#ScholarSunday: @RaulPacheco on Promoting Connectedness and Empathy Amongst the Social Media Literate

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Jan 26, 2015 | Social Media

“I breathe and live collaboration. It was natural for me to write about empathy within academia.” – Raul Pacheco-Vega Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega is an Assistant Professor in the Public Administration Division of the Centre for Economic Research and...

25 Interesting Observations About How Academics Use Twitter

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Jan 5, 2015 | Social Media

“When I speak & others tweet, I learn a LOT about my own ideas.” – Alexis Lothian, University of Maryland Many academics view Twitter with serious skepticism. At best, it seems difficult to communicate anything of complexity within 140 characters. However,...

Digital Storytelling and the “Art of the Internship Experience” with Denise Comer (Duke University) [VIDEO]

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Oct 16, 2014 | EdTech, Social Media, Teaching

Denise Comer is an Assistant Professor in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University, and its Director of First Year Writing. This past summer, she developed an online course entitled “Composing the Internship Experience: Digital Rhetoric and Social Media...

How can we “hack knowledge?” A conversation with Aria Chernik (Duke University)

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Oct 9, 2014 | Acclaim Posts, EdTech, Social Media, Teaching

Aria F. Chernik is an open knowledge activist whose work focuses on digital literacy, participatory citizenship and collaborative learning environments, multimedia communication, professional learning design and curricular innovation, and social media and justice. She...

Creating and sustaining online discussion

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Oct 7, 2014 | Social Media, Teaching

This is a guest post by Tony J. Reeves. It was originally posted on Tony’s blog on June 3, 2014. Tony is the Program Manager in Digital Pedagogy, and a Learning Technologist at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, the United Kingdom. In the...

How can blogging improve student writing and thinking skills?

by [Alisa Gross](/content/blog/author/alisa/ "Posts by Alisa Gross"/index.html) | Sep 23, 2014 | Social Media, Teaching