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  • Impact/Impasse

    Revaluing University Classroom Life

    Makes a case for the value—and ultimately impact—of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.Impact/Impasse argues for the value of everyday life in college classrooms. Quantifiable categories such as high-impact practice, student engagement, and integrative learning have captured the imagination of a generation of higher education researchers, practitioners, administrators, and ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

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  • Reclaiming Conversation

    The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

    by Sherry Turkle ...
    **“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on.” —Aziz Ansari, author of Modern RomanceRenowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Virtual Self

    How the casual information you create virtually is changing the physical world around you

    by Nora Young ...
    The host of CBC Radio's Spark explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities, and our government.We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop

    How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

    The Antiracist Writing Workshop is a call to create healthy, sustainable, and empowering artistic communities for a new millennium of writers. Inspired by June Jordan 's 1995 Poetry for the People, here is a blueprint for a 21st-century workshop model that protects and platforms writers of color. Instead of earmarking dusty anthologies, imagine workshop participants Skyping with contemporary ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Closing the Loop

    Systems Thinking for Designers

    by Sheryl Cababa ...
    As design continues to impact our products, services, and solutions at scale, it is more important than ever to understand the systems and context that surround design decisions. Closing the Loop will introduce you to a powerful systems thinking mindset and provide you with the tools and frameworks to define the systems that surround your work."Cababa's book comes at a crucial moment for design, ... Read more

    $51.19 CAD

  • Re-Engineering Humanity

    Every day, new warnings emerge about artificial intelligence rebelling against us. All the while, a more immediate dilemma flies under the radar. Have forces been unleashed that are thrusting humanity down an ill-advised path, one that's increasingly making us behave like simple machines? In this wide-reaching, interdisciplinary book, Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger examine what's happening to ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Unmuted

    How to Show Up, Speak Up, and Inspire Action

    An essential guide to professional communicationProfessional communication has become more complex than ever as, with the rise of remote working and the increasing prominence of social media, we frequently find ourselves muted – when we can't find the opportunities to speak up or our ideas aren't getting the credit they deserve. In Unmuted, Heather Hansen draws upon her years of experience as a ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Scholarly Writing Process

    Short Guides, #1

    by Jo VanEvery ...
    Series Book 1 - Short Guides
    Getting stuck is a normal part of the writing process, even for experienced writers. My aim in publishing this Short Guide is to help you generate new writing projects, keep your writing projects moving forward, and ensure that your writing process results in publications.A Short Guide to the Scholarly Writing Process focuses on writing as a process, from your initial curiosity about a topic or ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Becoming the Writer You Already Are

    Becoming the Writer You Already Are helps scholars uncover their unique writing process and design a writing practice that fits how they work. Author Michelle R. Boyd introduces the Writing Metaphor as a reflective tool that can help you understand and overcome your writing fears: going from "stuck" to "unstuck" by drawing on skills you already have at your fingertips. She also offers an ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The New College Classroom

    Frederic W. Ness Book Award, American Association of Colleges and UniversitiesA Forbes Best Higher Education Book“A practical guide to more effective and engaged college teaching.”—Forbes“Everyone who teaches (or hopes to teach) college will find this book a provocative and stimulating source of ideas about how to make our classrooms more equitable, participatory and interactive.”—Steven Mintz, ... Read more

    $28.19 CAD

  • Qualitative Consumer and Marketing Research

    How is qualitative marketing and consumer research conducted today?- What is rigorous research in this field?- What are the new, cutting edge techniques?Written for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners, this book takes readers through the basics to an advanced understanding of the latest developments in qualitative marketing and consumer research. The book offers readers a ... Read more

    $116.99 CAD

  • Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing

    Short Guides, #2

    by Jo VanEvery ...
    Series Book 2 - Short Guides
    Finding Time for your Scholarly Writing addresses the problem of juggling writing alongside your other responsibilities. I identify three kinds of time: full days, longish sessions, and short snatches. In this Short Guide, I explain what kinds of writing you can do in each, and suggest ways of combining the three to ensure that you make the best use of the time available at different points in the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus