A few years ago Mona Hall, Danielle Collins, and I collaborated on an infographic about inter-culturalization of the curriculum. Our central question was: How will we create learner-centred courses for culturally and linguistically diverse readers? We found that the university has some excellent guiding policies and resources for educators, but it did take some effort to…
Dr. Gregory Younging published Elements of Indigenous Style in 2018. This year a new edition has been published by Brush Education: https://brusheducation.ca/brush-catalogue/p/elements-of-indigenous-style-2e This video is a recording of the book launch with editors Warren Cariou and Lorena Fontaine (2025). Amy Haagsma of West Coast Editors wrote a book review and description of the changes: https://westcoasteditors.com/elements-of-indigenous-style-continuing-the-conversation/ The first…
Where possible, we try to include examples of people from other cultures or depictions of the diversity of Canadian society in the course. Showing people from diverse backgrounds prepares students for life in a culturally diverse society and helps dispel preconceived ideas about others, which we hope increases the students’ competence for living in an…
Our style guide formats bulleted or numbered lists with an introductory colon, a capital letter at the beginning of each listed item, and no punctuation at the end (unless the items in the list are complete sentences or they complete the sentence). If the list includes nouns, it might look like: Natural history Natural selection…
Required Hardware, Software, Computer Skills, and Other Resources • change to http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/technical-basics.html Technical Support change two URLs: • “…the correct hardware and software required for your course at http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/technical-basics.html.” • “… go to the IT Service Desk at http://www.tru.ca/distance/contact/helpdesk.html.” Student Café • Change to http://www.tru.ca/distance/services/student-orientation/online-discussions.html
Reflective practice is a valuable approach to editing. Reflecting critically on our work allows us to learn, innovate, and ultimately improve our courses. eCampusAlberta’s eLearning Rubric can be a valuable tool to self-assess the quality of our work: http://www.ecampusalberta.ca/files/rubricBooklet.pdf. Their rubric offers benchmarks for course design, accessibility, presentation, writing, learning activities, assessments, copyright, learner supports, etc. The checklist has many good ideas for course developers and editors: Some we…