Sidelined student uses Double

Source: A.I. Robot Shop   Published: 6/20/2015 1:50:01 AM   Clicked: 741

University of Alberta student uses Double after being sidelined by surgery

Elementary education student Samantha Bruns found herself in a dilemma at the beginning of the spring semester in May: surgery or school? She had been on a waiting list for surgery for more than six months, so she decided to take a chance and register for EDEL 305 - Introduction to Language Arts.

"On the first day, I let my professor, Trudy Cardinal, know that I might need to miss a few days due to the surgery, never thinking that it might happen," she said.

"Of course, two weeks later I got called in."

Where another student might have dropped the class or arranged to get the lecture notes, Bruns is never one to take half measures. Besides, she had another solution in mind.

"I took the EDU 210 course [Introduction to Educational Technology] in the winter semester, where we were exposed to lots of new technology. Because our course was online, I actually met my professor, Anwen Burk, through Rollie the Robot at Maker Day in March."

Rollie had been used by faculty for meetings and some instruction, but this was the first time a student had the opportunity to put the technology into practice in a course.