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Hacking Together Egalitarian Educational Communities; Some Notes on the Looking for Whitman Project

by Matt on 28. May, 2010 in academia, pedagogy

When I discuss the “Looking for Whitman” project, a multi-campus experiment in digital pedagogy sponsored by the NEH Office of the Digital Humanities, I often emphasize the place-based structure of the project. As part of it, four courses were offered in institutions located in cities in which Walt Whitman lived; students spent the Fall [...]

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Onward and Outward

by Matt on 17. Apr, 2010 in academia, conferences, pedagogy

“All goes onward and outward . . . . and nothing collapses”
– Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855)
Last week’s student conference in Camden brought “Looking for Whitman” to a rousing, poignant close. Four months after the classes involved in the project had ended, students from the University of Mary Washington, Rutgers-Camden, and City Tech [...]

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Fall 2009 Talks

by Matt on 21. Sep, 2009 in conferences

I’m excited to announce the following speaking engagements for the Fall 2009 semester, most of them stemming from the Looking for Whitman and CUNY Academic Commons projects:
Invited Lectures:

Norwegian elearning Research and Educational Network (REN) Delegation Visit to New York City
Conference Program
“Looking for Whitman: Networking the Digital Humanities”
Thursday October 15
Affinia Shelburne Hotel, 303 Lexington Avenue, New [...]

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