Teaching & Learning

What goes up must come down: Education prof explores the AI hype cycle

Bonnie StewartDr. Bonnie Stewart is a professor in the Faculty of Education (photo courtesy of Bonnie Stewart)

By Kate Hargreaves

From search results to article summaries, image generators and facial recognition, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere. 

Bonnie Stewart, a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor, challenges the idea that this AI omnipresence is inevitable or even something higher education should embrace. 

Having worked in digital pedagogies since the late 1990s, Dr. Stewart’s research focuses on combining educational and sociological lenses to examine how digital tools are used. 

Windsor Law professor unpacks equality rights in Canadian Constitutional Law Casebook

Joshua Sealy-HarringtonUniversity of Windsor Faculty of Law professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington. (CHERRY THERESANATHAN/University of Windsor)

By Lindsay Charlton

We’re living in a time when inequality is at the centre of political controversy, says Faculty of Law professor Joshua Sealy-Harrington, which makes it all the more important to clarify what the term means in a legal context.

Creative writing graduate course celebrates legacy of program

A pile of books on a table (titles of each book appears at end of this article)A graduate creative writing course will study books that began as MA theses

By Kate Hargreaves

When professor of English and Creative Writing Nicole Markotić was selecting books for the department’s final graduate-level creative writing class, she knew she wanted to make a big splash. 

“We wanted a course objective that would both celebrate past achievements and project our current student cohort into their own literary futures,” she explains. 

Annual HK Scholars’ Evening celebrates student success

Sheldon Fetter and Samantha MonkPhD honourees Sheldon Fetter and Samantha Monk (photo courtesy of the Faculty of Human Kinetics)

By Kate Hargreaves 

Students and faculty gathered for the annual Faculty of Human Kinetics Scholars’ Evening on Tuesday, Nov. 11 to celebrate students’ scholastic success. 

A total of 138 students, from undergraduate to doctoral level, received scholarships and bursaries in addition to the 103 students recognized for making the Dean’s Honour Roll, which requires a minimum of an 80 per cent average across five courses. 

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UWindsor students mentor next generation of entrepreneurs

Vice president of Enactus Matthew TraceyMatthew Tracey, an undergraduate student at the Odette School of Business and vice-president of Enactus Windsor, helps lead programs that mentor youth in entrepreneurship and sustainability. (VICTOR ROMAO/University of Windsor)

By Victor Romao

What if the next big business idea came from a Grade 10 classroom?

At the University of Windsor, a group of students is betting on it.

Enactus Windsor, a student-run organization at UWindsor, is transforming how young people in Windsor-Essex learn about business and sustainability.

New guide helps legal professionals navigate AI in research and writing

Annette stands in the UWindsor law libraryAnnette Demers, Law Reference Librarian at UWindsor. (JOEL GUERIN/University of Windsor)

By Sara Meikle

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life—in our workplaces, our classrooms and even our pockets.

But as these tools evolve at a rapid pace, they raise critical questions. How do we know what’s accurate? And who is accountable when the technology gets it wrong?

For Annette Demers, a veteran law librarian and University of Windsor instructor, those questions were the starting point for something bigger.

University of Windsor reappoints Nursing Dean to second term

Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine headshotDebbie Sheppard-LeMoine is reappointed to a second five-year term as Dean of the Faculty of Nursing (FILE/University of Windsor)

By Sara Meikle

The University of Windsor has reappointed Debbie Sheppard-LeMoine to a second five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Nursing.

The renewal recognizes her leadership in strengthening the faculty’s academic excellence, research profile and global partnerships since 2019. Under her direction, the faculty earned the maximum seven-year accreditation from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing for all undergraduate programs.

Young musicians invited to join UWindsor’s Lab School string program

University of Windsor’s Lab School young musicians performingYoung string musicians from the University of Windsor's Lab School perform at the School of Creative Arts building in Windsor, Ont. (Courtesy of Vanessa Mio-Quiring)

Do you have the music in you?  

The University of Windsor’s Lab School is tuning up for another season of music-making, with registration now open for group string lessons. 

Students from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science and School of Creative Arts (SoCA) launched the Lab School’s fall music instruction program on Oct. 25, with registration extended until Saturday, Nov. 8. 

Visit to Nagoya University builds international collaboration in STEM teaching

George Zhou outside Nagoya UniversityGeorge Zhou travelled to Nagoya University in Japan (photo courtesy of George Zhou)

By Kate Hargreaves

When George Zhou visited a high school in Japan as part of a six-week trip to Nagoya University, he was struck by the collaborative approach of the teachers.  

“When the school principal led me to a large open room, I was astonished by what I saw,” said Dr. Zhou.

Rather than sitting and working independently, Zhou saw teachers sharing resources and moving around the room to talk to their colleagues.

How ancient traditions shaped Halloween

Stock image of children trick or treating on Halloween night. Stock image of children trick-or-treating on Halloween night. (stock.adobe.com/ The University of Windsor)

By Lindsay Charlton

A night when worlds collide 

As the leaves change and a chill creeps into the air, this time of year may also send a shiver down your spine. 

Ghosts, witches and ghouls make their presence known as All Hallows’ Eve approaches Friday, when the veil between worlds grows thin — or so says ancient Celtic lore.