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Ian! D. Allen
BA (Psychology), MMath (Computer Science)
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I taught for 22 years at the Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
until poor working conditions forced me to resign on June 30 2019.
I also rarely give Linux talks at the local Ottawa Canada GNU/Linux User Group (OCLUG), formerly at http://oclug.on.ca/ and then at Linux-Ottawa. Use the Biography link on the left for more information.
The historical list of all my Algonquin courses is listed below.
Winter 2019 was the last Algonquin teaching term for Ian! D. Allen
Winter 2019 was the last term of teaching at Algonquin College for Ian! D. Allen. To avoid having to teach night courses at Algonquin College, Ian had to resign as professor, effective June 30 2019.
During my last Winter 2019 term at Algonquin I taught one first-term introduction to GNU/Linux course (CST8207) with about 100 students. I was also the lab prof for two second-term GNU/Linux CST8177 labs. The list of all my courses is below. I resigned from teaching at Algonquin College effective June 30 2019.
Send me EMail – idallen@idallen.ca
I've been using EMail since 1976 and Internet since about 1982. The best way to contact me is by my home email idallen@idallen.ca.
DO NOT USE MY OLD "alleni" COLLEGE EMAIL ADDRESS – I NO LONGER WORK AT THIS COLLEGE. They deleted my account after I left.
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College Education in Ontario
The most common complaint from students, in addition to concerns about money and the affordability of their education, has to do with the quality of contact time with professors and teachers. This must be addressed. If students feel that they come and go and no one cares, something is out of balance. A commitment to excellence includes a commitment to an outstanding student experience. – Bob Rae, reporting in Ontario: A Leader in Learning 2005, as quoted in the OPSEU College Faculty Report on Education in Ontario Colleges (2014)
Academic Requirements
Here are the basic things you must know to get credit in the courses that I
teach.
- Make sure you are registered in my course. I get your name and EMail address directly from the registration records.
- You must have a working Algonquin EMail address. Make sure your Algonquin EMail is correctly forwarded to an EMail account that you read regularly. To learn how to forward your Algonquin Email, visit the Algonquin College ITS support site.
- Know how to spell your name the same way as you are registered. On mark-sense forms, the computer matches the name you give me against the name you used when you registered with Algonquin. If you want your marks credited to you, the names must match exactly. You can test your name before a test using the Algonquin Registered Name Game.
- Keep up-to-date with the course Web pages. Read the course Announcements regularly.
- Avoid Plagiarism and Academic Fraud.
