critical digital pedagogy Courses, Composition, Hybridity The course is an old idea. In the old days of teaching, a course was a path, a set of obstacles, or a journey through ideas toward some end. The path was marked
critical digital pedagogy Critical Pedagogy in the Age of Learning Management A great deal of education today is fucking absurd. Or, if not a great deal, too much. Because in truth, there should be no identifiable quantity of fucking absurdity present in education at
critical pedagogy Collegiality as Pedagogy In the really cheap academic seats, serial use of YouTube clips, movies, and “student-centered learning activities” will and does pass as course content … In slightly more affluent markets, something more middlebrow will be
safe spaces Microaggressions, "Coddling", Safe Spaces, and President Obama I was eight or nine. I was playing with my little brother at the playground adjacent to the apartment complex where my family lived. My mother and father were at a round of
critical digital pedagogy On Love, Critical Pedagogy, and the Work We Must Do Pedagogy is a felt practice more than an intellectual one. The same holds for scholarship.
critical digital pedagogy Innovation through Reflection: A Call for Teachers “Didn’t we have bigger dreams for instructional technology?” ~ Phil Hill at ITC 2015 It is a truism that learning can happen in any environment. Learning does not require a teacher, though traditional
digital pedagogy Digital Pedagogy: A Case of Open or Shut Recently, there has been some lively debate online about whether devices like laptops, tablets, or phones should be allowed in classrooms. As well, during a digital pedagogy workshop that Jesse Stommel and I
critical pedagogy Late Work An instructor comes to me with a quibble about late policies in his department’s composition courses. I’m feeling ornery and rushed when he e-mails, I’m feeling curious and obstinate, so
technology Is It Okay to Be a Luddite? This post was written collaboratively with Jesse Stommel. I feel a pinch as I approach the screen once more. A twinge, just the littlest bite of remorse. Sometimes, it’s sizeable, the feeling
critical digital pedagogy Instructional Design vs Online Pedagogy A colleague recently asked me about the difference between instructional design and online pedagogy. We’d been in conversation about learning, and I blithely remarked that these two fields had important differences. To
critical instructional design Asynchronous Improvisation When I was a grad student teaching creative writing I used to walk a mile-and-a-half to class. My walk was valuable time for me to think about my lesson plan, and to tune
critical digital pedagogy 5 Things to Do When You Teach Digitally My first time working synchronously in Google Docs felt like a caffeine buzz. Cursors flew about madly on the page. My sentences were completed before I could finish them. New ideas sprung fully
digital pedagogy What Is Digital Pedagogy? Entering a classroom, we think first about its walls. We think about where the desks sit. Where we will stand. Whether there are windows, where the doors are, how the chalkboard, whiteboard, or
critical digital pedagogy What Is a Pedagogue? It’s not uncommon for people who teach to be unaware of pedagogy. That doesn’t mean they don’t practice pedagogy, or that they haven’t engaged in pedagogical discussion. It means
Collaboration—Learning Collectively This post was written collaboratively with Jesse Stommel. This article was written collaboratively. On one set of keys, Sean; on the other, Jesse. Typing on opposite sides of the country, simultaneously, to create