No, I didn’t just experience Ferris Bueller’s week off (trading an e-bike for the red Ferrari). I was at the 2020 #ASEEVC ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Virtual Conference last week and my, what a neat experience that was. Years ago, I dreamed of the day we would be able to hold academic conferences […]
UMD #DigPINS Blog
Digital Pedagogy & the Neoliberal University
In “Decoding Digital Pedagogy, pt. 2” Jesse Stommel writes, “Digital pedagogy calls for screwing around more than it does systematic study, and in fact screwing around is the more difficult scholarly work. Digital pedagogy is less about knowing and more a rampant process of unlearning, play, and rediscovery. We are not born digital pedagogues, nor […]
Constantly Adjusting to Teaching Online
I’ve been teaching online in some fashion for about 8 years, so, when my campus shut down in March, I was somewhat more prepared than some of my colleagues. 3 of my 4 classes were already online, and the face-to-face class was a version of a course I was already teaching online. You would think […]
Digital Persona & the Neoliberal University
One of the aspects of cultivating – and promoting – an online identity that interests me most is how the growing need for a “digital persona” for faculty, intersects with an increasingly neoliberal agenda for the university writ large. My social media presence includes two Facebook accounts, Twitter, and Instagram. Except for Twitter – which […]
Starting my Personal Learning Network (PLN)
I’d like to share the ups and downs (in reverse order) of week 2 of #DigPINS with you. We in the cohort were asked to find and follow authors and movements online related to our digital pedagogy or identity. Based on a recent listen to an old (2015) episode of the Trek Geeks podcast, I […]
If this is Blogging, then let’s have fun
Woah. I, like Neo, must have taken the red pill Morpheus offered when I clicked on the “+ New” but atop this WordPress blog site. ‘Cause now, I’m faced with a screen full of controls enough to fly a Space Shuttle (or the cool new touchscreen Crew Dragon they just took out for a spin […]
