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Self-care is a concept taught in our CYMH courses, which can be beneficial for editors as well. Self-care refers to activities we choose to do to improve our mood, enhance our physical and mental health, and avoid burn-out. Regularly doing self-care reduces stress, and promotes mindfulness and work/life balance. So what, exactly, does self-care mean…
Working Remotely
Process Change! Some editors may be working from home in the next few weeks. What? Why? The health authorities urge Canadians to practice social distancing, and we can do our work without being in close proximity to others in public spaces. Photo by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash What Does This Mean? We are still working! We will be doing…
Student Outcomes
Our editing goal is to make learner-centred courses that meet the needs of our students. But how can we know if we have achieved this, since we seldom have the chance to meet Open Learning students face-to-face? One valuable resource is to check student feedback from post-course surveys in Tableau. This can indicate which specific…
Engage with the Reader as a Non-Expert
Students have a wealth of knowledge and experiences from which to draw; however, at the start of a course they are not experts in the course concepts. One way to communicate concepts clearly to non-experts is to use plain language principles so the writer’s ideas can be easily understandable by anyone. This might include: Defining new…
Welcome to Courtney and Josie
Two new editors joined the editing team in December. Welcome Courtney and Josie! The amount of new info may seem overwhelming and confusing, but we’re here to help. Ask us questions if you have any, and please do suggest new and better solutions to our processes. Our team works best with everyone sharing ideas and…
Searching for a Singular, Nonbinary-Gendered Reflexive Pronoun
A recent human service (HUMS) course has a lesson about using critical reflection to uncover and deconstruct assumptions. The lesson explores how language is changing to acknowledge nonbinary-gendered people through pronouns. For example, a writer might choose “they” as a singular pronoun instead of “he” or “she”. Using “they” as both singular and plural pronouns shouldn’t seem that…