LETTER RESOURCES (print magazine)
Issue 01 [p.2]
Remote teaching - the current situation
Talon is...
Image: Côté, J.-M. (1899). At School - A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:France_in_XXI_Century_(fiction)#/media/File:France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg
Top 3 resources
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/
SAPL
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/
Further
Taloncloud.ca
https://taloncloud.ca/
Issue 02 [p.3]
How to ready up
What do we mean
Image: Muybridge, E. (1887). Animal Locomotion https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_Locomotion_I#/media/File:Animal_locomotion._Plate_63_(Boston_Public_Library).jpg
Top 3 resources
e-learn
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/
D2L Essentials Workshop
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/workshop-d2l-essentials/
Teaching remotely checklist
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/teaching-remotely-checklist
Know more
D2L (Brightspace)
https://taloncloud.ca/D2L
D2L e-portfolio
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/d2l-eportfolio-build-view-share-and-modify-learning-artifacts/
Student resources for getting to know D2L
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/category/d2l/student-resources/
Further
Interview with Greg Tweedie
https://taloncloud.ca/Gregory-Tweedie
Issue 03 [p.4]
Get ready to create
What do we mean
Image: Chicago Tribune. (1968). Push-Button Education
https://jarche.com/2020/08/push-button-education/
Top 3 resources
Basics of course design
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/learning-and-instructional-design/course-design
Online course planning template
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/online-course-planning-template
Online course design checklist
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/online-course-design-checklist
Online discussion board activity planning worksheet
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/Content/Resources/Online-Learning/Online-Discussion-Board-Worksheet.pdf
Experiential learning site
https://library.ucalgary.ca/services/experiential-learning
Know more
UCalgary Information Technologies
https://it.ucalgary.ca/
Further
5 stages in the design thinking process
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process
Interview with Patrick Kelly
https://taloncloud.ca/Patrick-Kelly
Remote teaching - the current situation
Talon is...
Image: Côté, J.-M. (1899). At School - A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:France_in_XXI_Century_(fiction)#/media/File:France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab.jpg
Top 3 resources
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/
SAPL
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/
Further
Taloncloud.ca
https://taloncloud.ca/
Issue 02 [p.3]
How to ready up
What do we mean
Image: Muybridge, E. (1887). Animal Locomotion https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_Locomotion_I#/media/File:Animal_locomotion._Plate_63_(Boston_Public_Library).jpg
Top 3 resources
e-learn
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/
D2L Essentials Workshop
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/workshop-d2l-essentials/
Teaching remotely checklist
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/teaching-remotely-checklist
Know more
D2L (Brightspace)
https://taloncloud.ca/D2L
D2L e-portfolio
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/d2l-eportfolio-build-view-share-and-modify-learning-artifacts/
Student resources for getting to know D2L
https://elearn.ucalgary.ca/category/d2l/student-resources/
Further
Interview with Greg Tweedie
https://taloncloud.ca/Gregory-Tweedie
Issue 03 [p.4]
Get ready to create
What do we mean
Image: Chicago Tribune. (1968). Push-Button Education
https://jarche.com/2020/08/push-button-education/
Top 3 resources
Basics of course design
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/learning-and-instructional-design/course-design
Online course planning template
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/online-course-planning-template
Online course design checklist
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/online-course-design-checklist
Online discussion board activity planning worksheet
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/Content/Resources/Online-Learning/Online-Discussion-Board-Worksheet.pdf
Experiential learning site
https://library.ucalgary.ca/services/experiential-learning
Know more
UCalgary Information Technologies
https://it.ucalgary.ca/
Further
5 stages in the design thinking process
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process
Interview with Patrick Kelly
https://taloncloud.ca/Patrick-Kelly
What do we mean
Image: Herron, R. (1966). The Walking City on the Ocean
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/814
Top 3 resources
Course trailer
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/creating-a-course-trailer
Know More
Interview with Anthony Seto
https://taloncloud.ca/Anthony-Seto
Further
Microsoft Teams
https://taloncloud.ca/Microsoft-Teams
Adobe Connect Meeting
https://taloncloud.ca/Adobe-Connect-for-Meetings
UCalgary News
https://www.ucalgary.ca/ucalgary-news
UCalgary Events
https://events.ucalgary.ca/
SAPL’s What’s Happening
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/whats-happening
Design Matters Series
