by kirsr | Aug 5, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Explorations in Digital Theory, Student Experiences
One of the most intriguing faculties in the realm of the Digital Humanities I’ve discovered is that this loose and baggy discipline seems to span an innumerable number of disciplines. Today in Toronto’s Public Reference Library, I sat in a cubby with a stack of no...
by kirsr | Aug 4, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Explorations in Digital Theory, Student Experiences
I have been a fan of the films of Stanley Kubrick since I was a teenager. I loved how Kubrick seemed to be a mystic of sorts. He relied on the susceptibility of the audience to be entertained while also being convinced that what they were seeing was reality. ...
by kirsr | Aug 2, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
One of the purposes of this site is to show that there are other ways of learning over and above standardized methods (like an instructor reading from slides or, worse, a textbook. if you do this: stop – stop it now). The essay format has been a stand-by in the...
by kirsr | Jul 30, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
The incremental changes in technology has left literature a little dusty. Libraries and the books they house maintain a dignified and necessary position in society, but it is not unusual to hear that a library has closed down, perhaps because of the lack of use from...
by kirsr | Jul 18, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
Similar to many students, social media is part of my day. It needs to be: family, friends, life, etc – all of these aspects of my life hold the main one up, which is my education and future. The logistics of my life are different from students of previous...
by kirsr | Jul 16, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS POST IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED FOR CONTENT. TED.com’s slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading” promotes the idea that it is the human capacity for imagining and sharing possibilities that counts. Indeed, the website has become so...
