“Don’t use Wikipedia!” Educators at every level admonish students: “It isn’t accurate.” Never mind the temptation of plagiarizing. But such edicts at this point are akin to sticking our heads in the sand. As the 5th most searched site globally, with around 8 billion page views a month in English alone, Wikipedia offers easy access […]
Whatever your feelings about the recent election, we can probably agree that conversations among people of differing perspectives have grown more difficult. Such conversations have never have been easy, but the recent election cycle seems to have inspired more yelling, less listening, and a lot of anxiety. While universities have been some of the increasingly […]
FIT, T&LI, ISLAS, ALAS, OLAS … oh my! Where’s a faculty member to go for support? The alphabet soup on our campus can be overwhelming. As the new Interim (part-time) Faculty Development Coordinator this year, I am working with others to create a more cohesive sense of what’s available to faculty and to begin to […]
