PowerPoint of the webinar given at the Andalusian School Libraries Conference on the newest trends and proposals in relation to media and information literacy.

Starting from a review of the recent bibliography, we reflect on the role of libraries in promoting innovation. Training in media, informational and digital competencies is considered as a playing field in which librarians, educators and Administration have to come together, contributing their experience from complementary perspectives. Based on…[Read more]

Dire, globally high doctoral attrition rates are the result of competing impediments to the success of a doctoral aspirant who is unprepared to consistently produce scholarly doctoral-level writing, lacking the in the theoretical, philosophical, and intellectual training needed to think logically and metacognitively assimilate vast quantities of…[Read more]

Defining digital humanities is a unique academic challenge. In this volume, Julian Chambliss, Professor of English at Michigan State University, explores the meaning, practice, and implication of digital humanities by talking to scholars deeply engaged with digital methods and the promise they hold for the humanities.

Multiple intelligences and extracurricular activities are two variables that may affect a student’s academic and non-academic performance in school. This study aimed at describing and finding the relationship between multiple intelligences and participation rates in extracurricular activities of students from a Catholic educational institution. T…[Read more]

This is a brief presentation of 4 assignments i created in Spring 2021 as an instructor for a 4 week online introduction to music collection development course and have since adopted as thought exercises to ensure i engage in inclusive collection development practices.

Can a typeface turn the fate of an indigenous language around by making communication possible on digital platforms and driving digital activism? In 2014, a project was initiated with financial support from the Access to Knowledge programme at The Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore to look for answers to this question. The project’s goal w…[Read more]

No community can express the pain of losing an elder, especially when she was the last fluent speaker of their language.

Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda died on January 25, 2020 in Kulmor village of Dang district in western Nepal, a year and half before this documentary was filmed. From leaving behind the life of a nomad to getting married to a…[Read more]

Ilham Nurwansah’s passion of archiving and even reviving Sundanese culture did not stop at carving “Karinding”, a musical instrument made of bamboo. A Sundanese saying goes — “language is the identity of [a] nation” (Sundanese: asa téh cicirén bangsa”). The colonization era was complicated for Indonesia — a country with 700 languages — as it i…[Read more]

This presentation introduces ways to use MLA Commons and Humanities Commons to curate your online presence, increase the impact of your scholarship, and tell the story of your work. It introduces profiles, sites, groups, and the CORE repository, highlighting the ways members can use these networks for collaboration, discussion, and experimentation…[Read more]

Earth Focus is a forum for discussion and a catalyst for action for young people of all ages. We deal with issues concerning our environment, community and culture at all levels. Issue 17 includes the sections: Your Future Starts Here, Decent and Dignified Jobs, Voices of Child Labor, Prepare for a Career, Become a Volunteer, Youth Employment in…[Read more]

This article shares the author’s exploratory journey as a senior professor eager to understand and to showcase digital scholarship during periods of faculty performance evaluations. In 2019, a previous article was submitted to this digital repository using a similar exploratory narrative; however, this article differs from the previous submission…[Read more]

For the convenience of distance education researchers, key passages are quoted from a 2002 article explaining cultural reasons why correspondence education would be slow to change to online education in Japan.

In the process of mentoring instructors of writing into the field of writing studies, there is a tension between practical surface of writing instruction and underlying theoretical depth. This paper calls for more systematic thinking about that tension between surface and depth. It emphasizes the important roles that metalanguage plays in…[Read more]

A rubric for a type of academic writing that can be interesting for non-native English users, and it can also be adapted to other higher education or K-12 writing classes.

This study assesses the effectiveness of remediation activities of Grade 5 pupil’s academic performance in the subject Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE). The study used an experimental pretest-posttest design. We chose two schools in the experiment and each school has a class with 50 pupils each. We assigned one school as the independent g…[Read more]

The study was conducted to identify the motivating factors of teachers in developing supplementary learning materials in the Schools Division in Central Luzon, Philippines.Findings revealed there were ten (10) motivating factors that help teachers to develop supplementary learning materials namely: helps them to deliver the lesson easier;…[Read more]

The teacher, aside from the challenges he/she faces in everyday work, the rigors of student management and the mountain of paperwork, is also confronted with the task to be emotionally matured, exhibit positive work habits, and display high teaching performance. This study aimed to determine the emotional quotient, work attitude, and teaching…[Read more]

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados iniciais de um projeto sobre as possibilidades de uso de blogs
como tecnologia digital de informação e comunicação – TDIC –voltada ao ensino de História na
recente conjuntura de profusão de celulares conectados a internet dentro e fora do ambiente escolar.
Em um primeiro momento aborda a bibliogra…[Read more]

Mystical short story composed in Boston around 1970 when the author was majoring in physics at Northeastern but absorbed in Hesse, Plato, and Eastern religions. Typeset by hand by the author in 1977 in Honolulu, scanning by mobile phone in 2020 in Osaka gives it a wavy appearance.