May 20 Forum – Undergraduate Research and Inquiry for Student Learning
Please join us for what is sure to be an interesting day of discussion about engaging undergraduate students in research, inquiry and scholarship. Interested administrators, faculty and students from MRU as well as other post-secondary institutions are welcome!
Our day will feature Dr. Mick Healey, higher education consultant, and researcher from the UK, as well as some of our own SoTL scholars and students from Mount Royal, and colleagues from the University of Alberta at Augustana. A special invitation goes out to students who may register for free – we would like your voices at the table!
www.isotlforum.mtroyal.ca
** special thanks to Information Design student Vanessa Benavides for designing our poster!
Finding the sweet spot: ePortfolios connecting personal, classroom, and field-based learning experiences
Congratulations to Norm Vaughan who received a Going Public Award for being accepted to present the following presentation at the American Educational Research Association annual conference this April. He is also presenting with his students here at MRU this week:
Finding the sweet spot:
ePortfolios connecting personal, classroom, and field-based learning experiences
Cathy Li, Brooke Ruskin, and Norm Vaughan (Education)
Friday, March 21, 2014
12 noon – 1 p.m.
Room T231
Congratulations to Roberta Lexier….
On her publication in TD: Transformative Dialogues – Occupy the Classroom: Teaching Contemporary Events – Roberta Lexier, Mount Royal University
Well done!
Call for Proposals: 2014 Symposium on SoTL in Banff, Alberta
Our new Symposium website and Call for Proposals is live!
Proposal deadline: April 30, 2014
Update on predatory journals
This an update to information in an earlier post.
Beall’s list of predatory publishers has recently been criticized by Walt Crawford, long-time advocate of Open Access for some biases in what gets listed. Bottom line is journals listed there may or may not be predatory, and journals not listed there also may or may not be predatory – but it’s a good place to do a first check if you’re suspicious.
One of the resources Crawford links to is a good guide to checking the ‘scamminess‘ of publishers posted on Gavia Libraria. The post has very useful tips and considerations and I highly recommend going through the steps provided to check the credibility of a journal before you decide to publish there.
