Category Archives: Teaching

Beyond Wikipedia: Wikis and Archives in Teaching

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Christine Yao

In my teaching I have designed assignment sequences that combine the use of wikis and archival research. In doing so, I intend to introduce my students to the critical dimensions of collaborative digital forms of knowledge production as well as … Continue reading →

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Writing & Beyond with Scrivener

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Chris Hanson

As a relatively recent convert to Scrivener, I feel that I am only starting to scratch the surface of some of the features that it offers. Despite its lack of a seamless interface with Zotero (another tool with which I … Continue reading →

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Smash the Bot for Fun and Profit

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Jesse Menn

I’ve become interested in the scholarly possibilities of Twitter bots. From bots that tweet a line from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, “over and over” (@TweetsOfGrass), to generating tweets that sound like Buddhist koans (@Horse_ebooks), to automating the writing of … Continue reading →

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Creative Uses of Zotero

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Patrick Williams

I’m very interested in how people research, read, and write together, and I”m also an avid user of Zotero. I’m proposing a session where Zotero users (both new & old) talk about ways to use the tool to do more … Continue reading →

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