For better learning – take notes by hand, not electronically
A study published in Psychological Science suggests that even when computers are really being used to take notes in the classroom (and not to check Facebook or shop!), students still learn better when they take notes by hand. Why? Researchers suggest that it may be...
Profs Fail iEtiquette 101 – The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Profs Fail iEtiquette 101 – The Conversation – The Chronicle of Higher Education It all began at a conference. A keynote speaker had just finished her address. Microphones awaited comments and questions. A woman walked up to a microphone, iPhone in hand,...
Modern Language Association Urges Evaluators to Give Full Credit for Digital Work
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/modern-language-association-urges-evaluators-to-give-full-regard-to-digital-work/36200MLA Urges Evaluators to 'Give Full Regard' to Digital Work – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher EducationImpromptu...
Digital Pedagogy
Net Smart Discussion Questions | Digital Pedagogy | HYBRID PEDAGOGY Hybrid Pedagogy is an academic and networked journal on teaching and technology that combines the strands of critical and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses of technology...Book
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.