Well, I thought I’d start with a mini-post to begin exploring my digital identity and question whether this is something I want to do? Have to do? Or just do? I began last night by taking a picture of myself…..truth be told, I took a selfie and decided I didn’t like the reverse image of […]
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My Digital Presence
There are five online spaces where I am digitally identified: professional webpages (UM-Dearborn, personal website, secondary affiliations), Twitter, YouTube, ORCID iD, LinkedIn. However, I only update the CV linked to my personal website regularly. I am not using my digital presence for anything but increasing the visibility of my research. No personal rants! I have […]
Going online from a Canvas course
When we moved “online” at UM-Dearborn “all of a sudden” on 13 March 2020, the winter courses were finished synchronously, and more by default than anything else, I used Canvas Conferences — the most immediately available alternative right from the Canvas menu. The software seemed unstable; I often had to restart a class session. When […]
My (limited) online presence
I have a large Linkedin presence, which I keep up-to-date quite carefully, and I visit Linkedin almost daily. There are lots of UM and UM-D posts to like and comment on! I do not have, and am trying to avoid having, a Facebook account. I have a twitter account, but have fallen into the pattern […]
Digital Pedagogy, Not Reserved for the Online Course (Or, Why I’m Hyper for Hyperlinks)
I teach in a Criminology and Criminal Justice program that offers a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a 4+1 accelerated program allowing students to obtain their BA and MA in five years. To make our programs more accessible to students, we offer all of our graduate courses online every other semester. This means that […]
Digital Pedagogy and Digital Learning
As an instructor in a technical field – film and video production – the notion of digital pedagogy is always at hand. I not only want my students to learn technical and conceptual skills, but to develop a comfort with learning new tools and with learning how to teach themselves new tools. So, even in […]
