Month: April 2012
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Calgary Herald: “Hearing loss not a barrier for medical student”
The Calgary Herald has posted a great story on a deaf student who will graduate this week from the University of Calgary’s School of Medicine.
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May Workshops in the Teaching & Learning Centre
The Teaching & Learning Centre at the University of Calgary has announced some upcoming workshops which may be of interest to DRC students. Among the planned workshops: Decision Making: Mind Mapping in Action May 4, 2012; 11:00am-2:00pm, in Biological Sciences 540A This session will provide attendees with knowledge about the concepts of mind-mapping, how mind-mapping…
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University of Calgary campus resources for managing the end of term
With the Winter semester final exam period fast approaching, we wanted to highlight some campus resources which may be of assistance in navigating through this stressful period. The Students’ Union Wellness Centre On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, the Students’ Union Wellness Centre will offer a free 90 minute workshop on Managing Test Anxiety. In this…
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LMS Update
The University of Calgary is looking for help in choosing a new learning management system. Users can evaluate “sandbox” instances of the 4 candidate applications, then provide feedback through an online survey for each: Blackboard 9, Desire2Learn, Instructure Canvas, and Moodle. All feedback must be in no later than Friday, April 13.
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Khan Academy
The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit educational organization providing, at last count, over 3,000 videos and 315 practice exercises on topics ranging from algebra to art history to biology to astronomy. The mission of the Khan Academy is ambitious: to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. Judging from the response of our students,…