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
I went to the AUSU Council Meeting this week, you can find out more about what happened there in my Council Connection column, but being there reminded me about how big this institution really is, and how we, sitting here at home doing our courses, rarely get any sense of that. We never see the… Read more »
DocZone over on CBC recently had an episode called “Faking the Grade” which examined cheating in post-secondary schools. One of the more alarming facts to come from this documentary was the estimate that at least 70% of university students cheated some time during their high school years, and that many continue to cheat all through… Read more »
It was just over six months ago that I first took over this job from our previous editor, Christina Frey. AUSU and I agreed to certain benchmarks to be attained in my first year and so half way through that seemed like a good time to get an update on how things are going. The… Read more »
Dr. Laurie Milne is the current Co-ordinator of Anthropology at AU. She’s authored three of AU’s Anthropology courses (ANTH 272, ANTH 394, and ANTH 320), and currently is a tutor for six courses while co-ordinating ten courses overall. She is also a subject matter expert in the area for AU, which means she is consulted… Read more »
Cards on the table time. I’m a senate supporter. It seems there’s not many of those in Canada these days, but I’m one of them. I feel the senate performs a vital function in our House of Commons, and does so specifically because it is an unelected body with lifetime appointments. I feel there are… Read more »
Dr. Vive S. Kumar has been tutoring Computing Science courses at AU since July of 2008. Tutoring Comp 268, 272, 347, and 494 at the undergraduate level, he’s responsible for the education of approximately 270 students. Dr. Kumar kindly consented to be interviewed by The Voice Magazine, and here is the gist of that interview…. Read more »
Easter is upon us. When I was young, I used to enjoy the holiday, and we’d make a ritual out of boiling the eggs, and finding new and interesting ways to apply the dye to make them so brightly colored. My favorite was wrapping the egg up in a paper towel, twisting it tight, and… Read more »
Right before tax day and news of a new security vulnerability has taken down many public government websites. The Heartbleed vulnerability, if you haven’t heard about it, allows a snooper to hack in and view unencrypted traffic on a server That’s supposed to be encrypted. With a bit of luck, the hacker could even get… Read more »
For 35 years, Dr. Jim Brophy has been involved in environmental and occupational health. He was the executive director of the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers in Windsor and Sarnia and has been working with Athabasca University for the past four years. He currently is tutoring Sociology 348 ? Environmental Justice Issues, and responsible… Read more »
I’m angry today. If you haven’t heard, and apparently somewhere around 85% of Canadians haven’t, our Conservative Government is attempting to rapidly put through a new Elections law. They’re euphemistically calling the bill the “Fair Elections Act”, but on reading it, there’s very little that’s fair about it. Almost every constitutional or elections expert has… Read more »