Ron Owston, Professor Emeritus at 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education, discusses the integration of individual AI tutors for social learning in Bryan鈥檚 Substack article, citing his insights from EDUCAUSE Review. Owston emphasizes the importance of creating collaborative learning environments by leveraging AI tutors among students, with AITutorPro highlighted as a practical example. He challenges the traditional role of AI tutors solely as personal learning tools, advocating instead for the incorporation of features that promote social learning dynamics.

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A new award named after Ron Owston, who served as Dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education from 2012-16, will provide financial support to students enrolled in the Faculty of Education鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts (BA) Educational Studies and Master of Leadership and Community Engagement (MLCE) programs.

Valued at $500 each, the awards will be granted to domestic or international students who, during their first year have a minimum 7.5 or A average and demonstrate financial need.

The BA Educational Studies and the Master of Leadership and Community Engagement programs were established under Owston鈥檚 leadership as dean of the Faculty of Education. A pioneer in teaching, learning, and research on the internet since its early days, he also was the founding director of the Institute for Research in Learning Technologies at 91亚色.

鈥淪ince both of these programs are reasonably new and had no specifically designated student awards, I wanted to provide this opportunity for students in each of the programs,鈥� said Owston. 鈥淭he award will help ease the financial burden students in these programs face.鈥�

Earlier this year, Owston decided to endow the award by committing to raise $30,000 over the next seven years.

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Faculty of Education Professor Emeritus Ron Owston will deliver his final free webinar for this term, and will open the floor to questions during the Dec. 8 event 鈥淎sk Ron Anything About Teaching with Zoom.鈥�

The webinar will run from 10 to 11 a.m., and Owston will answer questions pre-submitted by registered participants, and follow by answering questions raised during the live event as time permits.

鈥淚 go out on a limb with this one, but I did it a year ago and it鈥檚 fun,鈥� said Owston, who has organized and offered a variety of free webinars that focus on teaching with Zoom.

Owston is Contact North | Contact Nord鈥檚 research associate and leader of the group鈥檚 successful Zoom webinar series. Common topics include:

• Create engaging breakout room sessions
• Design successful ice-breaking activities
• Use a second camera or stream mobile phone video to your class
• Share videos, applications, and whiteboards
• Take class attendance
• Get poll reports
• Set up a secure class meeting

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