Is ChatGPT going to change the way we teach?

Posted on Monday, March 6th, 2023

In the mid-to late 1970s a new device was introduced in classrooms setting offline drawing of artificial intellegence next to ChatpGPT logo debates and uproars, as to whether or not it would help or hurt student learning. Some fifty years later, the conversation around calculators still goes on, with many wondering if that device is taking away or adding to a student’s learning.

Today, a new form of technology is raising similar discussion. Artificial Intelligence (AI) (and specifically ChatGPT) is the latest tool to have educations minds buzzing. Read more >

“Having Indigenous voices at every level is important”

Posted on Friday, March 3rd, 2023

For Indigenous students to thrive and succeed at Algonquin College,three headshots of student leaders. One male student in full Indigenous headress, one female student on a dark background and third male student wearing a blue shirt Indigenous voices need to be involved at every level of the College, bureaucracy and red tape need to be streamlined, student resources better promoted, and faculty should demonstrate flexibility and willingness to accommodate family emergencies.

These were some of the suggestions and recommendations shared with an audience of college employees and faculty, at the March 2 Indigenous Student Leadership Panel, hosted by Shelia Grantham and Kerry Potts, Algonquin College’s Indigenous Pedagogy and Curriculum Consultants in Learning and Teaching Services. Read more >

Skilled Trades & Technology Day for Young Women

Posted on Thursday, March 2nd, 2023

Large group of students and staff at algonquin collegeOn Tuesday, Feb. 28, Algonquin College proudly hosted the Skilled Trades and Technology Day for Young Women in the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence. It was an inspiring event, not only for the young women who attended but for our team of Algonquin College facilitators and lab leaders as well.

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