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Chris Friend
In Defense of Reason(s): Critical Digital Fluencies, Writing Studies, and the Importance of Explaining Why
21 Mar 2025
Chris Friend
Presentations
,
Teaching
digital fluency
,
heuristics
,
writing studies
0
Students need to apply reason to online engagement, building heuristics for critical digital fluency, which writing studies should teach.
Humane Q&A: Responses to ALT-C Keynote
05 Sep 2024
Chris Friend
Presentations
ALT-C
,
Humane Technology
,
Q&A
0
My ALT Conference keynote on Humane Education generated considerable live online discussion. See responses to the Q&A.
Sticky Post
Humane Education: Empathy in Policies, Places, and Platforms
01 Sep 2024
Chris Friend
Presentations
,
Technology
ALT-C
,
ed-tech
,
empathy
,
Humane Technology
,
learning technology
1
Learn how empathy can redefine the spaces we occupy, the policies we employ, and the platforms we use. Introducing: Humane Technology.
#CritPrax Letter of Hopes & Intentions
01 Jun 2024
Chris Friend
Teaching
#critprax
,
dhsi
,
digital humanities
0
Our #CritPrax DHSI course begins tomorrow! What are your expectations for the week? Here are my intentions for the time we share together.
Staying in Our Lane: WAC as Rhet/Comp Diplomacy
22 Mar 2024
Chris Friend
Presentations
,
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)
diplomacy
,
teaching
,
WAC
,
writing
0
Writing scholars can strengthen their credibility by serving as instructional consultants. Learn how WAC diplomacy benefits all faculty.
Teaching People: Human Connections in the Humanities
07 Mar 2024
Chris Friend
Presentations
,
Teaching
design
,
DH
,
digital humanities
,
Keynote
,
pedagogy
,
teaching
,
writing
0
Teaching people, not content or tools, builds lasting connections and aligns values. Can the human element save the humanities?
Writing at Urban R2 Institutions: Expectations, Limitations, and Aspirations
05 Nov 2023
Chris Friend
First-Year Writing
,
Writing
,
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)
Kean
,
WAC
0
As an aspiring R-2 institution, Kean needs a discipline-driven Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program. Here's how it could work.
Empathy in Post-Pandemic Education
16 Mar 2023
Chris Friend
Online Learning
distance education
,
empathy
,
online learning
,
teaching
0
Educators can use empathy to be more in-tune with others and create helpful learning environments. Here’s how empathy can save education.
Revision: Writing Through Failure
21 Feb 2023
Chris Friend
Writing
orality
,
revision
,
speech
0
Writing affords us the ability to revise our ideas before delivering them. Here’s why writing classes should teach through failure.
In Defense of Sound
20 Feb 2023
Chris Friend
Teaching
audio
,
orality
,
sound
1
The sound of student writing tells us more than the content alone. Reading text aloud brings life to the words.
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