While the interview was conducted with Dr. James Schirmer, James Schirmer is not how I think of him or his work. My introduction to Schirmer’s work and presence was through his presentation

The act of writing is organic and generative. Ironically, this biological approach to writing is strengthened by digital environments that allow students and teachers to cultivate better compositions. Composing is a demonstration of

An all-too standard lament these days is that teachers have been slow to adapt to students’ new modes of learning. This disjunction persists because so many of us have been trained in traditional

Publishing and teaching can both terrify new academics, often to the point of paralysis. Their mutual support for one another is often frustrated by institutional demands. For example, the traditional workload split for

This is the second in aseries of articles [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/tag/curriculum-crowdsourcing]that works to get feedback on the program I’m directing and helping to develop at Marylhurst University in

This is the first in aseries of articles [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/tag/curriculum-crowdsourcing]. Clickhere [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/crowdsourcing_a_curriculum_2.html] for part two on design principles. Clickhere

One of the most innovative educational ideas of the last century, we propose, came from Paulo Friere, the Brazilian educational theorist and populist. In his critique of “the banking model of education” in

Text becomes our voice in digital space. In the land-based classroom, we speak. In the online classroom, we compose. What we write, the way that we write, and our interactions with the writing