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/whats-happening/designmatters
Issue 05 [p.6]
How to be productive
What do we mean
Image: Adina-Mihaela, T. (2016). My Workspace on a September Morning
https://www.archdaily.com/796178/42-sketches-drawings-and-diagrams-of-desks-and-architecture-workspaces/57ea8d40e58ece7b9600017c-42-sketches-drawings-and-diagrams-of-desks-and-architecture-workspaces-image?next_project=no
Top 3 resources
OneDrive
https://taloncloud.ca/OneDrive
Know more: File management
OneDrive
https://taloncloud.ca/OneDrive
Google Drive
https://taloncloud.ca/Google-Drive
Dropbox
https://taloncloud.ca/Dropbox
Know more: Task management
Slack
https://taloncloud.ca/Slack
Trello
https://taloncloud.ca/Trello
Evernote
https://taloncloud.ca/Evernote
OneNote
https://taloncloud.ca/OneNote
Know more: Collaboration
Miro
https://taloncloud.ca/Miro
Mural
https://taloncloud.ca/Mural
Conceptboard
https://taloncloud.ca/Conceptboard
Google Docs
https://taloncloud.ca/Google-Docs
Further
An Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education by Petrea Redmond, Lindy-Anne Abawi, Alice Brown, Robyn Henderson and Amanda Heffernan
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1179626.pdf
Interview with Isadora Mok-Kulakova and Laura Perissinotti
https://taloncloud.ca/Isadora-Laura
How to be productive
What do we mean
Image: Adina-Mihaela, T. (2016). My Workspace on a September Morning
https://www.archdaily.com/796178/42-sketches-drawings-and-diagrams-of-desks-and-architecture-workspaces/57ea8d40e58ece7b9600017c-42-sketches-drawings-and-diagrams-of-desks-and-architecture-workspaces-image?next_project=no
Top 3 resources
OneDrive
https://taloncloud.ca/OneDrive
Know more: File management
OneDrive
https://taloncloud.ca/OneDrive
Google Drive
https://taloncloud.ca/Google-Drive
Dropbox
https://taloncloud.ca/Dropbox
Know more: Task management
Slack
https://taloncloud.ca/Slack
Trello
https://taloncloud.ca/Trello
Evernote
https://taloncloud.ca/Evernote
OneNote
https://taloncloud.ca/OneNote
Know more: Collaboration
Miro
https://taloncloud.ca/Miro
Mural
https://taloncloud.ca/Mural
Conceptboard
https://taloncloud.ca/Conceptboard
Google Docs
https://taloncloud.ca/Google-Docs
Further
An Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education by Petrea Redmond, Lindy-Anne Abawi, Alice Brown, Robyn Henderson and Amanda Heffernan
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1179626.pdf
Interview with Isadora Mok-Kulakova and Laura Perissinotti
https://taloncloud.ca/Isadora-Laura
Issue 06 [p.7]
Netiquette
Netiquette
What do we mean
Image: Höller, C. (1995). Kit for the Exploration of Self
http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1991
Top 3 resources
Eyes High Strategy
https://www.ucalgary.ca/eyeshigh/strategy
ii'taa'poh'to'p Indigenous Strategy
https://live-ucalgary.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/136/Indigenous%20Strategy_Publication_digital_Sep2019.pdf
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion
UCalgary Student Accessibility Services
https://www.ucalgary.ca/student-services/access
Guidelines for recording students in learning space
https://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/teaching-learning/recordings-learning-environments
Know more
Office of Indigenous Engagement
https://www.ucalgary.ca/indigenous
Further
Interview with Kris Hans and Erik Christiansen
https://taloncloud.ca/Kris-Hans-Erik-Christiansen
Interview with Tom Burns
https://taloncloud.ca/Tom-Burns
Issue 07 [p.8]
Tools that help you teach
Tools that help you teach
What do we mean
Image: Unknown (1931). Architects Dressed as their Buildings
https://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Architects-Dressed-As-Their-Buildings.jpg
Top 3 resources
Yuja
https://taloncloud.ca/YuJa
Top Hat
https://taloncloud.ca/Top-Hat
Qualtrics
https://taloncloud.ca/Qualtrics
Qualtrics - acceptable use policies and regulations for creating surveys
https://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/oia/qualtrics-policies
Know more
Kahoot!
https://taloncloud.ca/Kahoot
The Effect of using Kahoot! for Learning – A Literature Review by Alf Inge Wang and Rabail Tahir
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131520300208
Mentimeter
https://taloncloud.ca/Mentimeter
Google Forms
https://taloncloud.ca/Google-Forms
Interview with Anthony Seto
https://taloncloud.ca/Anthony-Seto
Snagit
https://taloncloud.ca/Snagit
IT software distribution page
https://iac01.ucalgary.ca/SDSWeb/LandingPage.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSDSWeb%2fdefault.aspx
Interview with Isadora Mok-Kulakova and Laura Perissonotti
https://taloncloud.ca/Isadora-Laura
Further
Interview with Brian McDonough
https://taloncloud.ca/Brian-McDonough
Interview with Robin Whitteker
https://taloncloud.ca/Robin-Whitteker
The Taylor Institute’s Learning Technology Coaches
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/learning-technology-coaches
Issue 08 [p.9]
Feedback and assessment
Feedback and assessment
What do we mean
Image: Van Haecht, W. (1628). The Gallery of Cornelis Van der Geest https://www.wga.hu/html_m/h/haecht/gallery.html
Top 3 resources
Guiding principles for assessment of students’ learning
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/guiding-principles-assessment-of-students-learning
Focus on formative feedback
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/focus-on-formative-feedback-for-teaching-development
Designing online assessments
