May 1: Transformations ++

We will focus this class on the rhetoric of “transformation” as it is found in proximity to changing pedagogy and, indeed, some of the fundamentals of education. In particular, we will look at debates around the advent of so-called Massively Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. Are MOOCs unequivocally good or bad for education? And is DH complicit in the rise of the MOOC, as some have seemingly alleged? And is digital humanities too focused on research at the expense of teaching? Does it have to be?

READINGS

Presentation: Courtney and Susie

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EXERCISE

No exercise due. We will use the time in class to organize and plan for your final curatorial project (details forthcoming).

FIELDWORK

MOOCs in Higher Education:  education for everyone?

Sponsored by: The Academy for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (AETL), The Center for Teaching Excellence, and The University Libraries

Tuesday, April 30th
12-2pm
McKeldin Library Special Events Room, Room 6137

Dr. Betsy Beise , Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs Dr. James V. Green, Director of Entrepreneurship Education, Cheryl-Anne Juba, Division of Information Technology Dr. Gary White, Associate Dean for Public Services Alison Robinson, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Division of information Technology and moderated by Dr. Spencer Benson, Director for the Center for Teaching Excellence.

For more information please see the attached flyer.  Lunch will be served, so please RSVP – (http://bit.ly/XAtHKk)

4/30/13 Ian Bogost, Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC MITH Conference Room
I Kickstarted Your Project And I Didn’t Even Get The Lousy T-Shirt
Time: 12:30pm. Admittance: Open to the Public. Address: 0301 Hornbake Library, University of Maryland.

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