Category: Online Learning
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Feminism, Activism, and the Digital Humanities: An Interview with Danica Savonick
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Danica Savonick over the phone on May 18, 2020. I am grateful for her time and energy towards this project and especially appreciate the opportunity to elevate her important insights about the transformative power and potential risks of using digital technologies in the classroom. As the pandemic ravages on, her considerations here remain…
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Introductions of Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury: New HASTAC Scholar for the 2020-2021 Program
Hi folks! I am Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury, and I am writing to introduce myself as I have been selected as a new HASTAC Scholar into the 2020-2021 HASTAC Scholars Program. I am a first year PhD Student at the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas. I use…
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Zoom for Students 101
In the wake of the recent Covid-19 outbreak, many universities have decided to transition to online learning in lieu of live face-to-face learning. Instructors continue efforts to provide live support for their students and maintain consistency in their lives. One distinct tool that have stood out is Zoom, many educational institutes have used Zoom for…
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An Education Experiment: Teaching, Learning, and Mental Health Amidst COVID-19
In this blog post, I reflect on my unique experiences as both an undergraduate studying English and psychology at SUNY Cortland and teaching assistant attempting a semester of online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. My goal is to help normalize the chaos we are all experiencing as students and teachers by sharing my personal…
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Evaluation of Two Online Learning Modules
In today’s busy world, hundreds of thousands of people seek to learn new skills whether in a formal or informal environment of education. Let’s explore two specific courses within two Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) learning management systems and identify aspects of adult learning theories. Both courses are a self-paced asynchronous course which hinges on…
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eenie, meenie, miney mo! Which online class would you prefer?
Do you prefer to learn how to make magical landscapes on canvases through peaceful and methodical swipes of the paintbrush? Or would you prefer the whimsy of two brothers in a New York studio apartment creating a Thanksgiving meal in under an hour? Both of these learning experiences are available in MOOC formats: Creative Watercolors…
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Collaborative Close Reading Online
This blog explains how collaborative close reading can be done online. I recommend reading that post before this one. Since posting my collaborative close reading activity nearly two years ago, photographs of colorful, annotated excerpts have circulated on social media from classrooms all over the world. As professors have adapted this activity for different classroom…
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Learn more about “Unity” as a principle of design
I created this short video to demonstrate to my students of “Design I” how to show the concept of “unity” in their works. Unity is one of the most important principles of design and many artists try to use it in their works. In this short video, I tried to illustrate a creative way to…
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Call for Submissions for General Issue of the the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy with a Forum on Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Dec. 2, 2020 Deadline
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy General Issue with a Forum on Teaching in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Issue Editors: Nicole Zeftel (SUNY Buffalo) Alexis Larsson (CUNY Graduate Center) Teresa Ober (University of Notre Dame) Call for submissions URL: https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/call-for-submissions/ The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) seeks scholarly work at…
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Class Recap: The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
For today’s English Composition 1 class, we read June Jordan’s “Poem About My Rights,” and two essays by Audre Lorde from Sister Outsider, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” and “The Master’s Tools.” We began by reading and responding to one another’s posts to the Blackboard discussion question for the week, “What should we be writing about…