I am set to join the faculty of a small private university this summer, as an assistant professor within the institution’s School of Communications and…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Tag: universities
On March 1, 2011, I wrote about the difficult state of the academic job market in fields such as mine: “digital rhetoric” and “new media”…
Last week, the university program from which I earned my doctorate hosted its annual “visit day” for potential doctoral students. I wanted to e-mail each…
When I have attended meetings or conferences and the topic was online courses, a great deal of attention is paid to the “target audience” for…
I have argued that online courses are not equivalent to traditional spaces and often are more of a barrier than an accommodation for students with…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley September 2, 2010 Deadline October Issue Nurturing the Valley’s Tech Economy “What can we do to improve, or even create, Tulare…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley June 7, 2010 Deadline July Issue Personal Reflections on Education and Technology Technology has a way of becoming invisible in our…
Yesterday, I defended my doctoral dissertation and paid the last $120 in fees to the University of Minnesota. For the cost of tuition, they really…
I recorded grades and the end is near. The last day of class was May 4, 2010. Teaching is over for me, for now. The…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley March 2010 Issue January 23, 2010 Will Textbooks Go Digital… and Free? California schools spend nearly $500 million each year on…