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We’ve come to realize that teaching and learning are experiencing a great deal of disruption; with no end in sight to the turmoil, how do we cope? I argue that the way to navigate these choppy seas is to keep our eye on learner engagement.
The integration of AI in university courses raises significant ethical questions. How can we uphold academic integrity while utilizing technologies that seem bound and determined to undermine that integrity?
A presentation at the Online-Symposium Zwischen Dichtung und Wissenschaft: Ricarda Huch und die Essayistik der Moderne, DLA Marbach – Universität Lothringen (CEGIL), 7.-8. Oktober 2021.
Workshops held “at” The University of the South Pacific, 2021.07.28. and 2021.08.04.
A lecture on how our idea of what constitutes open educational resources needs to be more, well, open.
A presentation on how we can use the concepts of truth and reconciliation to make sense of Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 novel Der Vorleser (The Reader).
A presentation on Jason Lutes’ graphic novel BERLIN and the television series BABYLON BERLIN.
In recent years, populism has rattled the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, India, and other democracies. What accounts for the appeal of populist rhetoric and ideas in our contemporary era? What the future might hold for populism?
Is it right to admire works created by artists we despise? In this lecture, I explore whether it’s possible to separate art from the artists.
Presentation for the Commonwealth of Learning Digital Assessment Series, 2021.02.18.
This lecture revisits Germany’s past in order to see if pre-1945 German culture provides any clues about the current political situation. And while one must recognize, to use political scientist Sheri Berman’s words, that “populism is not fascism,” we do well to understand the relationship between the two ideas and how the one can lay the groundwork for the other. We will also look at Germany’s history of leftist populism and how it has affected modern-day politics.
This lecture identifies and discusses some of the key features of populism: the “us versus them” mentality; populism’s conflict with elitism; how mass dissatisfaction can give rise to mass political movements; the differences between left-wing and right-wing populism; the role of leadership in populism; and the difficulties scholars have defining populism (and the reasons for that).
One of our biggest fears as new online instructors is that students will have more opportunities to cheat. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With thoughtful assessment design, good communication, and other strategies, we can ensure students will engage honestly and diligently with their learning.
This discussion features James M. Skidmore sharing non-proctored assessment strategies to maintain academic integrity in remote/online courses. This session will include an opportunity to ask questions.
True or false: “Live interaction is the only way to keep students engaged in their learning.” False! You can raise the bar in asynchronous courses with activities that create community through collaboration and give students rich learning experiences.
A webinar with Pia Zeni, Victoria Feth, and James Skidmore held July 16, 2020.
How do you prevent students from cheating in the online environment? The alternatives and strategies outlined here will help you maintain academic integrity in your course assignments and tests.
A webinar with Pia Zeni, Victoria Feth, and James Skidmore held July 15, 2020.
Presentation to the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto
Is it right to admire works created by artists we despise? In this lecture, I explore whether it’s possible to separate art from the artists.
University of Waterloo CTE Research Group, 2020.03.15
A lecture for prospective students at the University of Waterloo.