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Recommended reading & free access to books

March 17th, 2020

Bassel Atallah of our English Department offers these classic English literature reading recommendations for you and they are all available for free in the Read More link.

1) Wuthering Heights

2) Great Expectations

3) The Three Musketeers

4) Pride and Prejudice

5) The Mysterious Island


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Some things to do for free and fun online curated by Dawson staff

March 17th, 2020

Carey-Ann Pawsey’s recommended video resources: CBC Gem has plenty of shows and programs you can stream for free: https://gem.cbc.ca/ The NFB offers a ton of free films to stream: https://www.nfb.ca/films/ Wolfgang Krotter’s recommendations: Online Art: Virtual Visits 12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online 2. Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, Mankind at large: A look at the world through…

Lex Fridman podcast with Michael I. Jordan

March 3rd, 2020

Wolfgang Krotter (Creative and Applied Arts) recommends the Feb. 24 episode of Lex Fridman's podcast about artificial intelligence, deep learning, autonomous vehicles, and beyond. In podcast #74, Lex interviews Michael I. Jordan, one of the most influential computer scientists of our time, about Machine Learning (as opposed to Artificial Intelligence) and Recommender Systems. Available on YouTube; click Read More for link.


What does education entail?

February 18th, 2020

In a recent book entitled “The Fourth Education Revolution” (2018), Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, writes that he is "constantly surprised when he asks colleagues in the profession the (above) question, to be greeted by blank faces."

Noam Chomsky, well-known M.I.T. professor and American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist proposes his own answer to this question about education. Click Read More to watch Chomsky share his answer in a three-and-a-half-minute video.


Read more about: Entry level AI reading recommendations

Entry level AI reading recommendations

February 11th, 2020

Interested in learning more about AI and considering implementing AI into your course curriculum?  Dawson AI’s Robert Stephens (Profile Coordinator of Arts & Culture; Faculty, Humanities and Philosophy) has some book recommendations to get you started. The Most Human Human, by Brian Christian (2012). Publisher Penguin Random House describes it as: “a provocative, exuberant, and profound…

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