TALON IS...

A Teaching and Learning Online Network
An interactive lexicon of tools and resources for remote teaching and learning
A hub for critical discussion of approaches to online design education
A bulletin keeping the academic community informed about current developments in the virtual classroom

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Essays:
Reimagining Education: Stories of Hope

Editorial Team: Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Upasana Gitanjali Singh, Richard Heller, Rajan Madhok, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield

Main Contact: Richard Heller, rfheller4[at]gmail.com

A collection of short essays providing examples that approach education from a fundamental human and humane perspective, recognising the need to reimagine learning and teaching.

Book to be published open access late 2024.

More information here.

TALON Book

Voices from the Digital Classroom: 25 Interview about Teaching and Learning in the Face of a Global Pandemic (2022, University of Calgary Press)

Order your copy here - or download it as a free e-book: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773852782/

Voices from the Digital Classroom has been honoured by the 2023 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, an annual competition that features the very best in design from University Presses across North America. The book was selected as a feature for outstanding design in the category “Book Jackets and Covers” https://design.up.hcommons.org/2023-book-jackets-and-covers-selections/ and in the category “Scholarly Typographic” https://design.up.hcommons.org/2023-scholarly-typographic-selections/

A wonderful review of the book can be found here: https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi27.979

And, tune in (around minute 50) to this podcast to hear what our contributors Kris Hans and Erik Christiansen have to say about the book - and their contribution: EdTech Examined Ep. #48 Tune Up

Also, check out our OE Week (06-10 March, 2023) book resource page:
https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/resources/2023/book-voices-from-the-digital-classroom/

There’s also this blog post highlighting our #CLS2023 book presentation:
https://clalliance.org/blog/navigating-the-future-of-education-voices-from-the-digital-classroom/

TALON Letters

In this magazine (NextCalgary #14) we share the 35 e-Letters written for faculty , collaborators and other interested third parties between 2000-2022.

Copies of TALON Letters can be purchased at Shelf Life, Amazon and Apple’s Book store - or by contacting us. The original Letters can be accessed here.

Card Deck

The TALON Online Education card deck is designed to help you start a conversation about teaching and learning in the digital classroom.

Find out more here - and download a free copy.

TALON - Teaching and Learning Online Network

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