It’s been on a lot of people’s minds over the summer. While most people have tucked aside their concerns over H1N1, people in University circles have quietly been trying to devise a strategy to deal with thousands of different people coming from all corners of the world to converge in close-quarters classes. Well [...]
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H1N1 And Universities
September 3rd, 2009 · 9 Comments · Topics Of Interest
Tags: h1n1·life·university
Dalhousie University And Turnitin.com
November 15th, 2006 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
Mike Smit recently wrote a post on the implications of new legislation on turnitin.com at Dalhousie University. If you haven’t already had an opportunity to read this entry, please do. Mike works hard to dig out the facts on issues and I think the facts on this issue need to be out in [...]
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Interesting Facts On Turnitin.com
October 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Topics Of Interest
A few interesting tidbits on this system as of late. Some of Mike Smit’s work has been included in a rather well put together piece on the issues regarding turnitin.com.
Earlier this semester, UCIS released their Fall 2006 version of the Digital Times. Of note in this issue was an article titled “Avoid Google [...]
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Virtual Tour
September 30th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Web Development
Yes, we’ve finally publicly deployed the Dalhousie Computer Science Virtual Tour. Carlos Bacquet, one of our co-op students spent an immense amount of time and effort into putting the technological nuts and bolts together on this project and he deserves much credit for his work.
Overall I’m quite happy with the end result. The [...]
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Fresh Faces Means Fewer Parking Spaces
September 6th, 2006 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
Yes it’s that time of year again. September brings a lot of change, none more noticeable than the influx of new faces on campus. The next most noticeable, for commuters, is the increase in traffic and decrease in available parking. Unfortunate, but inevitable. Though the new faces are nothing new to [...]
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Looks Like Game Theory For Me
August 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Topics Of Interest
I have one class left to take for my Master’s Degree. It needed to come from a short list of Math classes and it looks like the winner is Game Theory. I’ve heard good things about the class and I had Dr. Nowakowski for a month while he filled in for another professor. [...]
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