Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

By: Liana Acri. It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. I was both excited to lead a project I was passionate about and nervous about how it would all come together.

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Student Affairs Career Services Student Life Professional Development 130

Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Image Credit: Illustration Melanie Grandidge 2020 In this post and accompanying illustration, Melanie Grandidge a 2020 graduate in Illustration from the Edinburgh College of Art describes how a student’s social health, measured by the extent of their social support is just, if not more, important to successful digital teaching and learning as having access to the right resources and materials… The first online meeting I had with my tutors and classmates felt so odd.

Mining 52

Mining Food IT Education 52

The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In this podcast, we discuss how the pandemic changes the trajectory for new university presidents and what it means to higher education institutions. The Covid Time Warp Moves Higher Ed Forward.

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Higher Education Education IT Management 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Image Credit: Illustration, Hazel Laing 2020 In this post, Hazel Laing a recent Illustration graduate from the Edinburgh College of Art describes two crucial interventions for students when learning digitally; incorporating routines into daily life to maximise productivity and arranging the aesthetics of your room to fashion a mentally healthy workspace… The prospect of learning in lockdown and completing degree work from home was very strange.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

 In this Video diary, Aisha Akinola a third-year architecture student at the Edinburgh College of Art shares a ‘day in her life’ filmed during the 2020 Covid-19 global pandemic. Aisha uses poetic and emotive editing techniques to articulate the challenge of completing assessments at home, the passing of time and the episodic nature of learning and living during lockdown… AisHa Akinola Aisha is a third-year architecture student at the Edinburgh College of Art.

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