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Katherine D. Harris deposited White Paper: OER Adoption Study: Using Open Educational Resources in the College Classroom in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoBased on its survey responses, the California Open Educational Resources Council identified several impediments to adopting OER textbooks and concluded that rigorous peer review was ultimately the first step towards advocating for adoption of OER textbooks. The Council quickly identified 50 highly-enrolled courses with expensive textbooks across…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic CFP: Women & Language in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 10 months agoFrom Leland G. Spenser (editorwomenandlanguage@gmail.com)
Call for Papers | Women & Language | Editor: Leland G. Spencer, PhD | Miami University
Women & Language, an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarly articles and creative work covering all aspects of communication, language, and gender.…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic CFP: MLA 2021 (Toronto) in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoDear colleagues,
Please see below for a panel on power and abuse in the eighteenth century world (MLA 2021, Toronto). Thanks!Efforts to ensconce and enforce social, political, and economic hierarchies punctuated much of eighteenth-century life and letters around the world. This was an era that bore witness to abuses of power at every level: the…[Read more]
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Elaine Auyoung deposited Narrative Theory in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 5 years, 11 months agoThis essay surveys literary criticism at the intersection of narrative theory and the Victorian novel, which often takes one of two major approaches. In the first approach, critics examine how the act of narration itself shapes and constrains Victorian narratives, whereas in the second approach, critics focus on the relationship between Victorian…[Read more]
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Allison Margaret Bigelow started the topic Panels organized by CLCS 18th-C. (MLA 2020, Seattle) in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoPlease join us at MLA 2020 for two panels on race, science, and the limits of the human in the global 18th c.:
Panel #1
074. Beyond the Border: Plant, Animal, Human. Jan 9, 2020, 1:45 PM–3:00 PM, Sheraton – Ravenna C“Diagramming Race in Eighteenth-Century Science and History,” Rachael King, U of California, Santa Barbara
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Pamela Phillips started the topic UPCOMING DEADLINE • The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830 in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoDear colleagues: Please consider contributing to the proposed volume The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830 and feel free to pass this information to interested contacts.
Call for Proposals
The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830
Edited by: Pamela Phillips, Ph.D.
Department of Hispanic Studies
University of Puerto Rico, Río P…[Read more]
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Michael Hancher deposited Dictionary vs. Encyclopedia, Then and Now in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoThe New English Dictionary was originally distinguished from an encyclopedia in reach and function by its proponent Richard Chenevix Trench and its principal editor James A. H. Murray as differing in responsibilities: a dictionary described the meanings of words, an encyclopedia described the nature of things. The distinction had philosophical and…[Read more]
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Michael Hancher deposited Table of contents, in the group
LLC Victorian and Early-20th-Century English on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoTable of contents.
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Sarah Tindal Kareem started the topic Fall 2019 MLA Forum Executive Committee Elections in the discussion
LLC Late-18th-Century English on MLA Commons 6 years, 2 months agoDear forum members,
The executive committee of the forum LLC Late-18th-Century English has nominated me to stand for election to the executive committee this year. It was suggested that I submit a post describing my interests and goals to the Late-18th-Century forum’s Commons group, which is how I find myself here. I am an Associate Professor in…[Read more]
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Mary Ann Tobin started the topic Announcing Candidacy – HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoDear Colleagues,
I’m honored to have been nominated to serve on the HEP Teaching as a Profession Forum Executive Committee, and I write to introduce myself and my qualifications beyond the information that you’ll find in my MLA Commons Profile or at my personal web site. In brief, as a member of the executive committee, I’d like to expand my e…[Read more]
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Pamela Phillips started the topic CFP Edited Collection The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830 in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoDear colleagues:
Please consider contributing to the proposed volume The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830 and feel free to pass this information to interested contacts.
Call for Proposals
The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830
Edited by:
Pamela Phillips, Ph.D.
Department of Hispanic Studies
University of Puerto Rico, Río…[Read more] -
Pamela Phillips started the topic CFP — Edited Collection The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830 in the discussion
CLCS 18th-Century via email on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoDear colleagues:
Please consider contributing to the proposed volume The Enlightened
Nightscape 1700-1830 and feel free to pass this information to interested
contacts.Call for Proposals
The Enlightened Nightscape 1700-1830
Edited by:
Pamela Phillips, Ph.D.
Department of Hispanic Studies
University of Puerto Rico, Río PiedrasTraditional…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall deposited Who Teaches When We Teach DH? A Survey in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoAs the digital humanities have rapidly gained prominence and attention over the last decade, learning has shifted from individual experiences at training environments such as THATCamps and Institutes to more formal institutional instruction. This means that the number of people teaching digital humanities (DH) has had to increase. Who are these…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick replied to the topic Welcome! in the discussion
Alpha Testers on MSU Commons 6 years, 5 months agoHuh, that’s not right. Let me see if the dev team have run across that before!
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Ethan Watrall replied to the topic Welcome! in the discussion
Alpha Testers on MSU Commons 6 years, 5 months agoTrying to make some updates to my profile. About 75% of the time when I save, I get the error “the link you followed has expired”
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick started the topic Help! in the discussion
MSU Commons Starting Area on MSU Commons 6 years, 5 months agoRunning into trouble? Let us know and we’ll see what we can do to help.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick replied to the topic Welcome to the Starting Area! in the discussion
MSU Commons Starting Area on MSU Commons 6 years, 5 months agoHi Cora! I think the Help topic must not have gotten created — I’ll set that up now, but you should feel free to start a new topic any time!
As to the various getting-started guides — there isn’t a great way to see all of them at once, but you might find navigating this group’s site a bit easier as you’re working through the steps.
Let us know…[Read more]
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Cora Walby replied to the topic Welcome to the Starting Area! in the discussion
MSU Commons Starting Area on MSU Commons 6 years, 5 months agoCouple quick questions:
1. Where is the Help! topic? I’m only seeing the Welcome and 6 Parts in the Discussion for this group.
2. Is there a way to have the instructions for the various parts displayed at the same time as I am going through the steps so I can follow along?
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Roger Whitson deposited ENGL 494: English Capstone — Comics and Graphic Novels in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 6 years, 5 months agoThis section of 494 provides students with an introduction to the reading, history, and making of comics and graphic novels. Comics have often been associated with popular culture, pulp fiction, and ephemerality. Yet comics merge image and text to create a unique form of sequential art that is becoming ever more visible and influential in our…[Read more]
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Roger Whitson deposited DTC 356: Information Structures in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 6 years, 5 months agoDTC 356 explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political roles of information and data. Beginning with library classification systems and Wikipedia, the course then turns to the role of metadata in organizing collections and our lives before ending with a consideration of text-mining and topic modeling. The conclusion considers these techniques in…[Read more]
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