The theme this week, as it turns out, is self-analysis. We start with our interview with Dr. “Vive” Kumar, proponent of learning analytics, and analytics in general, where actions are consciously reviewed and analyzed to ascertain more meaning from them. He even applies this to himself when he’s marking the assignments of his students. It’s… Read more »
500 Energy Square, 10109 ? 106 ST NW Edmonton AB T5J 3L7 phone:780.497.7000 fax: 780.497.7003 toll free: 855.497.7003 ausu@ausu.org; www.ausu.org Chief Returning Officer (CRO) required for upcoming AUSU Election The Athabasca University Students’ Union is currently accepting applications to fill the role of its CRO for an upcoming summer 2015 election. The CRO, working with… Read more »
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Activity on AUSU’s Forums has picked up since The Voice Magazine’s June 12, 2015 article, “Dismantling the AUSU Forum”. Elsewhere, many students seem to be wrapping up courses before the summer. AUSU Student Forums In the Course Discussions forum, user KALinton seeks information on the format of POLI 277 assignments. Other topics include student e-mail… Read more »
It’s summer, and thunderstorms are rolling across the fields and darkening the skies over cities. How to stay safe from these awe-inspiring displays of nature’s power? Click through this week’s links for before, during, and post-storm safety. Out in the Wild Of course you’re supposed to be indoors during a storm, but what if you’re… Read more »
Have you read articles in The Voice lately that made you wonder what the blazes is going on at AUSU these days? I have. When I went up to AU’s Convocation ceremonies this year, I had the chance to meet AUSU President, Shawna Wasylyshyn, in person, and was so fascinated by what she had to… Read more »
It does not take more than a few minutes attending the Athabasca University Convocation to see just what sets AU apart from other universities. One of the first things I noticed was how many graduates had travelled from all over the world to be there, many more than at brick-and-mortar university ceremonies. Since AU is… Read more »
As an AU student who hopes one day to make the journey to Athabasca to collect her degree, I’m concerned with recent reports regarding AU’s long-term viability. Media reports predicting the demise of AU, or a merge with another institution, seem to crop up annually, followed by some water-on-the-fire response by the university. This year’s… Read more »
I often see questions about course recommendations. Thankfully, I have been told that the course evaluations should be back up and running by September. Until then I thought I would share some insights into courses that I have loved, struggled through, and bumped my GPA. The course that I wish I had taken earlier in… Read more »
(Read the first part of this article here.) “The more you understand the music, the easier you can dance.” – Orlando Gutinez Mezwed is a highly sensual?and danceable?musical genre. One of my earliest encounters with it was at a wedding in Gafsa; this having been my first visit to Tunisia, I was not at all… Read more »