Born and (mostly) raised in Calgary, Karl has been taking courses on and off at AU since 1999. At one point, he changed his major from Computing Science to Computing Science because the new program requirements fit what he’d already taken better. Since then, he switched to English and graduated (w/Great Distinction he likes to add) proving along the way that it is entirely possible to complete an entire AU course within a three week period. If only he had done this at the beginning of the course instead of in the last extension.
This is not something he advises unless you are desperate, masochistic, or, ideally, both.
He is currently the managing editor of The Voice Magazine, where he tries to put his education to use helping other students as they provide content for The Voice
The meeting started with ten of the eleven remaining councillors present. Councillor Regan Johnson unfortunately was absent due to an illness. With the acknowledgement of working on the traditional lands of various indigenous people’s President Stacey Hutchings called for others to indicate which lands they were on in the chat, and several councillors and staff… Read more »
There was some big news today in that the NDP party has pulled ahead of the UCP party in voting intentions, according to major pollster, Angus Reid. This comes with the standard caveats, that the poll is a limited sample of people and, more damning, comes from their online pollster forums, meaning self-selection bias is… Read more »
I got a small lesson today about the use of pronouns. I have no issue with people using pronouns that may match their gender, regardless of their sex, but “they” and “their” are plural pronouns and without explanation it can make the writing difficult to understand. So when editing, and the pronoun being used is… Read more »
Once again, post-secondary in Alberta is being told to tighten its belt. Have you ever noticed that there never is an article about how post-secondary is being allowed to let its belt out? At any rate, the most recent Alberta budget has been released, and, as expected, it’s post-secondary education that will be taking the… Read more »
This hasn’t happened since before I became editor. In fact, it hasn’t happened since before the editor before me became editor. But I’m happy to announce that, once again, the Voice Magazine is hosting a writing contest. If you haven’t seen the article about it already, go look now, as that has all the details,… Read more »
The Voice is launching its 2021 writing contest, with categories for both fiction and non-fiction, and there’s a total $2000 available to be won. Please read the contest rules and regulations and submission guidelines carefully to ensure you are not disqualified. It’s free to enter, but the length limits are firm and all entries that go… Read more »
One of the things that AU is looking at these days is the question of alternative assessments. It’s always been somewhat of a niche topic, but it’s one that’s seen increasing interest, especially as the pandemic forces educators to reconsider, well, almost everything about how courses are designed. One of the principals of the AU… Read more »
The January 20th meeting started with the expected participants having a notable absence of a Vice-President of Finance and Administration. However, Councillor Monique Durette, the VPFA at the previous meeting, was still present. Supporting documents in the meeting noted two resignations. One of VPFA Monique Durette from the position, though she would be remaining on… Read more »
Things are starting to come together for something special that The Voice Magazine is going to do later this month and into March. If you’re not subscribed to our reminder list for when the magazine comes out, you may want to consider doing that. It’s only one email a week, after all, and sometimes it’s… Read more »
Sometimes I feel a bit old. This week, for instance, was the 25th anniversary of my marriage. I remember when I was a kid, 25th anniversaries were the domain of old people. And yet even though we’re marrying older, for some reason it seems those with 25th anniversaries are younger than ever. Perspective makes all… Read more »