Interest in using digital tools in qualitative social science research is not necessarily new, but appears to be steadily increasing. For example, this year’s International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry has …
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No Room For Digital Humanities in Philosophy?
Throughout my tenure as a Digital Fellow, I have struggled to relate the projects I’ve been working on and the tools and skills I have been learning to my philosophical pursuits. This …
The FCC, Net Neutrality, and You
A few weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it will propose new rules that effectively allow Internet service providers (ISP) to charge more money to certain companies in …
Technically Speaking
Recently in our Digital Fellows weekly meetings we’ve been talking about doing skill shares with each other. A great idea, sure, but I was immediately gripped with anxiety at the …
What’s in it for me?
Just over a year ago, I set out to create a wiki for philosophers – an online, collaborative resource that would help graduate teaching fellows and adjuncts create lesson plans …
3D Printing and Maker Culture
...While there are plenty of silly things that people make with 3D printers, like figurines of their favorite comic book characters, there are also fantastic possibilities for quickly manufacturing other things like complex geometric shapes or artistic designs...
Interface to Face: Touching with Technology
I have always been a musician. From banging pots and pans on the kitchen floor as a toddler to mauling my first guitar at age 9, making music has been …
The lost art of spaghetti
When I was five years old I took apart an old rotary telephone. Actually I didn’t just take it apart – I dismantled it entirely. My youthful fingers, newly skilled …
Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy first issue is due out soon. This open source journal has a OJS back-end and will be published on the CUNY Academic Commons. …