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Facing the Future: the Changing Shape of Academic Skills Support at Bournemouth University
No full textThis paper explores the potential impact of changes to higher education in England on student expectations, engagement, lifestyles and diversity, and outlines implications for the development of digital literacy within academic skills support at Bournemouth University (BU). We will investigate how tackling resource constraints with organisational change can also enable efficient, centralised provision of support materials that utilise networks to overcome the risk of fragmented support for digital literacy. We will also look at how changing delivery modes for support can accommodate changing student lifestyles whilst tackling a weakness of centralised support for digital literacy: that it can become detached from the student’s subject-focused academic practice. Finally we will explore how involving students in developing support can help us to face changes to student expectations and engagement whilst ensuring that materials are authentic and speak to learners in their own voice
As I See It piece by Richard Ford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author turned East
No full textAs I See It piece by Richard Ford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author turned East Boothbay resident, on how he has learned to fit in in his new home and on the broader implications of being a newcomer
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3442: Bill Ford, Author, 2014
No full textPhotograph of author and Mayborn professor Bill Ford displaying his ebook, "How to Write a Marketing Plan."
Letter from R. H. Ford to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1860
No full textR. H. Ford (letter author) is the brother of Henry L. Ford. The letter asks if the recently deceased Henry L. Ford was due anything from the government, which would be left to his father, William Ford
Kenneth M. Ford
No full textKenneth Ford is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) — a not-for-profit research institute located in Pensacola, Florida. IHMC has grown into one of the nation’s premier research organizations with world-class scientists and engineers investigating a broad range of topics related to building technological systems aimed at amplifying and extending human cognition, perception, locomotion and resilience. Richard Florida has described IHMC as “a new model for interdisciplinary research institutes that strive to be both entrepreneurial and academic, firmly grounded and inspiringly ambitious.” IHMC headquarters are in Pensacola with a branch research facility in Ocala, Florida.
Dr. Ford is the author of hundreds of scientific papers and six books. Dr. Ford’s research interests include: artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human-centered computing, and entrepreneurship in government and academia. Dr. Ford received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tulane University. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of AAAI/MIT Press and has been involved in the editing of several journals. Ford is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a member of the National Association of Scholars. Ford has received many awards and honors including the Doctor Honoris Causas from the University of Bordeaux in 2005 and the 2008 Robert S. Englemore Memorial Award for his work in artificial intelligence (AI). In 2012 Tulane University named Ford its Outstanding Alumnus in the School of Science and Engineering. In 2015, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence named Dr. Ford the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Also in 2015, Dr. Ford was elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2017 Dr. Ford was inducted into the Florida Inventor’s Hall of Fame.
In January 1997, Dr. Ford was asked by NASA to develop and direct its new Center of Excellence in Information Technology at the Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. He served as Associate Center Director and Director of NASA’s Center of Excellence in Information Technology. In July 1999, Dr. Ford was awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. That same year, Ford returned to private life and to the IHMC.
In October of 2002, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Ford to serve on the National Science Board (NSB) and the United States Senate confirmed his nomination in March of 2003. The NSB is the governing board of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and plays an important role in advising the President and Congress on science policy issues. In 2005, Dr. Ford was appointed and sworn in as a member of the Air Force Science Advisory Board.
In 2007, he became a member of the NASA Advisory Council and on October 16, 2008, Dr. Ford was named as Chairman – a capacity in which he served until October 2011. In August 2010, Dr. Ford was awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal – the highest honor the agency confers.
In February of 2012, Dr. Ford was named to a two-year term on the Defense Science Board (DSB) and in 2013, he became a member of the Advanced Technology Board (ATB) which supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). In 2018, Dr. Ford was appointed to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.https://commons.erau.edu/space-congress-bios-2019/1005/thumbnail.jp
Jay Ford letter to Franklin County Womans Suffrage Association, October 19, 1914
No full textJay Ford wrote this letter to the Women's Suffrage Headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, on October 19, 1914. Ford was writing to explain that there would be a debate on women's suffrage, and Ford would be arguing on the side of women's suffrage. Ford requested literature in support of women's suffrage to help prove that suffrage should be extended to women.
The Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1912, after the Ohio Constitutional Convention elected to bring to a vote the question of removing the words "white male" from the state constitution with regard to voting rights. Headquartered in the Chamber of Commerce building in Columbus, Ohio, the organization put out regular publications, organized public speeches and meetings, distributed literature and held parades in support of the suffrage movement. Women's suffrage in Ohio was defeated in a special election in 1912 and again in 1914 and 1916 before a resolution narrowly passed in 1917 allowing municipal voting by women in Columbus. In 1920, the 19th Amendment passed, extending the vote to women and prohibiting state and federal government from denying suffrage on the basis of sex
Jere Nash Interview with Tim Ford (Part 1 of 2)
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with former Mississippi Speaker of the House in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006 (Part 1 of 2). Topics covered include Ford\u27s background and his first race for the Mississippi legislature; education reform bill; historic view of the state legislature towards a balanced budget; Buddie Newman; 1987 highway bill; House battle over rules; Bill Allain; gaming legislation; Ford\u27s races for Speaker of the House; and Ray Mabus
Ford, Derek / interviewed by Dr. Philip van Beynen Oral History: Derek Ford
No full textDr. Derek Ford, karst science authority and author, begins the interview discussing his childhood in and around the city of Bath, England and the beginnings of his interest in rock climbing, cave diving, and cave mapping. Special attention is given to his relationship to the transition from the physiographic approach to geography to a quantitative approach. He elaborates on his friendship with eminent geomorphologist Paul Williams and how they came to write their book together. The conversation continues with an in-depth discussion of Dr. Ford\u27s major scientific breakthroughs and notable publications with various research partners. He reflects on his career highs, specifically his love of teamwork and mentoring students. Dr. Ford shares stories of past students, their personalities, and where they are now in their lives. The interview concludes with Dr. Ford\u27s opinion on the future of karst research.
Interview conducted January 24, 2008 at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida
Cwbr Author Interview Deliver Us From Evil: The Slavery Question In The Old South
No full textInterview with Dr. Lacy K. Ford, Jr., Professor of History at the University of South Carolina Interviewed by Nathan Buman CWBR : I\u27m here today with Lacy K. Ford, author of Deliver Us from Evil: The Question of Slavery in the Old South. Professor Ford, thank you for joining me. Lacy K. Ford (LKF): I\u27m happy to be here
An article on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, a part-time Maine resi
No full textAn article on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, a part-time Maine resident and the elusive author of Independence Day and other works. The author conducted a telephone interview with Ford, who politely cut the talk short because he was working on a new novel in Montana. Undeterred, the author interviewed others who knew of Ford and visited his Maine home to fill in details about Ford\u27s life
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