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/module/designing-online-assessments
Taylor Institute’s Teaching Days
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/teaching-days
Further
Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning - Louis Deslauriers et al.’s
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1821936116
Interview with Anna-Maria Meister
https://taloncloud.ca/Anna-Maria-Meister
Interview with Darby-Marie Henshaw
https://taloncloud.ca/Darby-Marie-Henshaw
Issue 09 [p.10]
Experiential learning
Experiential learning
What do we mean
Experiential learning at UCalgary
https://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/sites/default/files/EL%20Plan%202020-25.pdf
Image: Dave Cutler Studio. (n.d.). Making Raw Data Useful
https://www.davecutlerstudio.com/stock
Top 3 resources
The Taylor Institute’s guide to Transitioning from Hands-on to Online Experiential Learning
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/transitioning-from-hand-on-to-online-experiential-learning
Online experiential learning resources
https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/experiential-learning-continuity
Concordia University’s Centre for Teaching and Learning, synchronous and asynchronous learning
https://www.concordia.ca/ctl/digital-teaching/synchronous-asynchronous.html
Further
Learning by Doing by Graham Gibbs
https://thoughtsmostlyaboutlearning.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/learning-by-doing-graham-gibbs.pdf
Kolb Learning Style Inventory 4.0 by Alice & David Kolb
https://experientiallearninginstitute.org/programs-workplace-training-experiential-learning-theory-kolb-experiential-learning/assessments/kolb-learning-style-inventory-4-0/
Experience and Education by John Dewey
https://www.schoolofeducators.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/EXPERIENCE-EDUCATION-JOHN-DEWEY.pdf
Interview with Charlie Smith
https://taloncloud.ca/Charlie-Smith
Interview with Jane MacFarlane
https://taloncloud.ca/Jane-MacFarlane
Issue 10 [p.11]
Starting up and closing down
Starting up and closing down
What do we mean
Image: Ikeda, R. (n.d.). Code-Verse
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/a3/1d/5ca31dcde6705cc66fa3b7a686174ecd.jpg
Know more
Teaching in the Age of Covid-19
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411270/
What impact is the pandemic having on post-secondary teachers and staff? - Canadian Association of University Teachers
https://www.caut.ca/sites/default/files/covid_release-impacts_of_pandemic-en-final-08-19-20.pdf
University Affairs – Covid-19 updates for Canadian universities
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/covid-19-updates-for-canadas-universities/
Interview with Sandra Sinfield
https://taloncloud.ca/Sandra-Sinfield
Interview with Vivian Ton
https://taloncloud.ca/Vivian-Ton
Letters in the fall
TALON A-Z resource list
https://taloncloud.ca/
Issue 11 [p.12]
Get to know
Get to know
What do we mean by
Image: Picasso. (1937). Weeping Woman
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/pablo-picasso-1767
Top 3 resources
SAPL students
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/current-students
UCalgary Student Services
https://www.ucalgary.ca/current-students/current-students/undergraduate/student-services
UCalgary Student Life
https://www.ucalgary.ca/current-students/student-life
UCalgary Student FAQ page
https://www.ucalgary.ca/registrar/registration/appeals/student-faq
Know more
Interview with Maha Bali
https://taloncloud.ca/Maha-Bali
Interview with Christal Ramanauskas
https://taloncloud.ca/Christal-Ramanauskas
Issue 12 [p.13]
What’s happening
What do we mean
Image: Signer, R. (2006). Heufieber
https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/roman-signer
Top 3 resources
New York Times, Tracking Coronarusvirus at US Colleges and Universities
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html
Know more
World Education Week
http://worldeduweek.org/
Covid-19 member sourced resources - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
https://www.acsp.org/page/covid19
Further
Interview with Ruth Healey
https://taloncloud.ca/Ruth-Healey
What’s happening
What do we mean
Image: Signer, R. (2006). Heufieber
https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/roman-signer
Top 3 resources
New York Times, Tracking Coronarusvirus at US Colleges and Universities
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html
Know more
World Education Week
http://worldeduweek.org/
Covid-19 member sourced resources - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
https://www.acsp.org/page/covid19
Further
Interview with Ruth Healey
https://taloncloud.ca/Ruth-Healey
Issue 13 [p.14]
Education innovation
What do we mean
UCalgary Research projects on Covid-19 - Our Impact: Covid-19 Research & Innovation
https://research.ucalgary.ca/research/our-impact/impact-covid-19-research-innovation
Alberta Covid-19 Story Map - Akanksha Bhargava
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91327fc6c4f1462cb788c2e21e67dc23
Top 3 resources
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning receives $1 million to catalyze online and blended learning (article)
https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/taylor-institute-teaching-and-learning-receives-1-million-catalyze-online-and-blended-learning?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRWbU9XUTNaRGcyTXpReSIsInQiOiJyc0xUdjdSamcrWjZjTUtJV0UrNXBBVkNYdlFtY3JNWkNQTjhLVGtlN2dSSFlBbkF3eXpBVjExRjlMUnVSVFROTjJuUUZ2ZjZTYXFPMnFIdkNUeU9PTFZHUWNkbEV1S0pQdUdnVnp6Rk1lXC9tQmcxWW95THJNaU9KRnlsbEN5V28ifQ%3D%3D
