Materialist theories in the area of Composition in the last 10-12 years have reveled that much of the way we talk about what happens in our classrooms controls how we act toward our students, how they respond, and what the public sphere thinks about the work we do in classrooms. Linda Adler-Kassner argues in her …
Monthly Archive: March 2013
Mar 06
Session proposal: The open-source textbook
I propose a session discussing open-source educational materials, particularly open-source textbooks. What would an open-source textbook look like? What is the difference between open source and open access? What are the advantages of an open-source textbook? What are the potential drawbacks of using an open-source textbook? of creating an open-source textbook? What other types of …
Mar 05
Working with digital archives in the classroom
Archives have gone digital. From the Modernist Journals Project to bloggers with a knack for collecting rare books, the archive itself no longer has a stable relationship to space, place, or institution. I propose a discussion about successful integration of online digital archives in the everyday classroom. What do digital documents do that the traditional …
Mar 05
Session Proposal: Digital Publishing and course work
I’m proposing a Talk about how digital publishing, blogging, creating ebooks, and research guides can be incorporated into undergraduate course work as assignments. Specifically, how publishing projects work pedagogically and practically. I’ll be discussing how this type of activity is promotes engaged learning. I’ve recently work with several groups/classes on ebook and digital publishing assignments. Some have worked great …
Mar 05
Session proposal: Comics and DH
I propose a “talk” session in which we will discuss relations between comics and digital humanities and ways of using comics to engage in digital humanities research and teaching. I am currently working on a book manuscript which argues that in order to understand how the material parameters of literature are being affected by transitions …
Mar 05
Session Proposal
We all may remember this gem from the MLA Jobs List Tumblr last fall: Many of us will be faced with this task in our job searches, and we should have an answer to give committees who know they want a digital humanist, but aren’t able to articulate what a digital humanist is or does. …
Mar 04
Session Proposal
Teaching “Academic” Writing in the 21st Century: a collaborative talking group in which we identify (and perhaps begin to articulate solutions for) the challenges of teaching academic writing in the digital age. Some framing questions might be: What constitutes “academic” writing today? What (and who) determines if a non-peer-reviewed source is “scholarly”? How do we make …
Mar 01
Start TCSE a Little Early!
On Friday afternoon Stewart Varner and Brian Croxall from Emory University’s digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC) will share their insights into their work at DiSC and details about the digital projects they’re building at Emory Libraries. When? Friday, March 8 1-2pm Where? Clough Commons, Room 125 About DiSC: DiSC offers faculty members and graduate students the …
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