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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Here’s a funny thing (actually, 2)
Two announcements: I’m mostly pleased to say that, as of this afternoon, I’m the president-elect (effective virtually immediately) of the CCSU AAUP chapter. On our campus, that’s a union position, representing full-time *and* part-time faculty, librarians, and coaches. I say … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, CCSU, self-promotion, things I love
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For my CT readers: Merlin Mann is @ CCSU next week!
On Tuesday, April 28, Merlin Mann (of 43folders.com, You Look Nice Today: A Journal of Emotional Hygiene, 5ives, 30 Seconds With That Phone Guy, Kung Fu Grippe, and too many awesome things to mention) will be at CCSU. Mann will … Continue reading
Posted in CCSU, connecticut, things I love
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Maybe the “Online Comments Are Basically Worthless” People Have a Point
The New Britain Herald has a story up about a high-achieving local student who is mulling over several Ivy League acceptances. It’s a perfectly heartwarming story . . . until the commenters start in. The first poster is innocuous enough, … Continue reading
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Graff & curricular mixed messages in English depts
Mark Bauerlein posted over the weekend about Gerald Graff’s presidential address (some scrolling required) to the MLA. The argument will be familiar to anyone who’s read Graff’s Clueless in Academe: The default attitude of many professors is a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in academe, English major, higher education, teaching
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On rules
“Why Rules Matter,” Gary A. Olson’s “First Person” essay in the Chronicle this morning, surveys the comical sense of “rules for thee but none for me” that operates all too often on college campuses. I’ll never forget standing in the … Continue reading
Posted in academe, academic freedom, higher education
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Mozilla / Creative Commons Open Education Course
This week marked the start of a very cool experiment in movement-building:an online seminar on open education, sponsored by Mozilla and Creative Commons. You can see the main page for the course–and most of the content–here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/EduCourse/Outline.  It was organized … Continue reading
Posted in higher education, humanities computing, mozopenedcourse
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The mini-interviews are back!
I’m *very* pleased to say that this week marks the return of my posting mini-interviews, rather than only links, to Jessa Crispin’s Blog of a Bookslut. There are more in the pipeline, too–including an exciting multimedia one! At any rate, … Continue reading
Posted in books, interview, literature, poetry
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