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New era in my ED career
After over a decade in the Office of Open Learning (OOL), on May 1, 2025, I redeployed to the Centre of Teaching and Learning in the Centre of Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Windsor. It is a little sad to say good bye to OOL, because we were a small but mighty…
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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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Welcome to my Teaching ePortfolio
Nobuko Fujita, PhD Online Learning Specialist Office of Open Learning, University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4 nfujita@uwindsor.ca I am a learning sciences researcher specializing in online and blended higher education. My research interests include knowledge building, computer-supported collaborative learning, e-learning, design-based research, assessment, and social media. I graduated from the Ph.D. program in the Curriculum…
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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…