tamaka fisher
A3: ACCESS.EDU – An accessibility app for higher ed
Instructors have always worked with plurality in the classroom. I currently work in a university as an accessibility adviser to students with diverse abilities (also referred to as disabilities) that experience barriers to learning. In this role I meet with students, creating space for them to have conversations about their learning experiences including barriers in […]
A2 W12 Moveable Feast: Transhumanity
What does it mean to be human? Transhumanism may change the way we think about the answer. Welcome to W12 of the Moveable Feast with our podcasts on Transhumanity. Elizabeth and I were chatting one evening about how fortunate we were to have been tasked with exploring this fascinating topic that will eventually impact education, […]
Open Educational Resources = Open Roads! The BC Open Collection by BC Campus
Yes!! The BC Campus OER collection has a new site. If you are an educator in BC higher ed., you probably have heard of the BC Open Collection. The site, which started in 2012, has now outgrown its latest iteration. By the first half of 2022, BC Campus saved students over $30 million in textbook […]
A1 – The Copernicus, Natural Resources Canada, and the new Planetary Computer: Data platforms for environmental research
The world is at the environmental tipping point. NASA argues that between 1906 and 2005, the average surface temperature of the planet rose 0.6 to 0.9 degrees Celsius. During the last 50 years, the rate of the increase in temperatures has almost doubled. The following OER resource reviews three geospatial imaging platforms. Instructors, students, and […]
The Evolution of Online Tutoring
Studies have shown that peer tutoring increases the knowledge of both tutors and tutees. Finding tutors can mean frustration in sourcing the right tutor, searching for funding, booking scarce appointments, and potentially hiring a tutor that is not qualified. The challenges I just mentioned are real for students and impact learners’ ability to not only […]
E-Waste: Children are dying to recycle
Each time we recycle our electronics, we trust that the electronics will go to a facility in our country where they will be recycled safely and ethically. But what happens when unscrupulous companies ship the waste offshore to become someone else’s problem? It’s difficult to admit our e-waste may be harming children and the planet. […]
Hello, hello
I’m a settler coming to you today from the ancestral territories of the Kwantlen and Katzie First Nations. I am grateful for their stewardship of the land and my ability to live, work and play here. My undergrad is in leadership from Trinity Western University, and this is my third MET course after 500 and […]