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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
.

Issue 04 [p.5]
How to connect

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 


Issue 06 [p.7]
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

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

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

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

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

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 


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

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.]