Teaching

My Courses

During my time as a college educator, I’ve designed and taught the following courses: Ball State University Writing in Digital Environments Introduction to Professional Writing Composing Research Writing Rhetoric and Writing University of Louisville Business Writing Scientific and Technical Writing American Literature (1850-Present) Intermediate College Writing Introduction to College Writing

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Obsidian As a Teaching Tool

Introduction This post details how I used the digital knowledge base and note-taking application Obsidian in a college course I taught last year, Writing in Digital Environments. I wanted students to engage in born-digital creative knowledge-making. Being a Zettelkasten fanatic and an Obsidian user, my first thought was Obsidian. My concern, though, was that Obsidian is not a collaborative tool: it’s designed for personal knowledge management. I brainstormed a number of different ideas and nearly decided to use Wiki.

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