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philosophi.ca : Types Of Digital Work
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Research Blogs
Blogs are an emergent form for the academy. They are particularly hard to evaluate since they don’t resemble any traditional academic form. A good blogger (or team of bloggers) however, do a great service to the community by tracking a field and commenting on it. The better blogs will include short reviews, announcements, interesting interventions and notes about timely matters like exhibits. Blogs, as I have learned, take habits of attention. Each post might take half an hour to an hour to research and post. They may appear to be light and quick, but the good bloggers acquire a voice and engage an audience. In some ways running a blog is like moderating a discussion list. How often does Willard McCarty post a provocative note to HUMANIST to promote discussion? The work of facilitating the conversations we value in the humanities should not be dismissed as service. It is possible the most lasting academic work of this age will be the social networking that allows others a voice. This is comparable to the work of translation or editorial work where transparency leads to illegitimacy – if you do such a good job that no one notices you then no one things you are doing good work.
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Responding to Student Writing (audio style) - ProfHacker.com
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I still respond to student writing on the essay itself, but I limit those “red pen” marks by noting representative mechanical concerns. I spend most of my time recording, providing comments on the validity of the essay’s argument, its organization, its audience and focus, or other information a student might need about a particular assignment.
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