Irwin DeVries

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Open/online learning, open educational practices, critical and hope-full approaches. Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University, Canada. Guitars, audio recording. Former hitchhiker. PhD Education. Living on the unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples. He/him. -- #OER #OEP #OpenLearning #HigherEd #HigherEducation #OpenEducation #OpenPedagogy #Guitars #Recording

Header ALT TEXT: Close-up photo of weathered side of a wood building with peeling yellow paint and a rusty grate on one side.

Bloghttps://idevries.com/
WikiEducator / OERUhttps://wikieducator.org/User:Idevries
ORCID IDhttps://ORCID.org/0000-0003-3752-7052
Musical effortshttps://irwindevries.bandcamp.com
Irwin DeVriesJan 5, 2024
From the “No comment” dept.
Irwin DeVriesNov 19, 2023
#silentsunday
Irwin DeVriesNov 8, 2023
An awe-inspiring sight: Salmon fighting the current, returning home to spawn in a local creek close to my home.
Irwin DeVriesAug 13, 2023
A friend makes arrangements using only flowers grown in her yard.
Irwin DeVriesJun 27, 2023
Jurassic park bench
Irwin DeVriesApr 26, 2023
The first line of this post triggered a Monty Python flashback.
Irwin DeVriesApr 6, 2023
Found this quote from the eminently quotable Anais Nin at the bottom of a granola bag.
Irwin DeVriesJan 24, 2023
The little known darkness haunting the edges of the pre-Disney story of Bambi cracked open my world as a child in ways that I’ve never forgotten. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/bambi-new-translation-1.6719849
The original Bambi isn't kid's stuff — and it carries significant lessons for today | CBC Radio

A new translation of the original text, published 100 years ago, hopes to reveal the complex — and, at times, much darker — story at its core.

CBC
Irwin DeVriesJan 20, 2023
It would be nice to see those nasty hard plastic bread bag clips replaced by a more organic alternative more often. What’s stopping this? #NoPlastic #Environment
Show threadIrwin DeVriesJan 18, 2023
For comparison, the same page with the traditional skin.