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Kim Mann is the editor and a contributor for the Academic Technology Blog. She earned her BA in English from the University of Minnesota in 2003 and her MA in American Studies from William & Mary in 2009, and she’s currently a doctoral candidate in American Studies at the College. Her dissertation is on representations of automation and the body in the mid-20th century.
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The links this week include the first MOOC-based MS in computer science (brought to you by AT&T), libraries and pneumatic tubes, Wikispaces Classroom, and data visualization. Enjoy!
I realized the other day that I’ve been a contributor and the editor for this blog for over a year now, and I’ve learned a lot about writing for the Web in that time. Since I know that many faculty who end up having students do blogging assignments haven’t blogged regularly themselves, I thought I’d put together some of the things I’ve learned in my time blogging for this site. This post is about how to think through using images in WordPress sites and blogs.
The links this week include a map of English dialects, how to engage faculty with technology, and an application for converting text documents. Enjoy!
The past few weeks have seen a lot of discussion over computerized essay-grading. Some people admire its labor-saving potential (because who really likes grading a huge pile of student essays?) while the louder crowd argues that, among other things, a computer can’t read. I see this discussion as part of a broader trend that stretches back into the early days of the modern computer.
The links this week include more on the Google Art Project, Charlie Rose on MOOCs, illustrated Chinese characters, data visualization, and digital scholarship between biologists and humanities folks. Enjoy!
The links this week include “visualization,” the Digital Public Library of America, learning management systems, research organization tool Mendeley’s purchase by Elsevier, and Ira Glass on radio storytelling. Enjoy!
Last Friday I was able to attend the Teaching & Technology Expo, an event put on as an extension of the W&M E-Learning Community. The Expo featured faculty and staff experts to help answer your questions about various educational technologies — everything from iPad presentations to blogging to flipping the classroom. The Expo was well attended [...]
The links this week include “spammy” academic conferences and journals, team-teaching digital humanities, a conference on crowdsourcing in the arts and humanities, and MOOC news from San Jose State University. Enjoy!
If you’re in the Williamsburg area this week, come to the Teaching & Technology Expo on Friday, April 19th! The Expo, at 11:30-1:30 in Miller Hall 2025, will have faculty and staff who are experts in various teaching technologies available to answer questions and talk to you about their experiences. There will also be door prizes, including an iPad Mini!