Now is the Time to Be Brave: Pedagogy for a World in Transition
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Now is the Time to Be Brave: Pedagogy for a World in Transition

For many of us, the last 18 months have been a time of transition and turmoil as we have faced a global pandemic, a growing climate emergency, increased racial violence, and the impacts of historical and ongoing colonization (to name just a few of the issues that have arisen in 2020-21). As a university community…

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Understanding Privacy Concerns for Teaching and Learning

There was a time when I, like many of you, had not considered the personal information that was being collected when using technology tools. My role in the teaching and learning Commons at KPU forced me to reconsider my laissez-faire attitude about such practices. It had not crossed my mind that student data and faculty…

Who comes first in the ‘new normal’ of pandemic pedagogy? The teacher or the learner?
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Who comes first in the ‘new normal’ of pandemic pedagogy? The teacher or the learner?

As trending hashtags and commercial taglines keep reminding us, the answer is neither, for we are in this together. If ever there was a time to yank the sage off the stage and extend a hand as a guide on the side, it is now. As we all suffer collective whiplash from the sudden pivot…