by Jenae Cohn | Jul 25, 2018 | AmWriting, Digital Literacy, Personal, Professionalization, Web Culture Musings, Writing
Every day, I tend to fill at least some of my time with reading the latest in education news. I’m a big fan of newsletter subscriptions in particular, so everyday, my e-mail inbox tends to include some message with the latest headlines from Educause, Inside...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 18, 2018 | AmWriting, Pedagogy, Personal, Professionalization
I’m nearing the end of my first week back in my office after attending the NEH Institute in Salt Lake City, and, already, I feel myself sliding back into some bad writing habits. For one, I’ve had my browser window open all morning with the Dashboard of...
by Jenae Cohn | Jun 23, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute
What does it look like to pay attention to someone? As an instructor, there are few obvious signs that a student is paying attention: they sit up straight in their chairs, they make eye contact with me, and they’ll often nod their heads as they listen in...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 5, 2017 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, Web Culture Musings
As a child, I had a recurring bodysnatching nightmare. In the nightmare, I would be safely tucked into my bed, but I would then sense a glowing presence moving down the hallway that separated the front door to the house from my bedroom door. I would stay frozen under...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 21, 2015 | Personal, Professionalization
For Ph.D. students, the holidays can be a dreaded time because it means inevitable questions from old family and friends about a lot of stressful topics, from their long-term projects to their future career outcomes. Believe me, Ph.D. students do a great job of...