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My question to pose with it would be, how might we frame casino schools for online learning? #TT2021 All the best, Viggy (C.A.)

History, description and subscription information to the first multimedia, interactive born-digital journal for Black Studies. Distributed through JSTOR.

Teaching literature with data visualization tools. A project resulting from the collaboration of the University of Texas at Arlington's Data CAVE directed by Peace Williamson and Kenton Rambsy. The project uses three AfrcGIS Maps, four Tableau Public visualizations, and metadata from "The Edward P. Jones Dataset."

"An instructor's 'digital' personality can influence student achievement, retention or completion, and satisfaction with courses..." I couldn't agree more as this has been my experience!

Personality Psychology in the Classroom

This blog entry provides us with very useful ideas of using Twitter in education.

I must admit that when I first heard about Twitter I thought it represented the apex of what concerns me about internet technology: solipsism and sound-bite communication. While I obviously spend a great deal of time online and thinking about the potential of these new networked digital communication structures, I also worry about the way that they too easily lead to increasingly short space and time for conversation, cutting off nuance and conversation, and what is often worse how these conversations often reduce to self-centered statements. When I first heard about Twitter I thought, this was the example par excellence of these fears, so for many months I did not investigate it at all.

This article describes ways to use twitter to enhance academic work. With twitter, the class goes on beyond the assigned class period because (i) the technology is appealing, (ii) students have much to say/ask, (iii) students can 'talk' without concern for "who's (physically) in class that might make fun of me", and (iv) students respond in their own time. Twitter has the dual benefits of quasi-synchronous and asynchronous communication.

This website has a number of really helpful videos on using tech in education.

Sherry Turkle is a leading figure in digital culture studies. Check out this TED Talk

Useful for Virtual Labs

This is a fantastic set of digital learning objects for the sciences!

This is a great resource to find simulations in numerous areas of science.

Excellent article from Inside Higher Ed! What is better than peer advice!!

"Texas Learn OER is a set of ten openly-licensed, self-paced modules for faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education. The training was developed by Carrie Gits, Head Librarian and Library Services OER Team Leader at Austin Community College, for the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas. Anyone can earn a certificate of completion for Texas Learn OER -- for free! Texas Learn OER was been recognized in 2021 with an OE Global Open Education Award for Excellence."

Course content is a sacred compact between the instructor and the learner. Truth, relevancy and currency are among the key components of that agreement.

Krista Davis