […]