Below are all syndicated blog posts from participants in the 2019 Ontartio Extend mOOC. See also the list of active blogs
krista on In this episode I talk about recovering from conferences. How do you process all that information you learned? How do you get back into the swing of work? And how do you find time to rest? I would love to hear about what your conference follow-up looks like and how you give yourself space to … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 52: Conference Travel Recovery
krista on My latest article, “Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives,” can now be found in the Canadian Historical Review. For interested folks, here is the abstract for the article: As historians and the public engage with, address, and teach the history of residential schools, it is important to look at how that … Continue reading Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives
Alan Levine on Even while preparation falls into place, it was due to to put out a promo video for another round of Ontario Extend Domain Camp. In the first year of the project, Domain of One’s Own was a component of …
krista on My latest co-authored piece written with Andrea Eidinger, “A Beginner’s Guide to Live-Tweeting Academic Conferences” can be found over at Unwritten Histories. In this post Andrea and I discuss the benefits of live-tweeting and share some of our tips for tweeting during academic events.
As part of the Ontario Extend mOOC there has been discussion of the idea of ‘Digital Literacy’ in Teaching. As part of that discussion, I read and really like the outline of the Seven elements of digital literacies by ©Jisc.I believe that digital literacy in teaching is no longer a ‘nice to be’ but is a ‘Must Be’. In general, I think many people use the term digital literacy to mainly focus in two directions; 1) their career and identity footprint […]
krista on I was recently a guest on the Gettin’ Air with Terry Green podcast. Gettin’ Air is all about technology-enabled and open learning practices in Ontario Post-Secondary Education. Terry and I had a great chat and we talked a bit about my work at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, Active History, the eCampus Ontario Open Education … Continue reading Gettin’ Air with Terry Green
krista on I had the opportunity to be part of the “Access & Digital Indigenous Archives” session at the Archives Association of Ontario Conference on May 9, 2019. I had the pleasure of presenting alongside Karyne Homes (Anishinaabe/Metis) of Library and Archives Canada. My talk focused on the digital access work of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre. … Continue reading Archives Association of Ontario – Access & Digital Indigenous Archives
krista on In this episode I talk about the politics of citation and developing a more pro-active and critical approach to thinking about citations. I would love to hear about your citation practices and how you approach citation in the classroom and in your scholarship. Leave a comment or send me a message on Twitter. Mentioned in … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 51: Citation Politics
krista on My latest post, “Trees as Historical Markers and Holders of Memory” can be seen over at Active History. The post looks at the history of the two pine trees on the front lawn of the Algoma/Shingwauk site and discusses trees as part of historical interpretation.
This is a blog post version of my talk this morning at the Fleming College Spring Teaching & Learning Day. I spoke about how using Twitter can help you grow a professional learning network. And maybe a little bit about how PLN building is not a shmoozefest just for your own personal benefit. It can and should also be of service to others. I only had 25 minutes, and I’m writing this before it happens, so here everything is in […]
