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Victoria E. Szabo started the topic #mla21 #s471 Digital Humanities in/and Crisis in the discussion
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years agoSaturday, 9 January 2021
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST
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Digital humanities has been dubbed an emerging field, a transdisciplinary set of methods, a neoliberal humanities takeover, and a supplement to disciplinary knowledge. A decade after being labeled “the next big thing”—as universities and cultural institutions face social and financial c…[Read more] -
Michael A. Burke deposited “Double the Fun: Implementing “Multiple Measures” and Accelerated Learning Program Simultaneously” in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 5 years agoThis discusses the multi-year process of implementing co-requisite composition courses and establishing a multiple measures placement mechanism to determine which students need what kinds of developmental course work, if any. The end result was an increase in course pass rates and an increase in retention.
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Michael A. Burke deposited “Double the Fun: Implementing “Multiple Measures” and Accelerated Learning Program Simultaneously” in the group
RCWS History and Theory of Composition on MLA Commons 5 years agoThis discusses the multi-year process of implementing co-requisite composition courses and establishing a multiple measures placement mechanism to determine which students need what kinds of developmental course work, if any. The end result was an increase in course pass rates and an increase in retention.
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Laura Forsberg started the topic MLA 2021: Forum Panels in the discussion
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoPlease consider attending one or both of the panels sponsored by our forum at MLA 2021 in the next few days:
“Revisiting William Morris and the Arts and Crafts: Reception and Influence,” our co-sponsored panel, is scheduled for Thursday, January 7th from 5:15pm – 6:30pm (EDT).
“From the Scribal to the Digital: The Labor of Collections” is…[Read more]
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Anastasia Salter deposited Texts & Technology in History Syllabus in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThis is the syllabus for the Spring 2021 section of Texts & Technology in History, which will be taught synchronously via Zoom at UCF as part of the PhD in T&T. This iteration of the course particularly considers whose texts are archived, who shapes our technologies, and which histories are preserved and retold.
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Anastasia Salter deposited Theory & Practice of Interactive Storytelling: Online Course Syllabus in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThe syllabus for the Spring 2021 asynchronous online course “Theory & Practice of Interactive Storytelling,” which includes both critical and creative projects, and uses Twine, Inform 7, and Ren’Py.
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CELJ professional development/mentoring opportunity: Chat with an Editor in the discussion
GS Comics and Graphic Narratives on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoSharing in my role of Secretary of CELJ…please disseminate widely to graduate students and ECRs… ~ Janine Utell
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals is hosting its annual Chat with an Editor program, in an expanded edition and in conjunction with the virtual Modern Language Association Convention. The Chat provides 20-minute time…[Read more]
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Ted Underwood deposited Reclaiming Ground for the Humanities in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoProjects that bridge the humanities and sciences often attract attention from journalists, but evoke dismay from humanists who feel that their subjects of expertise have been misinterpreted. For the humanities to reclaim a place of pride in public conversation, humanists themselves need to embrace interdisciplinarity and take the lead in this…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic Overlapping Lay and Professional Constituencies of Open Access Publishing in Specialized Research Domains in the discussion
Open Access Books Network via email on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoDear All,
The following post provides a commentary on an unpublished thesis of Emily Nunn on Open Access to health and education research outside academia: https://openresearch.community/posts/overlapping-lay-and-professional-constituencies-of-open-access-publishing-in-specialized-research-domains.
It largely argues that the production and…[Read more]
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Whitney Trettien deposited Cultures of the Book (ENGL 034, taught remotely Fall 2020) in the group
TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThe book: it’s a soothingly familiar technology, one we all know how to operate. Open the front covers to reveal the text; turn the page to continue reading. Yet even the most seemingly ordinary aspects of the book, like titles and page numbers, had to be invented. In this course, we will work to defamiliarize the book, investigating how the f…[Read more]
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Pablo Markin started the topic The 2020 Installment of the Frankfurt Academic Conference Shines a Spotlight on in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoRecently, I have reviewed the Frankfurt Academic Conference 2020.
Its presenters have delved into the implications of Open Access transitions for various players, their interrelations internationally and locally, stakeholder engagement, library budgets and institutional strategies: https://openresearch.community/posts/the-2020-installment-of-the-f…[Read more]
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