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Why Doing Instructional Design Work is Like Playing the Viola

by Jenae Cohn | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized

I’ve been at my current job for two years now, and I still find that I’m explaining it a lot to people. The job title itself – “Academic Technology Specialist” – is not particularly clear on the surface and, for anyone outside of a...

Reflecting on How Learning Works – and How to Avoid Bad Learning Habits

by Jenae Cohn | Jul 18, 2018 | AmWriting, Pedagogy, Personal, Professionalization

I’m nearing the end of my first week back in my office after attending the NEH Institute in Salt Lake City, and, already, I feel myself sliding back into some bad writing habits. For one, I’ve had my browser window open all morning with the Dashboard of...

#MaterialDigitalBook Day 26: Until Next Time

by Jenae Cohn | Jul 13, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute

Four weeks of discussion, creation, and camaraderie have temporally ended, but the work that is yet to be done has just begun. Last night, my fellow institute colleagues and I celebrated our projects with a display at the Salt Lake City Public Library, where our...

#MaterialDigitalBook Day 25: Celebrating Endings, Contemplating Beginnings

by Jenae Cohn | Jul 12, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute

Today is the day that our exhibits go up at the Salt Lake City Public Library, an exciting moment for our group to showcase the products of our work to a larger audience. I’m glad that there is a forum to share some of what we’ve been thinking about and to...

#MaterialDigitalBook Day 24: Literacy in Flex

by Jenae Cohn | Jul 11, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute

I have to admit that I almost shed tears at the thought of sewing pages together today. It’s the last full day for us here to complete the projects that we’ll be exhibiting at the Salt Lake City Public Library and I had only a few steps left for the project I had...
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