by Jenae Cohn | Mar 14, 2019 | Digital Literacy, information literacy, Pedagogy, Personal
Our digital footprints may last a bit longer than these footprints in the sand, which may require us to be ever more mindful of what traces of ourselves we make visible. I Googled myself yesterday. This is not unusual; I “Google” myself with regularity, seeing what...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 28, 2019 | Pedagogy, Professionalization
My conference badge and swag from ELI 2019. I got pretty into all of the stickers, identifying my pronouns, my role at my institution, and the fact that I was a first-time attendee! Last week, I attended the EDUCUASE Learning Initiative (ELI) conference for the first...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 16, 2019 | Digital Literacy, information literacy, Pedagogy, Web Culture Musings
Starting a digital literacy initiative can be a real gift… but it can also be an unwanted one if we don’t properly frame or scaffold it in ways that don’t make sense to our students. My heart froze as I saw the woman in the audience’s neutral...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
A year of learning, I look back on 2018 and my favorite reads (many of which I accessed while visiting and spending time in the Salt Lake City Public Library, pictured here). End-of-year lists are one of my favorite things to read in December. From year-end books to...
by Jenae Cohn | Nov 2, 2018 | Functional Literacy, Professionalization
As an Academic Technology Specialist, I am often asked things I know nothing about. My job title, admittedly, is confusing. Do I work in IT? Do I work in audio-visual engineering? I do neither of these things: I’m an educator who builds curriculum, develops...
