A Digital Pedagogy Unconference at MLA13: Join Us!

[This has been cross-posted at Adeline Koh’s website, http://www.adelinekoh.org/.] Adeline and I are thrilled to announce that we’ll be holding an “unconference” on digital pedagogy as a preconference workshop for the Modern Language Association Annual Meeting in 2013. What are “Unconferences”? The ten-year old unconference format emerged as a response to weaknesses of the traditional … Continue reading A Digital Pedagogy Unconference at MLA13: Join Us! →

Theses on the Open Humanities

On 25 and 26 April, Roger Whitson and I had the opportunity to visit the University of Florida on the invitation of Laurie N. Taylor, Digital Humanities Librarian in the George A. Smathers Libraries. We had the opportunity to learn about the work of UF's Digital Collections and attended UF's Research Computing Day, where got to see … Continue reading Theses on the Open Humanities →

Five Questions and Three Answers about Alt-Ac

What follows is my talk for a session at the 2012 MLA on "#alt-ac: Alternative Paths, Pitfalls, and Jobs in the Digital Humanities." I'm thrilled to be speaking on the panel with a fantastic collection of alt-ackers that I admire: Julia Flanders, Matt Jockers, Shana Kimball, Bethany Nowviskie, and Lisa Spiro. Good afternoon, all. My … Continue reading Five Questions and Three Answers about Alt-Ac →

Links for “Teaching DH 101” NITLE Webinar

I was flattered when Rob Nelson of the University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab asked me to participate in a NITLE Webinar Event talking about Teaching DH 101. I'll be joined this afternoon with my good friends (and fellow ProfHackers) Jeff McClurken and Ryan Cordell. We'll each be speaking for about 10 minutes and then … Continue reading Links for “Teaching DH 101” NITLE Webinar →

Three Reasons to Use Social Media in Hard Times (MLA 2011 Version)

It's been so long since this year's MLA ended that you might wonder why I'm going to the trouble of posting my second talk. Hasn't the moment passed? Does anyone care about what I said two months ago, even if you weren't there? And considering the arguments that I make in this talk about social … Continue reading Three Reasons to Use Social Media in Hard Times (MLA 2011 Version) →