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Episode 16 of Bibliotech: Virtual worlds and virtual objects

Welcome to BiblioTech – the podcast about emerging technologies for academics. Your host is Rochelle Mazar, an emerging technologies librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Every month you...

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Just around the Career Corner

Classes are winding down, grades are being posted and campuses are transitioning into the quiet season of summer. That means many humanities and social science scholars are turning their thoughts to …...

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Degree in hand… now what?

Pete Spiro / Shutterstock.comAs the semester comes to an end, thousands of students will leave the world of academia behind them. To help you make the exciting – but often nerve-wracking – next step,...

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Episode 17 of Bibliotech: Citation and social media

Welcome to BiblioTech – the podcast about emerging technologies for academics. Your host is Rochelle Mazar, an emerging technologies librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Every month you...

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Keeping your research on track

In a perfect world, researchers develop flawless plans that sail through the ethics boards, attract committed and enthusiastic participants, the data fits neatly and logically together, and projects...

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Grant writing, an occupational hazard

In the early days of my graduate work, when I was spending far too many late-night hours in the company of pipettes and green algae, I’d sometimes encounter zombie-like professors wandering aimlessly...

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Episode 18 of Bibliotech: Retro tech

Welcome to BiblioTech – the podcast about emerging technologies for academics. Your host is Rochelle Mazar, an emerging technologies librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Every month you...

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How do you design an award-winning university website?

The University of Chicago launched their redesigned website in September 2012.Following a recent redesign, the University of Chicago website won two prestigious Webby Awards in the School/University...

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Should you go to graduate school?

Making the decision to go to graduate school, or continue further in graduate school, is a commitment in time, money and effort. How do you know if it is the best decision for you? We asked a selection...

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The role of the university career centre evolves with the times

Career centres are changing, trying to integrate what they do with the rest of the university, and providing students with the skills that will serve them throughout their professional lives – not just...

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What the best college students do

Ken Bain is legendary within the postsecondary education community, and for good reason. A former director of four teaching and learning centres in the United States, the author of the multiple...

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Video: Navigating your first academic job

Marty Wall, a faculty advisor at the University of Victoria' Learning and Teaching Centre, tells newly-minted teachers what to expect when they arrive on campus.Post a comment Follow us on Twitter...

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Video: How to deal with Impostor Syndrome

Janet Sheppard, a counsellor at the University of Victoria, explains how many academics struggle with feelings of inadequacy, and offers different options to help overcome them.Post a comment Follow us...

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How to flip your classroom

What is the “flipped classroom”? It’s shorthand for a radical concept in teaching, coined by Colorado high school teachers Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams in 2007: have students listen to your lecture...

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Video: What to consider before accepting an academic position

Marty Wall, a faculty advisor at the University of Victoria' Learning and Teaching Centre, lists the factors that may influence your decision to enter the academic job market.Post a comment Follow us...

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Video: Deciding on a career inside or outside of academia

April McNeil, a career educator at the University of Victoria, describes how graduate students can prepapre for a non-academic job search. Show/hide transcriptI think what makes it really challenging...

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The best practices of graduate students

The best students often demonstrate common characteristics including purpose, working smarter (not harder) and disciplined habits. Collectively, these are known as best practices. Recently, we...

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Reduce confrontation in your classroom

Illustration by Rami Niemi.While many colleagues lament the lack of civility in their classroom, the situation becomes problematic if it prevents the smooth and effective engagement of the curriculum....

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Try a six month sabbatical

Time out image via Shutterstock.When I began my sabbatical this past January, I was unexpectedly and overwhelming cognizant of a marked imbalance in my life. With a teaching semester juxtaposed next to...

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Degree in hand… now what?

Pete Spiro / Shutterstock.comAs the semester comes to an end, thousands of students will leave the world of academia behind them. To help you make the exciting – but often nerve-wracking – next step,...

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