Feb
06
AI Is the Future
Recently, I was part of a university-wide panel on ChatGTP. With all the current brouhaha in higher education about the
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Jerry Lucas
Gerald R. Lucas, Ph.D. — academic, nerd, runner, BMW R 1200 GS rider, Leica user, writer, Wikipedian, husband, father, food enthusiast, and retired iconoclast.
Dec
06
Avoiding Platform Dependence
I submitted grades for my summer Writing for Digital Media course this morning. I had an attrition rate of about
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Nov
27
Defining Digital Humanities
The Digital Humanities (DH) remediates art(ifacts) through a digital lens. DH stands at the intersection of art and science;
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Jul
28
Claim Your Name
💡TL;DR: Make smart choices when using social media professionally to avoid privacy and security concerns.
Each semester, I seem
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Jan
28
Your About Page
💡TL;DR: A hub for your digital life: or, the business card 2.0.
I recently attended an academic conference
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Apr
20
A Practical Guide to Digital Citation
💡TL;DR: Guidelines for citing documents in the digital age.
When composing a good, old-fashioned essay meant to be read
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Dec
08
A Call for a Digital Citation Style
💡TL;DR: Styles written for a print culture have no place in a digital one. Let’s stop teaching for
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May
12
Writing Today
💡TL;DR: Perhaps traditional academic writing no longer serves our students? Maybe new media offers better alternatives.
I think the
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