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AI and the Future of Teaching and Learning
This past academic year (2023-2024), I had the pleasure of serving as an elected Member-at-Large on the University of Windsor’s Senate. Being on Senate was a valuable experience for me, as I was more informed about the academic matters of the University and had an opportunity to engage in discussion on how to support the…
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Scholarship Revisited
Photo by fauxels Almost 20 years ago, when I started blogging as a graduate student, my posts were mostly about what I was reading related to my dissertation research. I was what my colleague Wendy F. called a “traditional” graduate student. I had full funding with scholarships to enable me to be a full-time student.…
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Revisiting the blog
Since I moved to Windsor to become a faculty member, first in the Faculty of Education, and later in the Office of Open Learning, my blogging really slowed down. Finding time to reflect and write became a challenge with my academic workload of 50% teaching, 30% service, and 20% research. I was simply too busy…
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CJLT article on online learning journals
I am pleased to announce that the article Clare, Bruce and I wrote a while back is finally in print! Brett, C., Forrester, B. C., & Fujita, N. (2009). Online learning journals as an instructional and self-assessment tool for epistemological growth. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology/La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie,…
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Midtown Option Critical Inquiry Conference – Part II
On April 16, 2009, I delivered an invited presentation at the annual Critical Inquiry Conference for the Midtown Option, a cohort in OISE/UT’s Initial Elementary Teacher Education Program. My talk, “Teacher inquiry:Learning in and from practice,” related some of my own experiences as a researcher in classrooms and schools. Inquiry ought to be regarded as…
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Qwerty Masthead
In a previous life, I worked in magazine publishing, where I got used to seeing my name in the mastheads of some 18+ different trade publications. It is a pleasure to see my name back in print again, this time in the context of academic publishing and with illustrious company!
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Publishing Process
This past week, I signed off on a publication on interactive whiteboards that I submitted with my co-authors Cathi and John in June 2008. I am proud of this effort because it’s my first first authored publication on research that is not related to my dissertation. It reports a much more practical, applied kind of…
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Moving photos over
My blog has moved many times–from Blogger to Movable Type, then WordPress as a part of GRAIL, and finally to the most recent migration outside of GRAIL. In so doing, some of my photos went awry (or is it awol?). Thanks to Joan and Chris, I have recovered the photos and am now in the…
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Clafouti
Another TO bucket list item, complete! If you are looking to savor a mean lemon tart, you might do worse than to visit Clafouti. I would have to do a side-by-side tasting to vote for my fave, but Dufflet Pastries also bakes lovely lemon tarts. They didn’t have any pain au chocolat left at Clafouti,…
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Plurk
On October 10, 2008 I began using Plurk, a “social journal for your life” Here’s my Plurk page It seems that Plurk has attracted some readers to my blog. Check out the Blog Stats (so geeky, I know, but I couldn’t resist 😉