The Blue Dot Issue 12 – Reimagining Learning Spaces for Uncertain Times
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/64234704/the-blue-dot-12-reimagining-learning-spaces-for-uncertain-times
Lifelong Kindergarten – MIT Media Lab
https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/lifelong-kindergarten/overview/
Yusuf Ahmad - thesis research on creative learning design tools
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/tools-that-lower-the-floors-widen-the-walls-and-raise-the-ceilings-for-designing-creative-learning-experiences/
Know more
(Small) Tips for Class Organization and Student Workload - Emergency Online Teaching at WSU Vancouver (blog post)
https://emergencyonline.blog/
Further
Interview with Noreen Irvine
https://taloncloud.ca/Noreen-Irvine
TALON manifesto and glossary
https://taloncloud.ca/Manifesto-Glossary
TALON trailer
https://taloncloud.ca/TLN-Explained
Issue 14 [p.15]
Student perspectives
What do we mean
Image: Buyuktas, A. (2017). Flatland II: Bridge
http://www.aydinbuyuktas.com/?page_id=1572
Top 3 resources
UFlorish
https://ucalgary.ca/mentalhealth/uflourish?utm_source=ucalgary.ca/mentalhealth/uflourish&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=redirect
The Chronicle of Higher Education article - What Students Want Their Professors to Know
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-Teaching-What-Students-Want-Their-Professors-to-Know
The New Rules of Engagement - The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-The-New-Rules-of-Engagement
Jisc report – Digital Learning Rebooted
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/digital-learning-rebooted
Know more
Unstoppable – Growth through focus plan (UCalgary)
https://www.ucalgary.ca/president/unstoppable-growth-through-focus
SAPL Student Association
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/current-students/resources/sapl-student-association
Virtual tour of SAPL campuses
https://360.goterest.com/sphere/sapl?scene=5f10c86effd0e15631a5ba23
Progressive Studio Pedagogy by Charlie Smith
https://taloncloud.ca/Book-Progressive-Studio-Pedagogy
Interview with Charlie Smith
https://taloncloud.ca/Charlie-Smith
Further
Interview with Rujuta Nayak
https://taloncloud.ca/Rujuta-Nayak
Interview with Dimitri Giannoulis
https://taloncloud.ca/Dimitri-Giannoulis
Issue 15 [p.16]
Decolonizing the curriculum
What do we mean
Article: Online Learning isn’t as inclusive as you may think
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-Online-learning-isn-t-as-Inclusive-as-you-may-think
Image: Starlight, K. (n.d.). Untitled
https://rawartists.com/keeganstarlight
Top 3 resources
Office of Indigenous Engagement
https://www.ucalgary.ca/indigenous
Advocates for Equitable Design Education
https://www.facebook.com/equityindesigneducation/?ref=page_internal
Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion
Q Centre
https://www.su.ucalgary.ca/programs-services/student-services/the-q-centre/
Journal of Architectural Education Volume 74, Issue 2 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjae20/74/2?nav=tocList
International Network of Inclusive Practice
http://www.inip.org.uk/about/
Equity by Design Resources - Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
https://padlet.com/SIP_Grant/EBDUDL
Know more
6 Quick Ways to Be More Inclusive in a Virtual Classroom - The Chronicle of Higher Education (article)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/6-quick-ways-to-be-more-inclusive-in-a-virtual-classroom
Equity Unbound
http://unboundeq.creativitycourse.org/
Interview with Maha Bali
https://taloncloud.ca/Maha-Bali
Designing for Diversity within Online Learning Environments - Holzl, A.
https://www.ascilite.org/conferences/brisbane99/papers/holzl.pdf
Further
5 Essential books on making cities anti-racist
https://archive.curbed.com/2020/6/5/21281828/5-essential-books-for-designing-equitable-cities
Series 1 TALON Voices
https://taloncloud.ca/Voices
Issue 16 [p.17]
Embodiment in the virtual world
What do we mean
Image: Unkown (1982). Tron Wallpaper
https://wallpapersafari.com/1982-tron-wallpaper/
Top 3 resources
Hubs by Mozilla
https://taloncloud.ca/Hubs
Wonder
https://taloncloud.ca/Wonder
BBC Sound Effects
https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/
University Affairs article, How to Adapt Experiential Learning Activities in the Time of Covid-19
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/how-to-adapt-experiential-learning-activities-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
Further
Interview with Mary-Ellen Tyler
https://taloncloud.ca/Mary-Ellen-Tyler
Interview with Guy Gardner
https://taloncloud.ca/Guy-Gardner
Issue 17 [p.18]
Game-based learning
What do we mean
Interview with Anthony Seto
https://taloncloud.ca/Anthony-Seto
Image: Beuys, J. (1974). I Like America and America Likes Me
https://www.wikiart.org/en/joseph-beuys/i-like-america-and-america-likes-me
Top 3 resources
Lesley-Ann Noel - A Designer’s Critical Alphabet
https://hyperallergic.com/601804/a-designer-teaches-people-how-to-see-others-who-are-not-like-them/
A Designer’s Critical Alphabet (card game)
https://criticalalphabet.com
Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies (card game)
https://www.transfeministech.codingrights.org/
