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More on Technology in the Classroom
I think technology in the classroom has come up a few times in our class discussions. I have had conversations about with faculty and peers within my department, as well, and in fact it was a topic I had considered for my scholarly essay in this class. I think as we move forward and technology…
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Open Access
It wasn’t necessarily difficult to find an open access in my field (Human Development) but it wasn’t as easy as searching through the databases offered through the library. Before I landed on this article, I found a different article in a journal that “supports Open Access,” but the specific article I chose was not open…
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Ethics
It took me a little longer to find the “fun,” hypothetical case studies instead of the relatively more boring academic/research misconduct case studies. I chose this one because I’m really interested in the anti-academic bullying push at our school and this seemed to be a really good example of the type of thing that might…
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On Privilege
Every individual is an intersection of identities and just as many identities run along spectrums, each identity is also associated with a certain degree of privilege. Privilege is not inherently or necessarily a bad thing; it is just something that we must acknowledge and to which we can choose to respond. I think a lot…
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On Academic Freedom and Inclusive Education
I found this article on Inside Higher Ed the other day and thought there were interesting conversations going on in the comments section. Someone pointed out that Sweden doesn’t have the same standards for academic freedom as the United States, so while Ringmar is perfectly entitled to his personal opinions about the role and power of…
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A Tale of Two Statements
I decided to look at the mission statements of my universities (current and previous) and their honors colleges. I was in the Honors program at College of Charleston for undergrad and one thing I noticed was how the Honors program sought to emphasize itself as separate from the college at-large. I was curious about whether…
Dr. Diana Devine
A developmentalist interested in technology and relationships
Dr. Diana Devine 