I am deeply disturbed by dominant discourses in society that silence the voices
of others, particularly women and ethnic minorities. I am frustrated by people
who put others down, particularly online. And I
Twitter is an incredibly dynamic digital tool that can create spaces of
flattened hierarchies. These spaces can fuel inclusive pedagogy. But before
teaching with Twitter, instructors have to think about how to use
Over the weekend of November 21-23, the Hybrid Pedagogy editorial board gathered
in Washington D.C. for an intensive working retreat. During that time, we
collaborated on the following article — 10 authors and
MOOCs and Critical Pedagogy are not obvious bedfellows. The hype around MOOCs has centered mostly on a brand of sage on the stage courseware at direct odds with Critical Pedagogy’s emphasis on learner agency.
I am peeking through a pinhole when I look at MOOCs. Like any tool in the wrong hands, MOOCs can become agents of continued oppression — of the learner or the teacher, in a pedagogical sense or in a poli-economic one.
I’m a feminist teacher of writing and literature of over 25 years and,
amazingly, I still love it. I love the transformative nature of critical
feminist pedagogy, the dialogic classes where meaning
Autocorrect is tyranny. It is interruption of thought, of speech, of creation, a
condition for — and sometimes a prohibition against — my voice being heard. When
I type “phone-less” and autocorrect changes it to
I am an innovator. And yet, I still struggle with what exactly that means.
Say you’re driving down a west coast highway in your economy car, listening to
music, admiring the landscape
Many of us are drawn in by the allure of digital technology, tempting us to
structure our daily personal and work routines increasingly on asynchronous
communication. Making choices to act asynchronously, often by
You are already a digital humanist, whether or not you know it. Digital
humanities has exploded in popularity over the last decade, as evidenced by the
creation of many different types of grants
When I discovered a rather nondescript blurb on Craigslist about needing an
immediate replacement for a “technology specialist,” I didn’t know exactly what
I’d find. Much to my joy, however, I
Howard Rheingold brought this piece to our attention after Jesse and Sean
published “Is it Okay to Be a Luddite
[http://learning.instructure.com/2014/06/is-it-okay-to-be-a-luddite/]” on
Instructure’s Keep Learning blog.
This piece was originally published
[http://learning.instructure.com/2014/06/is-it-okay-to-be-a-luddite/] on
Instructure’s Keep Learning blog. When it posted, we received a message from
Howard Rheingold (NetSmart [http://rheingold.com/books/
