In the Author's own Words

In the Author's Own Words

In the Author’s Own Words is a fresh approach to book coverage on teachonline.ca that replaces traditional reviews with something more engaging: a hybrid of review and interview built in direct collaboration with the author.

In the age of AI, it’s more important than ever to humanize our content so readers can connect with the person behind the ideas.

Each In the Author’s Own Words feature is defined by three characteristics:

It is co-created with the author — their voice is central to the piece
It treats books as starting points for conversation — not endpoints for critique
It offers a more human, engaging reading experience — grounded in direct exchange

Each feature includes:

Three direct questions from Contact North | Contact Nord, with the author’s written responses
A short contextual review to frame the exchange

This series shares thoughtful conversations with the people doing the thinking and writing and invites our readers into the dialogue.

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Navigating the Impossible in Online Learning Design

(2026)

Rachel Fitzgerald

Henk Huijser

Navigating the Impossible in Online Learning Design examines one of the central dilemmas facing contemporary higher education: how institutions can meaningfully design online learning experiences in an environment characterized by complexity, competing expectations, and rapidly evolving technological possibilities. Edited by Rachel Fitzgerald and Henk Huijser, the book brings together case...

AI-Enhanced Pedagogies

(2026)

Alexander M. Sidorkin

Alexander M. Sidorkin’s AI-Enhanced Pedagogies is a provocative and intellectually ambitious book that attempts something many current publications on artificial intelligence and education avoid: it reframes the rise of AI not merely as a technological challenge but as a philosophical and structural critique of modern education itself. Rather than focusing...

The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Inertia in Higher Education

(2025)

James Hutson

In The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Inertia in Higher Education, James Hutson delivers a compelling and systematic exploration of why higher education institutions continue to resist the adoption of AI, even as AI’s pedagogical and administrative benefits become increasingly evident. Situated at the intersection of sociology, educational technology and...

Strategic Choices: Leadership and Change in Higher Education

(2026)

Stephen Murgatroyd

Stephen Murgatroyd’s Strategic Choices: Leadership and Change in Higher Education arrives at a moment of mounting institutional strain for postsecondary systems across the Anglophone world. Universities and colleges are confronting overlapping pressures — demographic contraction, fiscal constraint, technological acceleration, credential skepticism and intensifying political scrutiny — while still operating within...

You to the Power of Two

(2025)

Don Tapscott

Joseph M. Bradley

Joseph Bradley and Don Tapscott’s book, You to the Power of Two, arrives at a pivotal juncture in both technological evolution and societal self-reflection. Tapscott, long recognized as a leading voice on the economic and social impacts of transformative technologies, has built a prolific career examining how digital infrastructures reshape...

In the Author's Own Words

Books & Authors

Navigating the Impossible in Online Learning Design

AI-Enhanced Pedagogies

The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Inertia in Higher Education

Strategic Choices: Leadership and Change in Higher Education

You to the Power of Two

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