by kirsr | Nov 12, 2019 | General Site Information
Welcome to Communitas, a website on the UVic Online Academic Community. Communitas is a blog style website that rigorously investigates interactions between digital and academic publics, and provides a training ground for composition instructors to learn multimodal...
by kirsr | Jun 1, 2015 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
I work in the Faculty of Math at the University of Waterloo. I was hired as part of a massive project to rethink communications for both native speakers of English and non-native speakers of English. This initiative came about after university administrators learned...
by kirsr | Jan 2, 2015 | Changing Paradigms, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
By Cheyenne Guo, a Math student (who is trying to attain wisdom and knowledge) It’s amazing how technology has influenced classroom teaching. What used to be chalk and blackboard and pens and paper has turned into screens at the front and all around the class....
by kirsr | Dec 3, 2014 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
“So, we’ve re-imagined team communication from the ground up, in an effort to achieve our mission: ‘To help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly.’” — Asana Are you frustrated with your professor’s inability to adapt to...
by kirsr | Oct 15, 2014 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
The following post is an excellent submission to our general call for posts from undergraduate students. Nicole Gauvreau, a student at Bishops University in Modern Languages and International Studies, explains the frustration students feel when their access to digital...