Actually Curious (card game)
https://www.actuallycurious.com/
Professors at Play
https://professorsatplay.org/
Goosechase
https://taloncloud.ca/Goosechase
Know more
Escaping the Inactive Classroom: Escape Rooms for Teaching Technology
https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/index.php/JSML/article/view/395
The Power of Play in Higher Education
https://taloncloud.ca/Book-The-Power-of-Play-in-Higher-Education
PRISM’s journal issue 61
https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/index.php/prism/issue/view/61
Distance Design Education - Recipe series
https://distancedesigneducation.com/distancedesigned-recipes/
Further
Interview with Lisa Forbes and David Thomas
https://taloncloud.ca/Lisa-Forbes-David-Thomas
Interview with David Gauntlett
https://taloncloud.ca/David-Gauntlett
Biteable
https://taloncloud.ca/Biteable
Issue 18 [p.19]
End of year summary 2020
Education innovation
What do we mean
UCalgary Research projects on Covid-19 - Our Impact: Covid-19 Research & Innovation
https://research.ucalgary.ca/research/our-impact/impact-covid-19-research-innovation
Alberta Covid-19 Story Map - Akanksha Bhargava
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/91327fc6c4f1462cb788c2e21e67dc23
Top 3 resources
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning receives $1 million to catalyze online and blended learning (article)
https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/taylor-institute-teaching-and-learning-receives-1-million-catalyze-online-and-blended-learning?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRWbU9XUTNaRGcyTXpReSIsInQiOiJyc0xUdjdSamcrWjZjTUtJV0UrNXBBVkNYdlFtY3JNWkNQTjhLVGtlN2dSSFlBbkF3eXpBVjExRjlMUnVSVFROTjJuUUZ2ZjZTYXFPMnFIdkNUeU9PTFZHUWNkbEV1S0pQdUdnVnp6Rk1lXC9tQmcxWW95THJNaU9KRnlsbEN5V28ifQ%3D%3D
The Blue Dot Issue 12 – Reimagining Learning Spaces for Uncertain Times
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/64234704/the-blue-dot-12-reimagining-learning-spaces-for-uncertain-times
Lifelong Kindergarten – MIT Media Lab
https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/lifelong-kindergarten/overview/
Yusuf Ahmad - thesis research on creative learning design tools
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/tools-that-lower-the-floors-widen-the-walls-and-raise-the-ceilings-for-designing-creative-learning-experiences/
Know more
(Small) Tips for Class Organization and Student Workload - Emergency Online Teaching at WSU Vancouver (blog post)
https://emergencyonline.blog/
Further
Interview with Noreen Irvine
https://taloncloud.ca/Noreen-Irvine
TALON manifesto and glossary
https://taloncloud.ca/Manifesto-Glossary
TALON trailer
https://taloncloud.ca/TLN-Explained
Issue 14 [p.15]
Student perspectives
What do we mean
Image: Buyuktas, A. (2017). Flatland II: Bridge
http://www.aydinbuyuktas.com/?page_id=1572
Top 3 resources
UFlorish
https://ucalgary.ca/mentalhealth/uflourish?utm_source=ucalgary.ca/mentalhealth/uflourish&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=redirect
The Chronicle of Higher Education article - What Students Want Their Professors to Know
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-Teaching-What-Students-Want-Their-Professors-to-Know
The New Rules of Engagement - The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-The-New-Rules-of-Engagement
Jisc report – Digital Learning Rebooted
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/digital-learning-rebooted
Know more
Unstoppable – Growth through focus plan (UCalgary)
https://www.ucalgary.ca/president/unstoppable-growth-through-focus
SAPL Student Association
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/current-students/resources/sapl-student-association
Virtual tour of SAPL campuses
https://360.goterest.com/sphere/sapl?scene=5f10c86effd0e15631a5ba23
Progressive Studio Pedagogy by Charlie Smith
https://taloncloud.ca/Book-Progressive-Studio-Pedagogy
Interview with Charlie Smith
https://taloncloud.ca/Charlie-Smith
Further
Interview with Rujuta Nayak
https://taloncloud.ca/Rujuta-Nayak
Interview with Dimitri Giannoulis
https://taloncloud.ca/Dimitri-Giannoulis
Issue 15 [p.16]
Decolonizing the curriculum
What do we mean
Article: Online Learning isn’t as inclusive as you may think
https://taloncloud.ca/Article-Online-learning-isn-t-as-Inclusive-as-you-may-think
Image: Starlight, K. (n.d.). Untitled
https://rawartists.com/keeganstarlight
Top 3 resources
Office of Indigenous Engagement
https://www.ucalgary.ca/indigenous
Advocates for Equitable Design Education
https://www.facebook.com/equityindesigneducation/?ref=page_internal
Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion
Q Centre
https://www.su.ucalgary.ca/programs-services/student-services/the-q-centre/
Journal of Architectural Education Volume 74, Issue 2 https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjae20/74/2?nav=tocList
International Network of Inclusive Practice
http://www.inip.org.uk/about/
Equity by Design Resources - Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) Project
https://padlet.com/SIP_Grant/EBDUDL
Know more
6 Quick Ways to Be More Inclusive in a Virtual Classroom - The Chronicle of Higher Education (article)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/6-quick-ways-to-be-more-inclusive-in-a-virtual-classroom
Equity Unbound
http://unboundeq.creativitycourse.org/
Interview with Maha Bali
https://taloncloud.ca/Maha-Bali
Designing for Diversity within Online Learning Environments - Holzl, A.
