Byte me: Technological Education and the Humanities
I recently had a discussion with the head of a humanities organisation who wanted to move a website. The website was written using Coldfusion, a proprietary suite of server-based software that is used...
View ArticleActive Pedagogy and University English
For the last four or five years, I’ve been investigating ways of changing my teaching. Like most faculty of my generation, I learned to teach largely by imitation and guesswork. I mimicked the teachers...
View ArticleVisualising grades: An interesting idea from the Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail ran what looked like a genre piece this morning about badly-written and hard-to-understand report cards–an annual rite it seems to me. But it ended with a side bar that I found quite...
View ArticleEnglish 2810a: English Grammar (Spring 2014)
English 2810 Grammar is a technical course in the form and structure of the English language. Our focus will be descriptive rather than prescriptive. Students will learn how the language works in...
View ArticleClass 2.0: Digital technology & digital rhetorics in the undergraduate...
I just posted the slides for my lecture to the Department yesterday: Class 2.0: Digital technology & digital rhetorics in the undergraduate classroom. Abstract: This lecture discusses some...
View ArticleEssential computer tools and skills for humanities students
The Digital Humanities is a hot new field within the Arts. Its practitioners are often at the forefront of developing new topics within ICT itself. But what about if you are not interested in the...
View ArticleEnglish 3450a: Old English (Fall 2015)
Note: This is a draft syllabus and is subject to revision before the last day of the add/drop period. Contents Contact information About this course Learning goals Texts Assessment Policies Grade scale...
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