Professor Emeritus Athabasca University
Joined January 2009
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May 8
A "field note" I wrote published this week in IRRODL. I asked AI tool to detail the uses of an article I wrote in 2003. I could think of 3. AI detailed 10 ways that others had used the article. Seems AI knows more about my work, than I do! irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/…
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Feb 16
Things have come a very long way with net-based virtual conferences since I ran the world's first one in 1992. Here is an article that talks of integrating F2F, zoom and VR to reduce carbon. Also presents framework to evaluate what works. Good article! tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1…
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14 Dec 2025
Can AI recall and understand the implications of my own writing better than I? see virtualcanuck.ca/2025/10/29/…
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14 Dec 2025
Very honoured and humbled to be awarded Honourary Doctorate from Universidade Aberta (Portugal Open University) see virtualcanuck.ca/2025/12/06/…
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6 Mar 2025
NDP Politician Charlie Angus on Trump's war on Canada " This is going to be a long and very hard road. People will suffer, and families will be hurt. There is no getting around it. There will be no winners in this battle.
But Canadians are unified. Whereas Americans are divided."
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3 Mar 2025
Nice to 25th Anniversary edition of IRRODL. Athabasca wrote a press release IRRODL story athabascau.ca/news/research-…
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3 Mar 2025
Myself, Rory McGreal, Peter Cookson & Serena Henderson publish - Twenty-Five Years of Innovation and Knowledge Sharing: The Legacy and Future of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (2025) at irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/…
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28 Jan 2025
Resurrected Virtual Canuck to post about our recent trip to Jasper - After the Wildfire virtualcanuck.ca/2025/01/27/…
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21 Mar 2024
This why Susan and I try very hard to go to British Columbia every "spring"
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9 Mar 2024
DEI just perpetuates and is racist. see The Impact of DEI on College Campuses, by @FreeBlckThought open.substack.com/pub/freebl…
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7 Jan 2024
This is an interesting analysis of the recent polarized debate on adding recognition in the constitution and an advisory "voice" for aboriginal Australians. I also like the model describing a process for dialogue on contentious issues. scienceandfreedom.org/articl…
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11 Nov 2023
Call on Policy Makers to include Nuclear Energy in their Climate Policy - Sign the Petition! chng.it/k8GPmtXZ via @CdnChange
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5 Nov 2023
Congrats to the Soc. for Academic Freedom on a powerful response to the "woke takeover" of universities with 11 short articles in the latest newsletter. I am coming to believe that the post woke era and a new appreciation for academic freedom is coming see safs.ca/current-issue/
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11 Sep 2023
At last, a study from UBC showing a path forward to combat epidemic of homelessness in Canada . UBC researchers give $7500 cash and measure results. see pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22…
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30 Jun 2023
My friend and collaborator @jondron has written a great new book - How Education Works: Teaching, Technology and Technique available for purchase or free download from AU Press. This book has been long in gestation, but worth the wait, don't miss it! aupress.ca/books/120320-how-…
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21 Jun 2023
Happy Solstice to all. My wish as we start another trip around the sun, is that we learn to do a better job of caring for this spinning ball that we call home.
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27 Apr 2023
Nice study - Asynch sections had higher course withdrawal rates but course outcomes were equivalent across formats, indicating students’ ability to learn in either format. see researchgate.net/profile/Nic…
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13 Feb 2023
A belated Darwin's Day quote "In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
― Charles Darwin
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