Writing on Writing

If I have an interest in something, I've probably written about it. I'm gathering it all together on this site, and most of my better efforts are, or will be, linked below.

On Education

Date	Essay	Notes/Summary
2018-12-27	“Class Participation.”	Each of us must take responsibility for our own intellectual betterment and fulfillment.
2018-02-15	“Developing Integral Writing Skills for the Digital Age.”	We academics seem to have a problem with Wikipedia. Guest blogger for WikiEdu.
2017-01-02	“Be an Expert.”	Adopt a professional approach to thinking and working to transition out of student thinking.
2016-06-08	“Hack.Edu Manifesto.”	With mobile devices and social media, we can be guided by the spirit of the hacker to change education for the better.
2015-06-04	“Distributed DH.”	Hacking readymade components for Digital Humanities projects. The Synapse.
2015-03-28	“The Liberal Arts Are Dead.”	Should we educators just face the music and accept the fact higher ed is now just for job training? The Synapse.
2014-08-12	“Obsolete Education.”	In a new, digital world, why is education still firmly part of an old one?
2014-02-09	“Claim Your Name.”	Make smart choices when using social media professionally to avoid privacy and security concerns.
2014-01-06	“Energize Teaching with Social Media.”	A guide for higher education faculty for introducing social media into the classroom.
2013-09-30	“How to Do Well in My Class.”	Students should engage learning with enthusiasm, imagination, and focus.
2013-08-18	“The Liberal Arts Education.”	Does college teach us the difference between working to live and having a life?
2011-12-11	“The Subversive Education.”	Real education is subversive. It’s about nuance and irony — challenging the status quo. This is what I do.
2009-02-22	“World.Lit.”	(Re)Visioning Literary Education Online. From Teaching Literature and Language Online.
2002-03-07	“Open Source and Higher Eduction.”	(Or, Ethical Concerns about Microsoft in the Academy)
1997-12-20	“Teaching Philosophy”	Education must keep up with technology, and educators should help students build their own canons.

On Writing

Date	Essay	Notes/Summary
2014-01-12	“Reader-Response Criticism.”	A how-to, reader-centric approach to literary criticism.
2014-01-03	“Open-Source Scholarship.”	This essay considers an open-source model for scholarship: release early, release often.
2013-12-31	“Writing Top Ten.”	The top ten most important aspects of writing in college. This is the first post in a series targeting writers of digital media.
2013-12-18	“A Call for a Digital Citation Style.”	Styles written for a print culture have no place in a digital one. Let’s stop teaching for print media.
2013-12-11	“Research & Response.”	The goal of the liberal arts education is to make an informed and thoughtful citizenry. This begins with research and response.
2012-05-12	“Writing Today.”	Perhaps traditional academic writing no longer serves our students? Maybe new media offers better alternatives.