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In the wake of all that educators are navigating these days, they've proven to be not only resilient, but also innovative. They continue intentionally finding new and exciting ways to create powerful learning opportunities for all students. Reinvent the Classroom, an initiative by Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft, and Intel, supports, celebrates, and amplifies educators and schools demonstrating such powerful teaching and learning by leveraging technology. Digital Promise's Reinvent the Classroom team is excited to magnify the voices of eight HP Teaching Fellows who are consistently striving to provide all learners with learning experiences that are personal and accessible, authenticating and challenging, connected and collaborative, and inquisitive and reflective. We invite you to learn more about our powerful learning principles and leading-edge methods through the vantage points of these HP Teaching Fellows.

This paper explores the relationship between electronic social networks, teaching, and learning. Previous studies have shown a strong positive correlation between student engagement and learning. By extending this work to engage instructors and add an electronic component, our study shows possible teaching improvement as well. In particular, enthusiastic teachers and learners have a more positive attitude toward their work and studies.

This research reports findings from a study which explored the process and criteria of partner selection--how and why partners are chosen--for two distance education consortia. The researchers reviewed recent literature on partnerships and partner selection. Two Canada-wide distance education consortia were identified as large-scale case studies for investigation of the research theory. A total of 34 informants were contacted. Written business plans, contracts, documents, partner network diagrams, and 231 archival emails from 36 correspondents were collected and analyzed for the two consortia. The research identified four criteria that influence why specific partners are chosen: requirements, resource availability, social network, and reputation. These findings suggest that the formation of partnerships and the process of partner selection are both very complex. (Contains 1 table.)

Black ash (Fraxinus nigra), the most highly preferred and vulnerable host of the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus planipennis) in North America, is of cultural and spiritual importance to many Tribal Nations in the US and First Nations in Canada. To date, EAB has invaded nearly 60% of the native range of black ash, with annual spread averaging approximately 50 km per year. On the basis of the predicted expansion of EAB distribution, we estimate that more than 75% of black ash basal area will be lost across 87% of the species' North American range by 2035. Census data indicate that 98% of Indigenous people currently residing within the geographic range of black ash in the US will be within the area experiencing more than 75% basal area loss by 2035, suggesting broad and multidimensional impacts of EAB invasion for those who value black ash as a cultural keystone species. Collaborative efforts among scientists, resource managers, and Indigenous experts are needed to mitigate EAB impacts and preserve or protect black ash resources, given the species' vulnerability to EAB and its associated cultural and ecological value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on corporate commitments to freedom of association and corporate codes in Canada. Topics include multinational enterprises (MNEs), corporate social responsibility (CSR), and global union federations (GUFs). Information is provided on International Framework Agreements (IFAs), corporate self-regulation, and the common law of contract.

The article examines the advances in good faith requirements in the common law of individual employment in Canada. It provides background, defining the concept of an implied contractual good faith duty and its potential implications in employment relationships. It traces the origins and development of the duty of good faith and fair dealing in the manner of dismissal. Moreover, a brief consideration legal and policy implications is also discussed.

This research reports findings from a study which explored the process and criteria of partner selection - how and why partners are chosen - for two distance education consortia. The researchers reviewed recent literature on partnerships and partner selection. Two Canada-wide distance education consortia were identified as large-scale case studies for investigation of the research theory. A total of 34 informants were contacted. Written business plans, contracts, documents, partner network diagrams, and 231 archival emails from 36 correspondents were collected and analyzed for the two consortia. The research identified four criteria that influence why specific partners are chosen: requirements, resource availability, social network, and reputation. These findings suggest that the formation of partnerships and the process of partner selection are both very complex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]