Journey into Online Course Development
As part of my efforts to make science fiction scholarship more accessible, I have begun the journey into online course development and created a mini-course called “Dune 101” based on …
As part of my efforts to make science fiction scholarship more accessible, I have begun the journey into online course development and created a mini-course called “Dune 101” based on …
The WomenTech Global Conference 2022 (#WTGC2022) was a breath of fresh air mid-year, as it has been for the past couple of years. Although I am only able to attend sessions …
Academic publishing can feel like a labyrinthine game where you are unsure of the rules and complexities around aspects such as editorial and peer review, contracts, access options, and more. …
The 2007 animated short film Flatland: The Movie featuring the voices of Martin Sheen and Kristen Bell appears to be a popular teaching tool in math classes because it includes angles …
I wanted to briefly introduce students to Digital Humanities in an introductory-level Shakespeare course I was helping teach, partly because they might not hear about it otherwise and partly because …
One of the main issues in Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) is ethnography and its limitations. The main character Genly Ai is an ambassador …
For my first time helping to teach an introductory-level Shakespeare course, I found a good icebreaker activity from Stefanie Jochman on the Teaching Shakespeare Folger Education blog. It’s called Shakespeare …
Teaching Week session on “Embedding Employability in Our Classes” University of Canterbury June 9, 2016 This session was an enlightening experience, with four employers invited to share what they were …
Increasing Teachers’ Capacity for Innovative Learning Pedagogies By Professor Peggy A. Ertmer, Learning Design and Technology (Purdue University Professor Peggy A. Ertmer gave a prestige lecture on April 27, 2016, …
“Thriving as an Academic” Seminar By Professor William H. Starbuck (Visiting Erskine Fellow) and Emeritus Professor Bob Hamilton Admittedly, I was skeptical about how much value I could obtain from …