Speaking Engagements
Recaps and notes from events for which I have served as a keynote speaker or panelist.
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Pedagogy, then Technology
Want to integrate technology into your classroom? Choose technology that supports your pedagogical aims. That’s the message of my workshop conducted this morning at the Teaching Professor Conference in Washington, DC. Attendees worked together to create opportunities to infuse their courses with technology. I presented 4 experiments that I’ve tried in my classroom with social…
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“Design Thinking” at ACBJ’s Digital Speaker Series
Our Community 2.0 project is starting to generate some attention, and I was honored to be invited to share my work in the Digital Speaker Series hosted by American City Business Journals in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week. Here is the slide deck from the presentation, which focused on applying design thinking to the issues of…
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Honoring Van King
On May 4, I had the pleasure of honoring Van King, Founding Dean of the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, who will be retiring next month. Below is a copy of my remarks, delivered at the university’s Board of Trustees Meeting. *** You should always be reflecting on your…
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Adding Image Headers in Moodle
Navigating courses in online platforms can raise all sorts of issues for students and their instructors. At Queens University of Charlotte, we use Moodle to create opportunities for course management online. As I’ve been seeking to understand the way that students navigate through this digital space, I began to realize that signposts were as important…
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Does Technology Impact our Health?
Bobby DeMuro, who has been hosting The Bobby DeMuro Show on WBT Radio every Sunday evening since fall 2011, tackles current issues related to public health. This week’s topic: Does technology impact our health? Bobby hosted me on tonight’s show alongside Jason Silverstein, Jon West, and others to discuss current issues in media, technology, and society. My section of the show covered the ways…
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Voicing a Campus Icon
Where do information design theory, digital media, and community engagment intersect? One location is on the Queens University of Charlotte campus inside a fountain in the middle of a major courtyard. That’s the home of @QueensDiana. At the National Communication Association annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, I presented a paper on the hyperlocal community engagement enhanced…
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Online Credibility and Digital Ethos
How has the digital landscape changed the way that we view credibility? As credibility emerges as a core struggle in the online environment, researchers are discussing this issue at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA) this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. I had the privilege of responding to a set of four…
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Digital Media Consumption
Consumption of online media is a hot topic in the study of digital literacies and at NCA 2011, the annual meeting of the National Communication Association occurring this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. This morning, I had the pleasure of responding to competitive research surrounding the topics of Facebook, social networking and online media consumption.…
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Twitter and Teacher Behaviors
Does Twitter influence student perceptions of teacher behaviors? As part of a session surrounding new and emerging technologies in instruction, I presented my research (co-authored with Kristen Bostedo-Conway) on Twitter’s role in the classroom at the National Communication Association 2011 National Convention in New Orleans, LA. We conducted this research in Spring 2010 to better understand…
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My Digital Life: A Community Learning Lesson
Raahil Dhruva reached out gently across the generational divide and helped a community member learn how to use Skype so he could communicate with his daughter. Dhruva, a junior at Queens University of Charlotte from London, England, called the experience “an emotional moment.” His was one story of many. Along with a team of students…
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