Below is some of my public writing for broader audiences.
Article | Year | Main Argument |
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3 ways higher education can become more hopeful in the post-pandemic, post-AI era | 2023 | Hopeful higher education futures emphasize connection, diversity, the goodness of the present, and are "more than technology." |
Making ChatGPT detectors part of our education system prioritizes surveillance over trust | 2023 | ChatGPT detectors perpetuate a culture of distrust. We ought to imagine richer learning environments that aren’t grounded in suspicion and policing |
Why it’s wrong to blame online learning for causing mental health issues during COVID-19 | 2022 | The hypothesis that online learning is detrimental to student mental health and well-being is unsubstantiated. The evidence upon which to judge this claim is both mixed and problematic. |
We need to get online learning right before the next crisis hits | 2022 | Ditching online learning is myopic. We will need it. It's not a question of if – it's a matter of when. |
A ‘return to normal’ on campus? 5 ways university students and faculty hope for better | 2021 | Faculty and students hope for better futures - they don’t want “a return to normal.” |
How workplace harassment policies need to adapt to an increasingly digital education environment | 2021 | Harassment and discrimination policies focus on campus spaces & institutional personnel. Their scope excludes harassment that occurs outside of institutionally-sanctioned platforms (such as social media) to the detriment of everyone on campus. |
What has COVID-19 taught us about the barriers to online education? | 2021 | Canada needs more and better data on online learning |
Professional development for the 2020 fall semester: how to help faculty and administrators prepare | 2020 | Top 3 professional developments for online teaching needs are pedagogical, student support, and online assessment strategies, |
How do faculty and administrators imagine the future of higher education in Canada? | 2020 | Faculty and administrators are generally optimistic about post-pandemic institutional futures. |
The 7 elements of a good online course | 2020 | A list of qualities for good online courses. Physical proximity isn’t a precondition for good education |
What (Some) Faculty Are Saying about the Switch to Remote Teaching and Learning | 2020 | Faculty tweets about "my student" show faculty express concern, pride, humanity, support, but but some need to be aware of the information they share about their students. |
What (Some) Students Are Saying about the Switch to Remote Teaching and Learning | 2020 | Student tweets about " "my professor" provide guidance for education. |
COVID-19 pushes universities to switch to online classes — but are they ready? | 2020 | Remote teaching and learning recommendations in the first week of institutional closures in North America |
How to address coronavirus misinformation spreading through messaging apps and email | 2020 | Some ways to interrupt misinformation flows. |
Will Shift to Remote Teaching Be Boon or Bane for Online Learning? | 2020 | The COVID-19 crisis will highlight the expertise, creativity, resilience, and humanity of learning and teaching experts, especially instructional designers, educational technologists and other professionals who work in places like centers for teaching and learning. |
We should never minimize online harassment | 2018 | Online harassment is always "bad enough." What hierarchies of harassment of harassment do is to minimize harassment and its impacts. |
Social Media as Weapons to Harass Women Academics | 2018 | Social media harassment persistently threatens and impacts academic women’s well-being in a multitude of ways. |
How do faculty benefit from renewable assignments? | 2017 | Renewable assignments are often framed in terms of the benefits they offer to students, but they also provide numerous benefits to instructors as well. |
Education strategies are backed by evidence | 2017 | There is ample empirical literature to support the adoption of inquiry-based learning and the use of technology in education. |
Disconnected: Can universities surpass brand image to make their social media relevant? | 2017 | Universities fail to exploit social media’s most compelling features, tending to broadcast their brands instead of engaging students and the public online. |
#NotAllEdTech Derails Critical Educational Technology Conversations | 2017 | The argument that "not all educational technology is benign" is a tactic that derails and deflects from discussions of educational technology as a practice that needs deep questioning. |
Using Video and Audio to Share our Scholarship | 2016 | Creating short video and audio clips that accompany each one of my published papers may be helpful to colleagues, students, and broader audiences. |
The moral baseline of social media policies | 2016 | Some social media policies leave academics exposed to accusations of defamation and incivility, and enable individuals in positions of power to regulate and restrain social media activity and freedom of speech. |
The significance of educational technology history and research | 2014 | The use of technology in education has a long and rich history, and that history can inform the design of contemporary digital learning environments. |