As a student you may be familiar with platforms like Moodle, Blackboard, and Bright Space.  What you may not know is how little is understood about such platform’s relative efficacy, in terms of quantifiable participant statistics.  Despite feedback from pupils to tutors, such “data is very difficult to access and interpret by instructors and learning… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Feb 13, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Learning MLA Tues, Feb 13, 12:30 to 2:00 pm MST Online via MS Teams Hosted by AU Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/learning-mla-2 Register through above link AUSU Student Council Election… Read more »

Facebook: Consider taking funded spring/summer classes! One student inquires about the possibility of receiving funding for a third semester in a year. Another student responds that it is indeed possible to receive funding for a third term, which is known as an intercession period. However, the funding for intercession periods is typically less than the… Read more »

February 2 is Groundhog Day in North America.  Now that you’ve got your late-winter forecast, join us as we dig around for some of the critters in the archives. Move over, Bill Murray.  Erik Ditz beats the late-winter blues by providing some tips on movie, music, and book gems.  “Around this time of year, it… Read more »

Scholarship name:  Horatio Alger Undergraduate Scholarships Sponsored by:  Horatio Alger Association of Canada Deadline:  March 15, 2024 Potential payout:  $5000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be enrolled full-time as a high school grade 11 student (or first year of CEGEP) in Canada, exhibit a strong commitment to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree program at an… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Feb 6, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Developing Your Research Series An Intro to Literature Reviews Tue,Feb 6, 12:30 to 2:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library and Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/developing-your-research-series-an-intro-to-literature-reviews Register through above… Read more »

Facebook: Consider taking funded spring/summer classes! One student inquires about the possibility of receiving funding for a third semester in a year. Another student responds that it is indeed possible to receive funding for a third term, which is known as an intercession period. However, the funding for intercession periods is typically less than the… Read more »

Snow-hardy Canadians hearing about the “snow bomb” hitting parts of Belgium last week—dropping 10 centimetres of snow or more!—may have chuckled a bit.  We did, too, then we shovelled through the archives to find a couple of references to that hard-hit country. Pass the Jesus, please.  Xine Wang goes beyond the borders of turkey dinner… Read more »

If you like computer coding and always wanted to invent a board game this is the job posting for you.  Other tasks include utilizing word and language predictive software in the “research areas: natural language processing, artificial intelligence, neural networks, [and] software development”.  As course material uses more complex software, you’d be part of the… Read more »

Library Chat Tues, Jan 30, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page How to APA: The Essentials of Formatting, Citing, and Paraphrasing Tues, Jan 30, 12:30 to 2:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library and Write Site www.athabascau.ca/news/events/how-to-apa-the-essentials-of-formatting-citing-and-paraphrasing-5 Register… Read more »