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Summer 2018 Courses of Possible Interest

We’re so excited that the School of Information Sciences has a number of great courses this summer, with some, including my Informal Learning Spaces and Pedagogies class, open for enrollment for continuing education graduate credit. To learn more, jump over to http://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/171116.html As regards my Informal Learning Spaces and Pedagogies course, it seeks to explore the… Continue reading Summer 2018 Courses of Possible Interest

Community Informatics · Digital Inclusion · Digital Literacy Reconsidered · Education · Uncategorized

Momentum for Change: Creating a New Critical Sociotechnical Pedagogy for Digital Inclusion and Equity

Here’s the poster and final version of my powerpoint talk, with notes, given this afternoon at the Community Informatics Research Network 2017 conference in Prato, Italy. We’ve been having an invigorating set of conversations between researchers and practitioners in Community Informatics and Community Archiving, seeking to address the special theme: Art as Archive: Archive as Art… Continue reading Momentum for Change: Creating a New Critical Sociotechnical Pedagogy for Digital Inclusion and Equity

Civics · Faith · Reflections · Social Justice

To Life, To Love, To Caring, To More

Oktoberfest fundraiser. Community, family, friends, polka! Late night bike ride home. Dark, pothole, delayed ambulance. More dead than alive. Prepare for the worst. Well, maybe, just maybe, the best case, assisted living. Weeks with no memories. But wife, dear, loving, sweet, beautiful wife. And sons, and now daughter. Mom, sister, family and friends, visits. Laughter… Continue reading To Life, To Love, To Caring, To More

Race and Privilege · Social Justice

“They’re Trying to Take Away Our Culture”

Tuesday night during a rally in Phoenix, President Trump stated: “They’re trying to take away our culture. They’re trying to take away our history. And our weak leaders, they do it overnight. These things have been there for 150 years, for 100 years. You go back to a university, and it’s gone. Weak, weak people.”… Continue reading “They’re Trying to Take Away Our Culture”