https://www.ascilite.org/conferences/brisbane99/papers/holzl.pdf
Further
5 Essential books on making cities anti-racist
https://archive.curbed.com/2020/6/5/21281828/5-essential-books-for-designing-equitable-cities
Series 1 TALON Voices
https://taloncloud.ca/Voices
Issue 16 [p.17]
Embodiment in the virtual world
What do we mean
Image: Unkown (1982). Tron Wallpaper
https://wallpapersafari.com/1982-tron-wallpaper/
Top 3 resources
Hubs by Mozilla
https://taloncloud.ca/Hubs
Wonder
https://taloncloud.ca/Wonder
BBC Sound Effects
https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/
University Affairs article, How to Adapt Experiential Learning Activities in the Time of Covid-19
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/how-to-adapt-experiential-learning-activities-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
Further
Interview with Mary-Ellen Tyler
https://taloncloud.ca/Mary-Ellen-Tyler
Interview with Guy Gardner
https://taloncloud.ca/Guy-Gardner
Issue 17 [p.18]
Game-based learning
What do we mean
Interview with Anthony Seto
https://taloncloud.ca/Anthony-Seto
Image: Beuys, J. (1974). I Like America and America Likes Me
https://www.wikiart.org/en/joseph-beuys/i-like-america-and-america-likes-me
Top 3 resources
Lesley-Ann Noel - A Designer’s Critical Alphabet
https://hyperallergic.com/601804/a-designer-teaches-people-how-to-see-others-who-are-not-like-them/
A Designer’s Critical Alphabet (card game)
https://criticalalphabet.com
Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies (card game)
https://www.transfeministech.codingrights.org/
Actually Curious (card game)
https://www.actuallycurious.com/
Professors at Play
https://professorsatplay.org/
Goosechase
https://taloncloud.ca/Goosechase
Know more
Escaping the Inactive Classroom: Escape Rooms for Teaching Technology
https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/index.php/JSML/article/view/395
The Power of Play in Higher Education
https://taloncloud.ca/Book-The-Power-of-Play-in-Higher-Education
PRISM’s journal issue 61
https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/index.php/prism/issue/view/61
Distance Design Education - Recipe series
https://distancedesigneducation.com/distancedesigned-recipes/
Further
Interview with Lisa Forbes and David Thomas
https://taloncloud.ca/Lisa-Forbes-David-Thomas
Interview with David Gauntlett
https://taloncloud.ca/David-Gauntlett
Biteable
https://taloncloud.ca/Biteable
Issue 18 [p.19]
End of year summary 2020
Looking back
Australian study: Up to 50% of University Students Unhappy with Online Learning, Regulator Finds
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/02/up-to-50-of-university-students-unhappy-with-online-learning-regulator-finds
Top 3 resources
UCalgary Career Services
https://www.ucalgary.ca/student-services/careers
UCalgary Co-op and Internships
https://www.ucalgary.ca/student-services/careers/students/co-op-and-internships
UCalgary Study Abroad
https://www.ucalgary.ca/international/study-abroad
Graduate Students’ Association
https://gsa.ucalgary.ca
University Affairs - quick guide for graduate students Networking During a Pandemic
https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/responsibilities-may-include/networking-during-a-pandemic-a-quick-guide-for-graduate-students/
Further
Interview with Kiu Sum
https://taloncloud.ca/Kiu-Sum
Interview with Thomas Keenan
https://taloncloud.ca/Thomas-Keenan
Interview with Lisa Silver
https://taloncloud.ca/Lisa-Silver
Issue 19 [p.20]
2021 - Let’s do this
Looking ahead
Image: Whiteread, R. (1998). Untitled (Book Corridors)
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/rachel-whiteread-2319/five-things-know-rachel-whiteread
Top 3 Resources
Interview with Noreen Irvine
https://taloncloud.ca/Noreen-Irvine
Issue 20 [p.21]
Video engagement in education - a collaorative letter with the creators of Biteable
Top 3 resources
Biteable
https://biteable.com/
Loom
https://taloncloud.ca/Loom
Coassemble
https://taloncloud.ca/Coassemble
Further
TALON’s Biteable page
https://taloncloud.ca/Biteable
Columbia University's list of tips for effective learning through video
https://ctl.columbia.edu/resources-and-technology/teaching-with-technology/diy-video/effective-videos/
Common Sense Education - Strategies for Teaching with Videos
https://www.commonsense.org/education/teaching-strategies/thinking-critically-about-video
Issue 21 [p.22]
International connection & collaboration - the case of the academic conference: a collaborative letter with CG Network’s Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
One year in
New Criticals
http://www.newcriticals.com/
Immaterial Books
https://www.immaterialbooks.com/
Common Ground Research Networks
https://cgnetworks.org/
Top 3 Resources
Common Ground’s home page
https://cgnetworks.org/
CGScholar
https://cgscholar.com/
The e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies Research Network
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p076800
Abut Common Ground Research Networks
Interview with Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
https://taloncloud.ca/Phillip-Kalantzis-Cope
Issue 22 [p.23]
