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Chapter 9 Review: Research That Inspires Creativity
Research as a Creative, Knowledge-Seeking Pursuit In Chapter 9, titled “Research that Inspires Creativity,” authors Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis present their exhaustive, well-researched ideas, thoughts, and recommendations on research design and methodology. The authors articulate their arguments with remarkable clarity and depth. This chapter is primarily intended for research supervisors and instructors who…
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Chapter Review: “Grades – Ugh!” from The New College Classroom
“Grades – Ugh!” in The New College Classroom by Cathy Davidson and Christina Katapodis. Harvard University Press, 2022. Reviewed by Hannah Mendro Throughout the whole of The New College Classroom, Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis provide a rigorous critical and forward-looking commentary on the state of the education system (mostly in the United States, but…
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Review of Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis’ Chapter 11 “Grades–Ugh!” from The New College Classroom
Pulling out a red pen, instructors take on the often-grueling task of designing assessment practices and grading their students. In Chapter 11, “Grades–Ugh,” Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis continue their engagement with participatory learning by challenging assumptions about the history of grading and share assessment approaches that embrace an ungrading pedagogy. The authors of The…
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EVENT: Digital Fridays w/ Paulina Hernández-Trejo, Urmi Parekh & Joshua Goldstein (Apr 28, 2023)
THIS Friday, join us for presentations featuring HASTAC Scholars Paulina Hernández-Trejo, Urmi Parekh and Joshua Goodstein
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2023 The Future of Writing:A Symposium for Teachers
Pedagogy, Process, Potential University of Southern California(online and in person)May 1, 2023 The Writing Program at the University of Southern California and the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism invite proposals for The Future of Writing: A Symposium for Teachers, a one-day event in which we look down the road to what is coming next. …
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Welcome to HASTAC Commons!
“The only lasting truth is change.”—Octavia Butler This is the first time I’m logging into HASTAC Commons and blogging “as a civilian”–and I like it. And I hope you do too. While the platform design will still be evolving in its early days, the site is now open for your registration and activity. We want…
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Join the JITP Collective! Apply by Nov 30th
Call for Participation The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy seeks new members to join our Editorial Collective. We invite applications from graduate students, scholars, and practitioners in all fields who critically and creatively engage with digital technology in their teaching, learning, and research. We will be appointing both graduate student members and non-student members (faculty, staff, practitioners).…
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Teach Like a Club: Virtual Reality & Art Therapy
So Yay!! I am teaching a Photography class this year along with other artsy subjects. So excited. I have been thinking about how to make the best of both worlds of hybrid teaching. This type of hybrid is different that I have done before. It is virtual and at our partner university campus. I reached…
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The Power of Um
Flower Plaster Casting Lesson Glitched by Mrs. Gilly circa 2022 Um, yes, um. Reflections and introjections are on my mind today. It is Tuesday. It is so wonderfully weird when a lot of really cool things happen at once. I was fortunate to interview an amazing photographer and it will be published in an online…
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Hybrid of a Hybrid: Chimera Teaching?
The Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, c. 350–340 BC, remixed by Mrs. Gilly circa 2022 What is a hybrid of a hybrid? Could it be a chimera with two totally different DNA sets? Spiral me that, and spin a quadruple helix. Okay, I must preface this. I am on the tail end of a migraine. Hence,…