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Author: Rich McCue
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Flying Like a Bird: Childhood Dream Achieved
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My Amazingly Versatile $249 DJI Neo Drone
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From Self-Driving Cars to ChatGPT: AI Demistified in 20-Min
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Moo Deng Drawing with Free Apple iPad App
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Electric Car Winter Tips
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Anthropology Excel Pivot Table Activity – Intermediate
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Supercharge Your Makerspace Instruction Using the Lumi Multimedia Toolkit
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HINF 485 – GenAI for Student Research Activities
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The ART of Storytelling with Data Visualizations
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Our First Tesla Road Trip: Victoria, BC to Reno & Back!
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StoryMap & More for PAAS 320
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Knowledge Mobilization Tools for Dr. Nigel Lou’s Psychology of Immigration Class
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Video Editing & Podcasting In-Class Activities for EDCI 336
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SmartPhones & Social Media: Distraction & Privacy Invasion Machines -or- Bicycles for Our Minds?
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Whisper.ai – Transcribing & Translating Audio for Free on Your Laptop – AKA not in the cloud!
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Christchurch & Heading Home to Canada
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Mount Cook & Lake Tekapo
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Roy’s Peak Amazing Views & That Wanaka Tree!
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Beautiful Queenstown NZ in the Mountains
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Porotobello, Dunedin & The Harbour Cone Track
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From North Island Auckland to Christchurch & Oamaru on the South Island
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Hobbiton to Mount Doom – Hiking The Tongariro Alpine Crossing – NZ
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Te Puia Geothermal Valley in Rotorua NZ
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Hobbiton Here We Come!
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Arriving in Auckland & Hot Water Beach – NZ
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Generative AI & Student Transfers: A Useful Tool?
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Scaling Makerspace Learning – Embedding Workshops in for-Credit Classes
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Generative AI, Academic Assignments & Assessment: Exclude or Embrace? (UVic Phychology Instructors)
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Generative AI, Academic Assignments & Assessment: Exclude or Embrace? (Council of Canadian Departments of Psychology)
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Generative AI & Academic Assignments: Exclude or Embrace? (UVic’s Let’s Talk About Teaching Conference)
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Sketchnoting: An Effective & Fun End-of-Semester Review Activity?
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Week 12 – Reflecting on the term
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Week 11 – Technology and Inquiry with Joanna Lake
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Week 10 – Blended / Online / Multi-Access Learning
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Knowledge Mobilization Workshop: Hands-on Activities
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Week 9 – Gaming in Education
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Week 8 – Cross-Curricular Coding & Computational Thinking
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Week 7 – Citizenship Online – Privacy, Safety, Bullying, Consent + Creative Commons Video
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Week 6 – Professional Development with EdCamps
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Week 5 – Intentionality in Technology Enabled Learning Design
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Week 4 – Assistive Technology & Equity
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ChatGPT Soccer Game Report
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Week 3 – Multimedia Learning Theory, Screencasting & Video Editing
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Week 2 – Most Likely to Succeed, AI, FIPPA & Inquiry Topics
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Week 1 – Introduction & Welcome to EDCI 336
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AI-Powered ChatGPT Answered My Obscure MakerSpace Badging Question Surprisingly Well
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Farewell Miss Porkchop
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MakerSpace Interview with Lethbridge College Teaching & Learning Podcast
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Makerspace Workshop Badges: Student Perceptions & Uses of Informal Credentialing
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3D Print Your Own Rode Wireless Go Handle!
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Death by PowerPoint?
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Can You Add Audio to SurveyMonkey Questions?
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Paws Up with Ms. Porkchop
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SmartPhones: Distraction Machines or Bicycles for our Minds?
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Hyflex Instruction – The Leatherman Tool of MakerSpace Learning
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Our Dog Miss Porkchop Jabbed By Rutting Buck’s Antler
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Topic 12 – The Great Educational Technology Debate
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Topic 11 – Persuasive Smartphone Photography
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Topic 10 – Data Visualization
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Topic 9 – Active vs Passive Learning using Multimedia Tools
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Topic 8 – Persuasive Presentations or Death by PowerPoint?
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Topic 7 – The Importance of Storytelling
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Topic 6 – Selected Multimedia Creation Tools Learning Tools
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Topic 5 – How do we evaluate multimedia?
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Topic 4 – The Design Process & Lesson Planning
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Topic 3 – Multimedia Design for Learning
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Topic 2 – Where and How Do We Learn, in General, and with Multimedia?
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Topic 1 – What is Multimedia and Interactive Learning, and Why is it Important?
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Smartphones: Driving Us to Distraction or Amazing Bicycles for Our Minds?
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Using Zoom to Support Whole-Class Monitoring & Support of Software Skill Development
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How To: Image Capture & Annotation
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Hands-On Skills Workshops with Zoom
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Coding 4 Kids – AKA Having Fun While Learning Math & Problem Solving Skills
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UVic Public History Hands-On Workshop
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Conserving Energy One Home at a Time
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I’m Teaching a New Podcasting Workshop Today!
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Introduction to Coding 4 Educators
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Google Earth Project – Story Telling with Maps, Images, & Text
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Keychain Cellphone Stand: Design & Make Your Own!
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Conserving Energy One Home at a Time
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Best Practices for Leading Active Learning Workshops for Academic Makerspaces – Video
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Introductory Workshops for Video Editing, Audio Editing, & Screen Capture
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Pandemic and Fake News: Fun Games That Teach Important Real-World Skills?
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Introducing UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons – AKA The Library Makerspace
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Sharing Your TinkerCad Model
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My Lucky 13 Years at the UVic Speakers Bureau!
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Sketchfab Embed Test
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Inspirational Inquiry Posters for Your Classroom
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Zotero Love for Google Docs – Finally!
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Library Makerspaces: Outreach & Programming for the Whole Campus
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Flipping the Makerspace to Maximize Active Learning Time in Introductory Workshops
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Want to Use an Arduino But Don’t Have One?
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So Many Cool Arduino Projects: Where to Start?
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Canadian University Makerspaces Open to All Students
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3D Printing Workshop
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Interactive Stories with TWINE
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Smartphones & Tablets: Educational Distractions or Bicycles for Our Minds?
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Weather Station / Goat Camera up and running!
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