Ethical technology & education - a collaborative letter with the team behind Open Educational Resources at the Werklund School of Education
Top 3 Resources
The Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments (eBook)
https://openeducationalberta.ca/educationaltechnologyethics/
Open Educational Resources
https://libguides.ucalgary.ca/guides/OER
Open Education Alberta
https://openeducationalberta.ca/
Leading and Learning in a Digital Age Program
https://werklund.ucalgary.ca/graduate-programs/leading-learning-in-digital-age
Farrow’s (2016) Framework for the Ethics of Open Education
http://oro.open.ac.uk/46661/
Interview with Barbara Brown, Michele Jacobsen, Verena Roberts and Christie Hurrell https://taloncloud.ca/Barbara-Brown-Michele-Jacobsen-Verena-Roberts-Christie-Hurrel
Issue 23 [p.24]
Celebrating successes & new beginnings
Further
Simone Eringfeld’s Please Hold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpce1e6ab6g&ab_channel=SimoneEringfeld
Chartsbin.com - world map of which day countries across the globe consider to be the first day of the week
http://chartsbin.com/view/41671?mc_cid=72697170a0&mc_eid=ec36ea6b37
Loudly Crying Becomes Top Tier Emoji (article)
https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/?mc_cid=72697170a0&mc_eid=ec36ea6b37
Interview with Graduate Assistant Research team
https://taloncloud.ca/Graduate-Research-Team-Asawari-Marshall-Martina-Mac
Coded Bias
https://taloncloud.ca/Media-Events-Coded-Bias
Issue 24 [p.25]
Online experiential learning - a collaborative letter with Lisa Stowe, Kara Loy, and Rachel Braun from the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Transforming experiential learning
Interview with Lisa Stowe and Kara Loy
https://taloncloud.ca/Lisa-Stowe-Kara-Loy
TALON’s Media and Events page
https://taloncloud.ca/Media-Events
Issue 25 [p.26]
Nerding out to keep from burning out - a collaborative letter with Jessamyn Neuhaus
Issue 26 [p.27]
Summer update
Further
Voices - Series 02 Trailer
https://taloncloud.ca/Voices
Interview with Jefa Greenaway
https://taloncloud.ca/Jefa-Greenaway
Issue 27 [p.28]
Hybrid commUNITY
Issue 28 [p.29]
Learning from the commUNITY
What we did
Interview with Alice Lam
https://vimeo.com/651364672
Sounds from the Good Neighbour
https://vimeo.com/651443432
Know more
TALON #Take5 Paper 'Online Initiatives Fostering Reflection and Learning in the Now-Times'
https://www.academia.edu/49057394/TALON_and_Take5_Online_Initiatives_Fostering_Reflection_About_Teaching_and_Learning_in_the_Now_Times
TALON's Reading list on Digital Inequalities in Education
taloncloud.ca/LDIE
Issue 29 [p.30]
Tis the season
Student engagement
Mentor Link
https://alumni.ucalgary.ca/grow-your-career/mentorship
Presence presents
SAPL students
https://sapl.ucalgary.ca/current-students
UCalgary Student Services
https://www.ucalgary.ca/current-students/current-students/undergraduate/student-services
UCalgary Student Life
https://www.ucalgary.ca/current-students/student-life
UCalgary Student FAQ
https://www.ucalgary.ca/registrar/registration/appeals/student-faq
Interview with Komal Patel
https://taloncloud.ca/Komal-Patel
Learn more
Interview with Liana Pavane
https://taloncloud.ca/Liana-Pavane
For fun
Recount the year in emojos
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/style/emojis-most-used.html
Virtual holiday party ideas
https://www.justworks.com/blog/office-holiday-party-ideas-teams-every-size-budget
Calendar that encourages better conversations
https://weshouldgettogether.com
Build a city - Townscaper
https://www.oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/#nzBYgBC53EJd1-pW3Z79bznI9adnt3vfq1X26Ll8a9TAe2_Jb-ktSSSSH
Best Jokes of 2021
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2021-in-review/the-best-jokes-of-2021
Issue 30 [p.31]
Keeping busy
Hectic lives
Minimizing interruptions – Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danpontefract/2018/07/09/you-are-way-too-busy-its-hampering-your-ability-to-think-and-be-productive/?sh=6b36c26ca4cc
Structuring education
Interview with Maurico Soto-Rubio
https://taloncloud.ca/Mauricio-Soto-Subio
Interview with Harmen Verbrugge
https://taloncloud.ca/Harmen-Verbrugge
Interview with Krisha Shah
https://taloncloud.ca/Krisha-Shah
Explore more
Virtual Schooling, Covid-gogy and Digital Fatigue (article)
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/104691/2/parenting4digitalfuture_2020_04_08_virtual_schooling_covid.pdf
Busy Simulator
https://busysimulator.com/?mc_cid=8a7ad7e276&mc_eid=5b02e17f7b
Issue 31 [p.32]
Escaping the busyness
People Aren’t Meant to Talk this Much - Ian Bogost (article) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/10/fix-facebook-making-it-more-like-google/620456/
Relationships with bigger networks: Can you Have More than 50 Friends? New York Times (article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/science/dunbars-number-debunked.html
TALON Voice Notes
Interview with David Monteyne
https://taloncloud.ca/David-Monteyne
Interview with Sabina Alcock
https://taloncloud.ca/Sabina-Alcock
The Slow Web
The slow web movement
https://www.jackcheng.com/the-slow-web/
Carl Honoré
https://www.carlhonore.com
In Praise of Slowness
http://www.carlhonore.com/books/in-praise-of-slowness/
