Concordia University announced that it will be closed on March 22nd due to the student protest against tuition increases. In addition, professors have shown support to the students, by signing a letter criticizing tuition increases and changes to university financing in the Province of Québec. I am proud to have added my name to this […] Lire la suite

The people behind the inspirational TED conferences (Technology, Entertainment, Design) have launched a new “Education” channel to pair up educators and animators in the hopes of creating awsomeness: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfJ5XG5i2aw&w=640&h=360] Lire la suite

Wired’s Gadget Lab column highlights a study of high school students using an electronic textbook for their algebra class. The result? The iPad seems to help students better connect with the content at hand. “Students’ interaction with the device was more personal. You could tell students were more engaged,” said Coleman Kells, principal of Amelia […] Lire la suite

Just stumbled on this: ACIEGE (http://www.aciege.org/): Association des responsables des Centres d’Information des Ecoles de GEstion – or the association of business schools heads of libraries. Lire la suite

The Canadian Association of Information Science has delivered its latest issue of its Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (via Project Muse on behalf of UT Press, the publisher), vol. 35 issue 4. A few articles seem particularly interesting, such as: Enhancing Skills, Effecting Change: Evaluating an Intervention for Students with Below-Proficient Information Literacy […] Lire la suite

The OECD launched a 12 minute video about the PISA study, explaining how its analysts rank school systems around the world : [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugz_1Clpsdk&w=560&h=315] Lire la suite

Worth a listen, Jesse Brown’s podcast from TVO’s Search Engine where he interviews Grade 7 teacher Royan Lee on how cellphones are transforming his classroom. Lire la suite

UNESCO launched a new Open Educational Resources Platform last week. Lire la suite

The Call for papers is open for one more month for the InSITE Conference to be held at Concordia University on June 22 & 23 2012. There are 4 “tracks” for the conference, according to the conference website: Connect: Consists of workshops and panels that connect delegates with industry and business to promote the transfer […] Lire la suite

Here is a talk I missed at the Canadian Library Association’s annual conference and trade show last May (from the program, over 4 MB in PDF) : B9 – From Plagiarism to Copyright Infringement and Back Again: An Agony in Six Skits Can I copy this? The question that arises every time someone wants to use […] Lire la suite