by kirsr | Mar 16, 2014 | Explorations in Digital Theory
As I finish my first year of Masters Studies in sociology at Queen’s University, I have discovered I have learned many things besides the academic material from my courses. I am a Teaching Assistant for the first year introduction to sociology course; I am responsible...
by kirsr | Feb 1, 2014 | Creativity
One of the most exciting facets of disability in the 21st century is the gadgets. The motorized chairs, the innovative prosthetics, the art-like ramp architecture. This innovation is torpedoing daily, as folks with disabilities enter higher economic brackets &...
by kirsr | Feb 1, 2014 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
Thou art more lovely and more digital When I was first approached by Dr. Sara Humphreys to participate in the Digital Communitas project, we began our research the way anyone does: with a wide scope and a lot of questions. Since moving on from Trent, to Toronto, and...
by kirsr | Oct 24, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Student Experiences
I have been experimenting with Google Docs – I realize loads of teachers use this resource, and I am definitely not writing a how-to guide here. I am not even extolling the virtues of Googles Docs. Yes, it allows for online collaboration, and it’s...
by kirsr | Sep 8, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Explorations in Digital Theory
SPECIAL GUEST POST BY NANCY SMITH, LEARNING SPECIALIST, INSTRUCTOR, AND ACADEMIC COACH When it comes to your credit card, has the information on the computer screen ever been believed by others over what you thought was your balance? Have you ever felt a pang of...
by kirsr | Jun 9, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Explorations in Digital Theory, Student Experiences
One more theorist inspired post from me, once more applying ideas towards technological learning environments. This time I will examine the issue from a perspective inspired by Jean Baudrillard. Baudrillard was a French theorist, writing in the latter half of the 20th...
by kirsr | May 12, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Explorations in Digital Theory, Student Experiences
The development of a highly technological academic learning environment is at once both exciting and intriguing. This exploratory post will use ideas founded within Herbert Marcuse’s work, drawing ideas in particular from One-Dimensional Man. Although it was published...
by kirsr | May 3, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity
Each year the worlds of disability & technology collide at the International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference hosted by California State Northridge University Centre on Disabilities (@CSUNCOD) at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego,...
by kirsr | Apr 8, 2013 | Changing Paradigms, Explorations in Digital Theory, Student Experiences
by Allen Kempton Technology for Technologies Sake? Calls have been made to integrate technology into the classroom by both academics and students. As a result, many classrooms have been hastily equipped with sometimes faulty equipment that nobody can use, or even...
by kirsr | Sep 3, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Explorations in Digital Theory
Fasten your seatbelts: I am critically analyzing aspects of Blackboard 9. I tried to think through the positives as I use Blackboard 9 as my digital classroom. I am not convinced that universities should implement platforms like this without student and faculty...