Kings of Convenience, Quiet is the New Loud(2001 album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LEqkEFGZM
Some tools and apps that help you slow down, virtually
Minus
https://minus.social/
Slowly
https://slowly.app/en/
Pony
https://www.ponymessenger.com/
Timehop
https://www.timehop.com/
This in This Time
https://www.timeinthistime.com/double-take-labs?mc_cid=99f25224ba&mc_eid=ec36ea6b37
Issue 32 [p.33]
Hidden busyness
The crux of those softwares and tools
Is Tech Taking Over Your Life? (article)
https://www.innovatorsmag.com/is-tech-taking-over-your-life/
TALON Voice Notes
Interview with Patti Dyjur & Alysia Wright
https://taloncloud.ca/Patti-Dyjur-Alysia-Wright
Interview with Dash Maxwell
https://taloncloud.ca/Dash-Maxwell
Useful tools
Ethical EdTech
https://ethicaledtech.info/wiki/Meta:Welcome_to_Ethical_EdTech
Unboxing Tech Toolkit by Tactical Tech
https://tacticaltech.org/news/unboxing-tech/
Google’s Technology Self-Assessment
https://wellbeing.google/reflect/
Wikipedia page on time tracking software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_time-tracking_software
Further reading
Alone-Time and Loneliness in the Academia: The Art of Being Alone Together by Petar Jandrić https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-022-00294-4
Calm Technology by Amber Case (2015)
https://calmtech.com/book.html
Uncomputable: Play and Politics in the Long Digital Age by Alexandar R. Galloway (2021) https://www.versobooks.com/books/3885-uncomputable
Twenty Things to do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education by Gary S. Stager
https://www.amazon.ca/Twenty-Things-Computer-Forward-Education/dp/1955604002
Untethered by Nir Eyal
https://www.theuntetheredguy.com/the-book
Issue 33 [p.34]
The impact of busyness
Audrey Waters – Hope for the Future
http://hackeducation.com/2022/03/08/hope
Covid-19 effects on Canadians
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pandemic-canadians-poll-attitude-1.6378018
The Covid-19 effects
Angus Reid Institute and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation public opinion survey
https://angusreid.org/covid-19-two-year-anniversary/
Professors reporting student disconnection
https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-stunning-level-of-student-disconnection
Faculties try to reach checked out students
https://www.chronicle.com/article/it-feels-like-im-pouring-energy-into-a-void
71% of Americans say the Internet does more to divide us than bring us together
https://knightfoundation.org/reports/media-and-democracy/
Interview with Richard Levy
https://taloncloud.ca/Richard-Levy
Interview with Ari Goldstein
https://taloncloud.ca/Ari-Goldstein
Where will we go from here?
Reflect upon what we lost
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/opinion/covid-schools-disruption.html
The ‘healing power’ of learning
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-healing-power-of-learning
Further reading
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (book)
https://taloncloud.ca/Book-Reach-Everyone-Teach-Everyone
Issue 34 [p.35]
Being busy in a good way
Little Women (1868) by Louisa May Alcott (free online version)
https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Little-Women/?mkt_tok=MTYxLU9MTi05OTAAAAGEtZTO65aiWSpuKirFiFULV6GqFsp1Y4SmHMQrpY8D7VZX0Jp3y1CqTVO7O4T3dsHYBJXL61IOKd6lZ7ppY-l7cuTJTnnGxKnESflZWfE1Wi6ru7w
Hope
Interview with John Desire
https://taloncloud.ca/John-Desire
Interview with Janet Gordon
https://taloncloud.ca/Janet-Gordon
Interview with Sheroog Kubur
https://taloncloud.ca/Sheroog-Kubur
For a hopeful, more positive future
Making Hope Happen – Shane Lopez:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Making-Hope-Happen/Shane-J-Lopez/9781451666236
Power of Hope: Teaching and Developing Hopeful Thinking in Students
https://www.inspired-engagement.com/power-of-hope-teaching-and-developing-hopeful-thinking-in-students/
Werklund School of Education: Connection and Hope
https://werklund.ucalgary.ca/centre-for-wellbeing-in-education/community-resources/parent-connection/connection-hope
Dr. Brené Brown - Introducing: Unlocking Us
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/introducing-unlocking-us/
Further reading
Finding Hope, The TIME 100 Community on Navigating our New Reality
https://time.com/collection/finding-hope-coronavirus-pandemic/
Discerning Critical Hope in Educational Practices edited by Vivienne Bozalek, Brenda Leibowitz, Ronelle Carolissen and Megan Boler (2014)
https://www.routledge.com/Discerning-Critical-Hope-in-Educational-Practices/Bozalek-Leibowitz-Carolissen-Boler/p/book/9781138090071
Higher Education and Hope: Institutional, Pedagogical and Personal Possibilities edited by Paul Gibbs and Andrew Peters (2019)
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-13566-9
What’s ahead
Playful Learning 20/21/22 conference
https://conference.playthinklearn.net/blog/?mkt_tok=MTYxLU9MTi05OTAAAAGEtZTO65aiWSpuKirFiFULV6GqFsp1Y4SmHMQrpY8D7VZX0Jp3y1CqTVO7O4T3dsHYBJXL61IOKd6lZ7ppY-l7cuTJTnnGxKnESflZWfE1Wi6ru7w
Issue 35 [p.36]
Summer send off
Since we last spoke
Interview with Chiara Cola
https://taloncloud.ca/Chiara-Cola
[The original letters can be found here.]